Iraq War (Persian Gulf War and the present day Iraq War.) The Persian Gulf Wars took place in the country of Iraq‚ located in the Middle East between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is also bordered by Jordan and Syria to the west‚ Kuwait to the south‚ and Turkey to the north. Only thirty-six miles of Iraq’s borders touch the Persian Gulf. During that period‚ Saddam Hussein was president of the Republic of Iraq‚ secretary general of the Ba’ath Party‚ chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)
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The ancient history of Iraq begins in the 7th century. Iraq had numerous bright civilizations‚ mainly the Sumer‚ who developed one of the earliest writing systems known to man. The capital around this time was Baghdad and the city of Baghdad became a famous ground for learning and the arts. Then in the 16th century Mesopotamia wound up in the hands of the Ottoman Turks but not without resistance. And around the 19th century it began gaining great interest from other European nations such as the Germans
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In Iraq‚ the Kurds have been unwelcome by the governments for many years. As many as 182‚000 Kurds were killed by Saddan Hussein‚ who used chemical weapons and concentration camps against them. The Western world must support an independent Kurdish state as it is responsible for the addition of the Kurds to Iraq. After the first world war‚ multiple Ottoman provinces were annexed by Britain to the newly formed Iraq as a way of main taining religious balance‚ but these predominately Sunni Kurds were
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quickly and immensely. The women in Iraq were unequally affected by the economic ramifications due to the U.N. sanctions. Causing women to have limited access to food‚ health care‚ and education. Changes within the law made it difficult for women’s mobility and entry to apply for the jobs that their male co-worker is going to get. Before the 1990’s Iraqi women had a very active role within political and economic advancements in Iraq. The civil societies of Iraq
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Classification: This happened in Iran when the Kurds were dispersed among Turkey‚ Iraq‚ Iran and Syria. The Iraqi citizens began to discriminate against the Kurds‚ and there was a clear line of separation between the two groups. . Organization: This happened when the Iraqi government started the an-Anfal campaign against the Kurds. Polarization: This happens when the an-Anfal campaign begins making laws against the Kurds and the separation between the two groups gets serious. Preparation:
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The U.S. War on Iraq Sam King 12/9/12 Sam King U.S. History 2 Professor Christoforo 12/9/12 When the allied troops returned home after WWII with the enemy vanquished and liberty on the rise‚ the United States of America entered into its most prolific and expansive years in history and suddenly found themselves at the head of the world table. Times of trouble were resolved with us on the frontlines doing whatever was necessary. Its identity as the land of liberty‚ the beacon of hope
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election? After September 11‚ President Bush and his administration‚ associated the Iraqi regime with terrorism‚ and said Iraq had the capacity to produce Weapons of Mass Destruction‚ which could be used by terrorists to threaten the United States. Therefore‚ encouraging the U.S. citizens to support Bush and reelect him as President because he would take action by sending troops to Iraq‚ to find Saddam and other terrorists‚ while obtaining weapons that could potentially be used against the U.S. However
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BANGLADESH Bangladesh is my motherland country. Bangladesh is surrounded by India‚ Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal. A republic in south Asia‚ Bangladesh was formerly East Pakistan‚ one of the five provinces into which Pakistan was divided at its creation‚ when Britain’s former Indian Empire was partitioned in August 1947. East Pakistan and the four western provinces were separated by about 1600 km of Indian territory. East Pakistan was formed from the former Indian province of East Bengal and the
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Throughout George W. Bush’s administration policy towards Iraq between January 2001 and his decision to intervene in March 2003 American foreign policymakers have demonstrated their desire to act unilaterally contrary to their declaration that multilateralism is extremely important. During George W. Bush’s first month in office his foreign policy team revealed to the American people that they were going to deal with the world in ways that previous Presidents had not done before‚ they would be
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Read the following article “Tribalism is the real enemy in Iraq” Answer the following questions 1. The author argues that Islam is not the real foe in the war in iraq. Who does he say is? The author argues that Islam is not the real barrier between the Western forces and the people of Iraq‚ but merely our differences in values and daily life‚ with the center of our differing ideologies being tribalism. 2. What does the author identify as the major differences between East and West?
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