for war. “military operations to disarm Iraq‚ to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger” (bush 2003) “Helping Iraqis achieve a United‚ stable and free country will require our sustained commitment.”(Bush‚ 2003) “Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops and equipment in civilian areas‚ attempting to use innocent men‚ women and children as shields for his own military” (Bush 2003) “We have no ambition in Iraq‚ except to remove a threat and restore control of that country
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The gulf war was a classic case of good versus evil one country’s turned out to spark worldwide action. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator and his actions during this war caused for many biases against the muslim community. Iraq’s downfall and brutal dictatorship are what lead to the start of this vicious battle. The Un and United States role was key during this war they saved the most precious economy of the middle east from being taken over. The Gulf war was one that made people’s view on muslims
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The first major foreign crisis for theUnited States after the end of the Cold War presented itself in August 1990. Saddam Hussein‚ the dictator of Iraq‚ ordered his army across the border into tiny Kuwait. This was no ordinary act of aggression. Iraq’s army was well equipped. The United States had provided massive military aid to Iraq during their eight-year war with Iran‚ giving them the fourth largest army in the world. Kuwait was a major supplier of oil to the United States. The Iraqi takeover
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Nima Golchin Ms.Sconnyer Liturature 18 October‚ 2012 The Al Anfal campaign The operation was called “Anfal Campaign;” Anfal means “Spoils of war” in Arabic. This was a genocidal campaign that was followed by a series of systematic attacks against the Kurdish population and their means of livelihood – villages‚ agriculture‚ infrastructures‚ roads‚ etc. The operation was carried from early 1986 until late 1989 and it took the lives of more than 2‚150‚000 mostly women‚ children‚ and elders as most
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future attacks on American soil before they could be accomplished. There was certainly a belief among some (particularly those belonging to the neoconservative movement) that the Clinton administration’s hands off approach to both radical Islam and Saddam Hussein’s regime severely weakened the security of the U.S. by showing foreign enemies that the country was not fully committed to fighting against them. After
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war) and the anti-American attacks have been raised from 15% to 92%. In a debate hosted by CNN in 2010‚ Marco Rubio‚ a candidate for Florida’s senate seat‚ stated‚ “the world is better off because Saddam Hussein is no longer in charge.” Maybe he is right; maybe the world is better off without Saddam Hussein ruling a country‚ but why then have incidents of terrorism increased by 600%? Maybe it is because America’s invasion led to the breaking of the record for longest time a country has spent without
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horrific scene. With all of this happening‚ Bush and all of America blamed Iraq which though to be working with al-Qaeda on this attack. It was said that al-Qaeda had nuclear weapons to attack on us‚ but the United States main goal was to get Saddam Hussein. (Gore 8) With all said‚ Gore tries
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often mistake 9/11‚ Sudan Hussein‚ al Qaeda‚ and the Iraq war to be tied in together. PIPA polls taken in as late as 2004 stated that people linked Iraq and 9/11 and a “persistent 57 percent believed that Saddam Hussein was helping al Qaeda at the time we were attacked” (Shenkman 4). He is ultimately saying that the American people are stubborn‚ and believed what they wanted even after being confirmed otherwise. The 9/11 Commission directly stated in 2004 that Saddam had not supported al Qaeda
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invasion of Iraq by President Bush and allied forces in 2003 to counter alleged weapons of mass distractions (WMD) that the regime of Saddam Hussein was said to possess. As has been public knowledge and a fact‚ after a thorough search in all of Iraq‚ such weapons failed to be uncovered putting in jeopardy serious allegations that have been levelled against the Saddam Hussein regime. To view this‚ it brought a close perspective to why in the first place the American decision makers where so convinced and
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Political reasons for Iraq’s war against Kuwait: Saddam Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq. As such‚ his opinions become more than just conjectures but develop into political assertions. Thus‚ it can be said that his many "claims of madness" are Iraq’s political statements. Firstly‚ the Iraq-Kuwait dispute involved Iraqi political claims of Kuwait as Iraqi territory. Kuwait had been a part of the Ottoman Empire’s province of Basra; something that Iraq claimed made it rightful Iraq territory;
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