paradoxically not when extremists are strong‚ but when they are weak. During a crackdown on Boko Haram in 2009 many of its leaders went to Chad‚ Sudan and Somalia. Since then Sudanese Arabic voices have been heard in Boko Haram propaganda videos. The group’s main maker of car-bombs is Somali-trained. Mobile military tactics learned in Chad (known as “Toyota warfare”) have transformed Boko Haram’s modus operandi. When the group was in the ascendant last year‚ it turned its gaze across Nigeria’s border to the
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Jihadism has many different meanings as well as a very complex belief system. It has been around for centuries and during that time has experienced many changes. Jihadism in simple terms is the people trying to protect their land and power‚ yet gain both at the same time. Jihadism was mainly reinforced with the Soviet Afghanistan war in 1997. Just as the Patriots did towards the British in the American Revolution. Jihadism is far more complicated than the group of Patriots‚ due to the fact
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commandeering a ship at sea requires considerable planning and some specialized expertise. The following chapter focuses on just one piracy problem: that found off the coast of Somalia‚ especially in the Gulf of Aden. This area has seen the largest share of global piracy attacks in recent years‚ and the problem appears to be growing. Somalia is not the only area of the world affected by maritime piracy‚ however. The Gulf of Guinea in West Africa has long been a high risk area‚ as are the waters along Bangladesh
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Twenty-five years from now‚ Americans will consider the changes that information technology brought to government in the 1990s as quaint. The technology that will be in use in 2025 will be similar to systems portrayed in science-fiction dramas. But much of it is already under development in research centers and IT shops throughout government: computers that think like humans‚ sensors woven into clothes that assess a soldier’s wounds and virtual networks that meld federal‚ state and local agency
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Running head: History Essay UNCLASSIFIED History Essay on Operation Gothic Serpent Abstract Operation Gothic Serpent in Oct 1993 in Mogadishu‚ Somalia has been labeled one of the bloodiest firefights for United States troops. It has also arguably been remembered as one of the U.S. military’s blunders. Although the majority of Americans were disgusted and outraged by the failed operation‚ it can be used as a tool to study the vital role of NCOs and force readiness. History
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African History Class (Nov 7th 2013) Legacy of Colonialism: Political Consequences -Nation building: problem of ethnicity. Since 1997- DRC civil war‚ ethnic warfare. 1. Struggle of distribution 2. Struggle of domination. (How to distribute resources). (Who would control the state?) Ethnicity between 1960’s-1980’s there was a deliberation to repress ethnicity by Africa leaders. 1990’s –rise of politicized ethnicity (ethnic political parties). They struggle for the interests
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Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Page 3 Military Opinion Society Opinion History of UAVs…………………………………………………………………………………………………Page 6 Public and Government Agency Support for Drones……………Page 11 Arguments against the Use of Drones……………………………………………Page 14 Drone Strikes Kill Large Numbers of Civilians and Traumatize Local Populations Drone Strikes Violate International Law Drone Strikes are Secretive‚ Lack Sufficient Legal Oversight‚ and Prevent
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their citizens argued that fairness could only be established by a local struggle for liberty. Human rights cannot take root if they are carrying out or enforced by outsiders. On the occasion of northern Iraq in April 1991‚ on the other hand also Somalia in December 1992‚ local public opinion played a significant role in forcing representatives into using force for humanitarian resolutions. In the face of an enormous refugee crisis produced by Saddam Hussein’s domination of the Kurds in the result
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Within the last century‚ military advancements in the United States have developed exponentially in all aspects of fighting on sea‚ land‚ and air. One of the most prominent technological advancements is the development of the drone‚ or unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV). The idea of having eyes in the skies to put at an advantage over the enemy has been consistent since the First World War‚ and continues to be a large focus of the Department of Defense today. These devices come in a variety of variants
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In 1951 he appointed COL Arron Bank to the Operations Branch of the special operation division of the Psychological warfare staff. In 1952 he proposed the US army Psychological warfare center and school and it established at Fort Bragg‚ NC to provide training and doctrinal support for unconventional and Psychological warfare. MG McClure places Col Bank in charge of the center and the 10n Special Forces group that was newly established. The 10th group was split in 1953
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