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    Taliban came along, destroying a modernized society. The aftermath of the terrorist group 's attacks only made such matters worse with another war following created after the 9/11 attacks, a series of terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 (History.com 9/11 Attacks). The country’s social influence has been damaged, its economy struggles to regain itself, the political system has become unstable and the…

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    Should we send our troops to fight Isis? America is undecided betwixt whether or not to permit the allocation of American boots in Iraq or Syria to fight Isis. This is a war America cannot accomplish on the ground, so why kill our American soldiers when knowing this? Do civilians desire to send troops to simply exterminate fears, which in turn would not be solved by this? It is difficult for Americans to admit the limits of the American military power, yet when discussing war the nation…

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    Language Synthesis Essay

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    can be extracted from what people say and write (Michel et al, 2010). Through analysis of the frequency of words contained in over five million books spanning hundreds of years, a culturomics study carried out by researchers from Harvard allowed the inspection of cultural trends in human history and gave us the ability to use those trends as legitimate data for further study in disciplines such as lexicography and linguistics (Michel et al, 2010). With the use of optical character recognition…

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    The use of drones’ also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is one of the debatable and controversial issues in America. Drones are remote-controlled aircrafts that are used in wars to carry and unleash bombs and missiles for attack (Drones, 2014). According to history, the first drone ever been used to attack is in the year 1849, is when Habsburg Austrian Empire released the drones to attack the citizens of Venice during their revolution. Ever since, the Americans have also adopted the use…

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    people died in the September 11 terror attack; majority of whom perished in the collapse of the Twin Towers. The scrapers melted in the fire, which resulted from the explosion of the two airliners that hit the towers. Arguably, the war waged against al-Qaeda and the Gulf region has failed to enhance security. Additionally, it has also resulted in “collateral damage” and inability of the country to provide validation for the high number of civilian deaths. The history of terror proves that as…

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    took place in the mid 2000s in Iraq cost us nearly one trillion dollars that we couldn’t afford to lose. We have already spent 2.7 billion dollars bombing ISIS. They are also better prepared to wage war. They are better funded and better armed than Al Qaeda. ISIS makes millions of dollars daily selling oil and is possession of two billion dollars in assets. This would also lead to the death of more men. Thousands were killed and wounded in Iraq, and if there were an all out war those numbers…

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    Cattle Farmer

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    The results of analysis on table 1 presented the demographic characteristics of cattle farmers in the study area. A large proportion were male (95.9%) than the female (4.1%), which is an indication that male participated more than female in the awareness and the use of crop residue urea feeding technology. The findings also revealed that majority (40 – 50 years) of cattle farmers are in their middle ages which implies that age was an important variable as it reflects the physical strength for…

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    ISAF Mission

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    deployed first to Kabul to train the Afghan National Security Forces and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding their government. Then two years later ISAF mission was expanded by the UN Security Council all over Afghanistan to Capture Osama bin Laden, Destroy Al-Qaeda network, and Remove Taliban Regime. ISAF achieved the first one by capturing Osama Bin Laden and execute him, but unfortunately failed in the other two. This paper will analyze the reasons for ISAF unsuccessful mission in Afghanistan.…

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    On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists carried out a set of coordinated suicide attacks using four-hijacked passenger planes and killing around 3,000 people on American soil. The first two planes hit the World Trade center, killing everyone on board and hundreds inside the buildings. Following this attack, the nation was informed by President Bush that these attacks were, “apparent terrorist attacks on our country”(BB PP). The third hijacked plane soon crashed into the…

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    Harbinger of a Fatal Flaw Sheikh Salman al Oudah, a Saudi cleric whom bin Laden had once lauded as his “ideal personality,” wrote an open letter to bin Laden repudiating the actions of al Qaeda (Wright, 2011, p. 67). Further disseminating the letter on the internet and to the media, Sheikh Salman scathingly rebuked al Qaeda’s indiscriminate murder of innocent people, arguing the “regime has stopped ruling people according to what God revealed” (Wright, 2011, p. 66). He condemend bin Laden’s…

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