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Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub aka Saladin, (1138–1193) was born in Tikrit, Iraq. Saladin (meaning "Righteousness of Religion"), was the founder of the Ayyūbid dynast. With the justification of Jihad, which united the Muslims, and his authority gained through conquest and diplomacy, Saladin gained victory at the decisive Battle of Hattin, which ended the dominance of the Franks in the holy land. In addition, the Franks were fighting amongst themselves which diminished their strength and led to…

Terrorist Profile: 1. Name of individual: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez. He was also known as Carlos the Jackal. His nickname “Carlos” was given to him by Abu-Sharif (spokesman of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Sharif suggested that name because it was the Spanish version of the Arabic name Khalil (Abraham – a name brought to Spain by the Moors). “The Jackal” was added later on by the media. The Jackal was taken from a fictional character in Frederick Forsyth’s novel “the Day…

In our country ISIS is a huge threat. People are scared, worried, stressed, etc. In our world, ISIS are terrible people who do hateful things to people. They like to make surprise attacks, inflict maximum casualties and spread many different types of fear before withdrawing, suffering, and heavy losses. ISIS has threatened the U.S. many times. (According to independent) They had proven to be a growing force to be reckoned with. They will live up to their barbaric reputation and to continue to…

The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over territorialism and the establishment of a Jewish land and that of “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland between the largely Catholic Nationalists and the majority Protestant Unionists have many key similarities. Both “Northern Ireland the State of Israel emerged out of war, the breakup of empires, and international agreements.”1 (ESEP 93)The main phase of both the Northern Ireland conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict occurred around mid…

Human life transcends nearly all. If a Jew is held hostage and ransom is demanded, our rabbis permit us to sell holy objects, even a Torah scroll or a synagogue, in order to redeem the prisoner. The Rambam, Rabbi Moshe son of Maimon, writes, “There is no greater commandment than that of redeeming the prisoners…as they stand in danger of their lives, and one who turns his eye away transgresses the biblical command of ‘Do not stand idly by when your fellow man is in danger’ (Leviticus 19:16), and…

of jus in bello rely on a distinction between combatants and non-combatants. Stephen Coleman has questioned whether this distinction is relevant to conflicts in the twenty-first century. Write a paper in which you: a. Explain the distinction and the justification for it. b. Describe the features of contemporary wars that make the distinction harder to describe or harder to apply d. Explain whether you think the distinction should be accepted as traditionally defined, accepted but…

The history of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is as tumultuous and complicated as the conflict itself. In his article “From Oslo to Taba: What Went Wrong?” Ron Pundak breaks down the underlying reasons of the failure of the Oslo Accords, Camp David and The Taba Summit. The main premise of his argument was that peace, or a pathway to peace, were squandered by mismanagement and miscalculation of the entire process by Israeli, the United States, and the Palestinian Authority. Although his…

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict of 1947 is an on-going conflict between the two middle-eastern countries of Israel and Palestine. After the end of World War II, the Jewish people were displaced as were the Palestinians, but before World War II the Ottoman Empire devoured most of the land-now known as the Middle-East this land had been divided among the Islamic people who already inhabited the lands. The Jewish people had no place to go, having been dehumanized for centuries within Europe and…

2. MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES: 2.1. What are Monoclonal Antibodies? 2.1.1. “Clones” A clone is a group (family) of cells which come from a single parent cell that divides various times and are identical in all ways. In their structure, metabolic characteristics, functions, etc. 2.1.2. “Antibodies” An antibody is a protein which is produced by the human body’s immune system when it detects a substance that may be harmful (antigens like: bacteria, viruses, chemicals, parasites, etc). Antibodies…

At the end of the cold war in 1992, Peacekeepers arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia to combat the Somali warlords who were causing havoc in the country. Unfortunately, the blue helmet forces of the UN were not welcomed as some were killed while the bodies of the US soldiers were displayed on the streets of Mogadishu. Eventually, the US decided to withdraw its troops when a US helicopter was shot down by Somali warlords. In 1995, the UN also withdrew its troops due to failure as confessed. Similarly…