Gulf Cartel

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that occurred in April of 2010 greatly affected the wildlife and habitats that surrounded the northern Gulf. As a result of the oil spill, the impacts it faced on wildlife such as dolphins, whales, sea turtles, fish, birds, and even the Gulf’s floor is detrimental. The article, “The Deepwater Horizon's Impact on Gulf Wildlife and Habitats”, explains the affect the oil spill had on all the wildlife as well as provides links to allow the reader to support and…

leading role in the war and it’s culture and society were greatly affected by it, not to mention the casualties and costs that accumulated over the course of the conflict. Many factors played into why America went to war. To start, after the 1991 Gulf War hostilities were very high between the UN Coalition and Iraq, and Saddam Hussein was not complying with United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 which demanded he end the repression of the Iraqi civilian populations. He had been…

Purpose: The role of the military campaign in destroying ISIL in Iraq. Thesis statement: A broader strategy is needed to completely overcome ISIL in Iraq. As far as my opinion is concerned, I think the military campaign has done much in a year to overcome ISIL. As we can see that, there have been great victories against the terror group in a past year. These victories depict the significance of the military campaign and its activities in the region. As the facts show that Iraqi troops have…

On September 20, 2017, a category five hurricane, Maria, made direct landfall on Puerto Rico, and the way the country prepared for the storm was a complete failure. Puerto Rico is a poor country. For the United States to think that Puerto Rico can hold to the same standards as states like Texas and Florida is foolish; plans should have been put in place accordingly to the island. Because the country is impoverished, Puerto Rico’s infrastructure was neglected to begin with, and the devastation…

As many Americans consider themselves patriotic many still regret some of the actions the United States. One of the biggest regretted wars was the Iraq War (2003-11) during the Bush Administration. Why was there a war in Iraq one might ask? The Bush Administration based its rationale for war principally on the assertion that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and that Saddam's government posed an immediate threat to the United States and its coalition allies. Of course some might…

Program in Social Anthropology: the changing co-production of queer ethno-sexualities within the trans-cultural seascape extending across the Strait of Hormuz. As a queer man, atheist, and ethnic Baloch raised and based in a heteronormative Muslim Arab Gulf country (the UAE), coming from a family rooted in the Iranian Eastern Hormozgan province, I come to this research topic with a solid foundation of reflexive experience and insight into the political dynamics, social nuances, and cultural…

stained in black grease. Heaps of oil with mountains of dead fish lined the coastlines in the south. All news stations, for long periods of time, covered the BP explosion and informed the viewers of the pipes from the ship that leaked oils into the Gulf of Mexico. I remember feeling panicked. There was an increasing lump in my throat when the cameraman zoomed in on the pictures of beautiful beaches turned to toxic waste areas. I kept wondering to myself how I could help and how I could make a…

I decided to interview my mother Brenda Lee Guadalupe. I asked her, what’s the name of the hurricane and she responded, “Hurricane Hugo”. Hurricane Hugo was a powerful hurricane that hit St. Croix. According to my mom, it made landfall in the afternoon on September 17, 1989. I then asked her how old was she back then? She replied by saying that she was 15 years old when that happened. She continues, “There were very strong winds and rain. No one could go outside because the trees were in the air…

Desert Storm was a significant part of an major conflict between the U.S. and Iraq known as the Gulf War. In August of 1990, Iraqi forces invaded the country Kuwait. This was over border disputes and war debts obtained by Iraq. The United States was worried that Iraq would then invade neighboring Saudi Arabia, one of the largest manufactures of oil in the world. The invasion marked the start of the Gulf War and the U.S. became involved immediately following the invasion. They sent troops and…

The world has been subject to acts of piracy since trading at sea was formed. Take Julius Caesar for example: this Roman emperor was once kidnapped by pirates, whom he paid off in order to be set free. Eventually, Caesar found the pirates and had them all killed. Whether it be two-thousand years ago or even in modern times, piracy has always been active. However, there was a point in history in which piracy had reached its prime. Often referred to as, "the golden age of piracy" this time period…