Baghdad

he was poisoned by rebels. After he died Temujin went to live with his mother. But his other sibling were cast out by the clan so they were left out to die. Genghis Khan also crossed through Europe and collected countries like Russia, China, and Baghdad. And did you know that Genghis Khan was the first line in rulers of the Yuan dynasty. When King Khan had power and the whole time he was the ruler he had a lot of land. But he wanted a strong country. Genghis Khan re-opened trade routes of the…

thing to do, because home is a special place and the thought of never being able to go back makes it even more frightening. From its name, one might expect Ur to be a small town, but it was a major city near the Euphrates, south of present day Baghdad, Iraq. The population was 250,000 people and may have been the largest city in the world at the time Abraham lived there. Information on more than 100,000 clay tablets and other archaeological finds indicate that Abraham lived in a two-story…

capability as quickly as possible while maintaining an element of surprise and without alienating regional allies. To accomplish this, GEN Franks and his planners envisioned nearly simultaneous air and ground attacks operations and going straight to Baghdad while forces were still flowing into…

Growing up, my family and I always did volunteer work, which got me into the habit of helping others. When I was in 6th grade, my mom got involved with an organization that brought refugees from the Middle East to the United States for medical treatment. My mother and step dad offered to foster a girl from Iraq, Zahra, whose family passed away from a car bomb, and to pay for the medical treatment she needed. Her father, brother, mother, and grandmother were all in the car, once her father turned…

Iraq War We were in the middle of a dogfight, Miles a first sergeant and I were stuck on the second floor of a building taking heavy fire. The rest of the platoon had been hit with a mortar and we didn’t see any survivors besides Derek. I was an American journalist from ABC News who was covering the start of the war and had little experience being a war correspondent. They called out into the empty blast hole in which Derek walked over and could only find things left from the blast. We…

No in Canada is so delicately balanced between state and church as a military Chaplain. A chaplin answers to the military commanders in peace and was, as a defender of Canada. Although at the same time he is the designated representative of for religion in the Canadian Armed Forces. A Chaplain is an ordained representative of any religious denomination, accountable above all to “God”. Chaplains although of one faith work with men and women of all faith, a chaplins post is not a religious…

“Terrorism threat assessment must consider the degree of uncertainty associated with estimates of capability and intent. Terrorist intends to exploit weaknesses and vulnerabilities by adapting capabilities quickly.” (Transportation Systems Sector Specific Plan, 2010, p.38). Does ISIS post a threat to the U.S. homeland? By every measure “ISIL poses a direct and significant threat to the U.S., and proposes to be the new ideological leader. The group uses terrorist and insurgency tactics…

In 2011, Australian forces that were protecting the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq were withdrawn and replaced with security guards from a private military company based in Dubai. These guards took over responsibility for providing security for Australia’s diplomatic presence in Iraq. Apart from this instance, Australia has…

A common household name which remains to this day is Albert Einstein, an individual not only known for his scientific discoveries but also for sharing his contemplated thoughts on the universe. These thoughts consisted of intense religious as well as scientific beliefs, in fact a very famous Einstein quote is “Science without religion is lame, and Religion without Science is blind” and it is no surprise as Einstein himself was a Jew and having this strong religious background still…

Getting the Call “Raging bull” is what came over the phone when I answered the call around lunch time on November the 6th 2003. On the other end of the line was the brigade AO, “SSG Carrier, I guess you have heard by now?” “Heard what sir?” I said. Actually I had, one of my younger Soldiers had called me stating that his mother had heard it on the news that the 1103rd was deploying to Iraq. And sure enough, I turned on the television in the armory and there it was on the 12 o’clock…