the My Lai Massacre. The former was a North Vietnamese strategized attack on the South’s most important cities and provinces. Shortly after capturing the capital of South Vietnam‚ Saigon‚ the United States managed to defeat the Northern troops and force a retreat. Because the North was able to execute such an elaborate plan without the United States finding out‚ this showed how far the end of the war seemed to reach. This broke the psyches of the American public at large. The My Lai Massacre happened
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that sometimes causes the bloodshed to our country. One of the proof of this crime is the Maguindanao Massacre that we heard to the news last 2009. They said that there’s a lot of innocent victims that died in that incident. In this situation some of us didn’t understand this massacre that related to our society problem that concerning the corruption of other politician in Mindanao. Maguindanao Massacre is an event that kills several journalists in the Philippines on November 23‚ 2009 a day for fiesta
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The Boston Massacre Alyssa Ladd Although many historians believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of murder‚ it is clear that the incident was an act of self-defense. First reason why it was self-defense‚ is that the colonist Crispus Attucks was holding a cordwood stick and swung it at James Bailey. James Bailey then shot Crispus Attucks. James Bailey shot Crispus Attucks in act of self-defense. This led on to more shootings‚ but more colonists were getting angry and more violent. Another reason
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Delivery Summary Request made by : POLYU_IP 1 Request made on: Tuesday‚ 24 September‚ 2013 at 14:59 HKT Content Type: Cases Title : LAI FOON-YUNG v TIN SUM VALLEY PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Delivery selection: Current Document Number of documents delivered: 1 Sweet & Maxwell is part of Thomson Reuters. © 2013 Thomson Reuters Hong Kong Ltd. LAI FOON-YUNG v TIN SUM VALLEY PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL 1 July 1985 High Court HC (High Court) (Labour Tribunal Appeal No.7 of 1985) Citations:
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The event that occurred on March 5th‚ 1770 should be named “The Boston Incident” rather than “The Boston Massacre” because the term massacre usually reminds many that many people have been slaughtered. But in the “The Boston Massacre” less than ten people were killed so I wouldn’t consider it a massacre due to very few deaths. From account number two‚ William Taint says‚ “People still continued in the street‚ crying‚ “Fire‚ fire‚ and be damned‚” and throw some more snow balls; whereupon I heard
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as the Pinkville Massacre‚ the My Lai massacre is notoriously known as one of the most brutal incidents during the Vietnamese War‚ even being considered a genocide by some. It is considered to be “the most shocking episode of the Vietnamese War” (Espiritu 17). The massacre consisted of the killing of up to 500 unarmed men‚ women and children. While a part of Task Force Barker‚ Company Charlie had been ordered to destroy the remainders of a Vietcong Battalion‚ situated in the Son My village area. Colonel
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The Massacre of Tlatelolco 1968 “Women with their torsos torn apart by machine gun fire; children with their heads destroyed by the impact of high velocity weaponry‚ innocent bystanders gunned down; onlookers and journalist felled in the course of their everyday life; students‚ police officers and soldiers dead and wounded…Perhaps the most surprising aspect was the huge number of blood-stained shoes that were scattered around the area‚ silent witnesses to the disappearance of their owners” (Poniatowska
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The Boston Massacre was and is still a debatable Massacre. The event occurred on March 5‚ 1776. It involved the rope workers of the colonial Boston and two British regiments‚ the twenty-ninth and the fourteenth regiments. Eleven people were shot in the incident; five people were killed and the other six were merely wounded. The soldiers and the captain‚ Thomas Preston‚ were all put on trial. All were acquitted of charges of murder‚ however the two soldiers who fired first‚ Private Mathew Killroy
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topic in this time frame? That is a nearly impossible task‚ but there is one occurrence that has seemed to captivate me – and that ’s the Boston Massacre. The webpage I found communicates the basic – but most important – events of the massacre‚ it depicts the events through writing and shows an image of "The Bloody Massacre"‚ so the webpage was interesting in my eyes. In the 1700 ’s‚ people were known as either the patriots – whom supported the colonies – or loyalists – whom remained loyal to the British
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following questions. What is the present situation of the peace and order in the Philippines particularly in Maguindanao? What are the actions made by the government to the following: Persons affected by the massacre To the place itself (Maguindanao) What are the effects of Maguindanao Massacre to the tourism industry? METHODOLOGY The researchers used a descriptive method as the study refers to the data analysis that will be applied to it and they’ve gathered data that describe events‚ tabulate
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