Albany Plan of Union - The Albany Plan was proposed by Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress in 1754 in Albany‚ New York. It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes" during the French and Indian War. French and Indian War - a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes) in 1755-1760. Fort Necessity - Fort Necessity National Battlefield
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NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Newport‚ RI Theater Security Decision Making (TSDM) TSDM Week 19: Midterm Exam. By Chime Benjamin M LT‚ SC‚ USN A Midterm paper submitted to the Faculty of the Naval War College The concepts/topics to be discussed include; Deterrence and diplomacy‚ Global Challenges‚ and Economic Tool of power. The contents of this paper reflect my own personal views and are not necessarily endorsed by the Naval War College or the Department of the Navy. Executive
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WOOD 1 THE PHILIPPINEAMERICAN WAR (18991902) JAMIENAIL WOOD HIST102 HISTORY SINCE 1877 PROFESSOR THOMAS GOETZ NOVEMBER 20 2013 WOOD 2 PHILIPPINEAMERICAN WAR 18991902 The United States declared war with Spain in 1898 to support Cuba with their struggles from Spanish control. The United States sent out a fleet to the Philippines to defeat the Spanish navy and this battle was known as the “Battle of Manila Bay”. The Spanish navy was defeated
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Kenyan-run African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base was the target of a massive attack that killed a 180 Kenyan soldiers according to Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Though the precise number of casualties is disputed‚ the Kenyan army claiming the number is inaccurate but refuses to disclose its own figures‚ this massacre of Kenyan troops is considered the deadliest attack perpetrated by the al-Qaeda allied militant group Al Shabaab. This Somalia based organization is a powerful
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forces would happen not later than 31 March 1994. The address came days after news footage from Mogadishu showed dead American service members bodies being dragged through the streets. The POTUS decision to redeploy U.S. military forces from Somalia after heavy casualties during the Battle of Mogadishu would send a message to enemies of the U.S. that the U.S. had no stomach for fighting. This would be a lesson drawn by future Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) that actively opposed the U
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Currently‚ the child soldiers epidemic occurs all around the world‚ however‚ Somalia
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understanding of terrorism in order to attempt to prevent attacks. Modern terrorist groups are plentiful. For this assignment I have decided to look outside the scope of UK based terrorism and into the most recent of groups as well as most topical. Somalia has come to the forefront of Terrorism in recent years mainly due to the much published “Pirate attacks”. Al Shabbab Al Qaeda is probably the most infamous terrorist group currently active in the world. Founded by the notorious Osama bin Laden
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system. Women are mostly affected with other serious issues caused by the killer virus. It can affect women’s menstrual cycle‚ fertility‚ menopause‚ and also cause reproduction issues. It also causes osteoporosis in both males and females. Most irregular period cases are because of a mixture between HIV and a low CD4 count‚ being the T-cells‚ but HIV causes a loss of CD4 cells so it isn’t uncommon. Also regular users of recreational drugs will more than likely experience unusual menstrual cycles
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writes in a article about Somalia’s coast; Nuclear power companies started to pay to have their nuclear waste taken to Somalia and dumped because it an easy way to get rid of nuclear waste. The waste hurt the fish population and the fishermen lost their jobs (Gettleman). Anouk Zijlma writes that without a steady source of income from fishing‚ the fishermen working out of Puntland Somalia have set up their own system of defending their coast and making money in the process (Zijlma). Countries have labeled
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Female Circumcision medically referred as a clitoridectomy. It is a surgical procedure to alter or remove female genitalia. In other countries such as the UK (United Kingdom)‚ this procedure is known as “Female Genital Mutilation” and is currently illegal in the United States. In the UK there are an estimated 137‚000 women affected by this procedure. In eastern Africa female circumcision is known as the procedure called Infibulation. The clitoris and the inner and outer labia are to be removed
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