Gulf War

On July 19th 1979 Saddam Hussein began his dictatorship in Iraq and from that day on history was changed. Iraq was in the middle of a religious war between the Sunni’s and the Shi’ites. Sunni’s and Shi’ites continue to have the disagreement about something that happened 1400 years ago after the death of prophet Muhammad. Shi’ites believe that in order to rule you have to be a descendent of Muhammad. Mean while the Sunnis believe otherwise. When Saddam took control of the country their economy…

discussed whether this war was in the best interest of the United States and the Americans, or did only benefit a few elite groups while not being able to solve the issues it claimed it was going to, particularly in Iraq. Also, the war against Iraq is discussed to have been started or not as a “just war”,…

“My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail,” stated President George W. Bush on March 19, 2003 when he justified the United States’ need to invade Iraq (Khan 64). Within the borders of Iraq, US soldiers dehumanized Iraqi citizens by torturing them in a prison known as Abu Ghraib and photographed themselves…

started only a couple of months prior to the start of the war, which demonstrates the lack of concern for Phase IV. This lack of concern results in “the tragedy of Iraq—that one of the most brilliant invasion successes in modern military history is immediately followed by one of the most ineptly planned occupations in modern warfare.” The failures…

followed by the transition of Iraqi security to the remaining intact Iraqi organizations to ensure the future of Iraq. According to Michael O’Hanlon, Secretary Rumsfeld “may share some of the responsibility for the previously mentioned mistake…, but war planners generally do not.” In fact, Cobra II asserted Rumsfeld did not trust the generals to send the minimum force needed to win and secure the peace” in Iraq. Thus, Rumsfeld did not allow General Franks to develop the correct solution to…

War has plagued Iraq for quite some time. Starting back in the 1980’s with the Iran and Iraq war, moving into the first Gulf War when Iraq invaded Kuwait, moving on to Operation Desert Fox, in which the US and the UK enacted a “bombing campaign” to eradicate the chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons programs in Iraq, and the ongoing civil unrest, as well as the reoccurring conflict with the U.S., the people of Iraq have been exposed to a great deal of war and conflict over the last forty…

The country of Iraq is located between six countries in the Middle East. It is north of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and south of Turkey. Because of its geographical location, it has been through many conflicts throughout its history that date back to biblical times, formerly known as Mesopotamia. Other countries along its borders to the east and west are Syria, Jordan and Iran. One of the main terrain features of Iraq consists of extensive plains that cover the Central and southeastern parts of the…

The Bush administration, before 2003, had reasons to believe that Hussein possessed WMDs. Prior to the Iraq war, in the decade following the Gulf war and the Iran-Iraq war, the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq had been imposed several resolutions by the United Nations for its offensive against Kuwait, as well as, for the regime’s violations of human rights against Iranian citizens and Iraqi…

Between the Lines The recorded history of the Caribbean reveals how the trials and tribulations faced by its people have manifested in the present. Constantly oppressed, underestimated, and abused, the people of the Caribbean have developed a unique culture marked by the exploitation of the natives and slaves by the European colonizers and North American imperialists. The lines drawn by the North Atlantic powers have created an image of what is wrong or right, good or bad, high or low, worthy…

beyond the media coverage to examine the crisis in depth through the eyes of oil executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on. 11 workers killed and 5 million barrels of oil was one of the worst oil accidents in history. The leak continued without interruption for 87 days, devastating the Gulf coastline, its wildlife, its beaches and its entire fishing industry. BP's lack of response to the initial…