alliance (United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Spain‚ and Poland) in invading Iraq; resulting in the 2003 Iraq War‚ which would be called Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although the Bush administration said there were weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq and Saddam Hussein was a national threat to the U.S.‚ this decision to enter Iraq was highly controversial‚ within the U.S. and internationally. Even over a decade‚ the Iraq War is still being seen as “the worst foreign policy blunder
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´Special Relationship´ during the Presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and the Premiership of Tony Blair Contents Introduction 3 Bill Clinton and Tony Blair 3 Kosovo 5 George W. Bush and Tony Blair 8 Afghanistan 10 Iraq 11 Resources 14 Introduction The phenomenon of the ’Special Relationship’ between the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) was first mentioned by Winston Churchill towards Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 and it has represented strong
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The Hawk ’s Secret Power. The poem "Hawk Roosting"‚ by Ted Hughes‚ reveals much just by the title. We know that the poem will be about a hawk which is roosting. The word "roost" here has two different meanings. We know by the first meaning that the hawk will settle down for rest or sleep‚ and by the second that it will be in charge or will dominate. This hypothesis is confirmed when we read the whole poem. The language of the poem seems to come from a cultivated person‚ as if the hawk had a great
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sad thing is that it is still happening today. In the country of Rwanda‚ the mass killings of a certain group of people happened as recently as 1994. The United States and U.N turned its back on it. The other similar event happened in Iraq when Saddam Hussein used weapons of mass destruction to try to extinguish Sunni Muslims. Somewhere around the world‚ everyday is exactly the same thing occurring‚ always some groups trying to wipe their opposition from the face of the Earth. Events that are similar
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The rise of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) came about by a man named Yasser Arafat who was born in Cairo in1929 and died in 2004. The name was presumed by Mohammed al Husseini‚ Yasser created the PLO and Fatah and merged them together in 1964 and ran a terrorist campaign against Israel. Yasser included other terrorist in the Cuban training camps and made promise to connect with them in international revolution. To some it appeared that Arafat’s organization could be measured
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Following the military achievement of the US in Afghanistan‚ the US focused its attention on Iraq in order to topple Saddam Hussein. The Iraq War was a conflict that took place with the invasion of Iraq by the US on 20 March 2003. The American government offered two significant reasons for waging war against Iraq in 2003 (Klare‚ The Coming War with Iraq‚ page 3). First of all‚ the US claimed that Iraq have weapons of mass destruction that could be captured and used by terrorists organizations and
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The Conspiracy: 9/11 The day of September 11th‚ 2001 the world witnessed with disbelief as the World Trade Center in New York City came crashing down. The shock the attacks generated and the some 3‚000 or more people it killed made it one of the brutal attacks in history. One may only wonder how such a grand scaled attack could be carried through. Although controversial‚ evidence suggests that the September 11th attacks in 2001 were an inside job and the statements of the Bush administration
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Komail Haider Due Date: 11-14-2009 and Presentation on 11-21-2009 Hafiz M. K. Siddiqui Introduction to Islam Islam & Muslims in Western Media In July 12‚ 2008 publication of the New York Times‚ it was reported that the President of Sri Lanka was killed in a suicide attack. The religion of the suicide bomber was never reported. The very same newspaper (on November 5‚ 2009)‚ reported that how a Muslim attacker attacked the US Base and killed US army soldiers. This discrimination against
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George W. Bush Presidency 2000-2008 ● 2000 Election ○ Won only by electoral votes from final state win in Florida‚ but lost popular votes to Democratic Nominee‚ Al Gore by about 500‚000. ■ First election since 1876 that had been disputed. Democrats had requested a manual recount from the Florida counties in question‚ however Republicans sued to prohibit these hand tallies. Republicans then requested set deadlines that potentially could turn away votes that may have come in for Gore‚ so Democrats
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Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Can We Live with a Nuclear Iran? Amyn Jivani 6099660 POL1102 D – Politics and Globalization Professor: Dr Daniel Pierre-Antoine Moderator: Dr Daniel Pierre-Antoine War has commenced since the late 1800’s with over 150 conflicts and 600 battles occurring‚ and still taking place on a global perspective. People who witness war firsthand tend to feel that the most memorable moments are the moments that people wish to remember the least. The dilemma faced
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