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Rachel Samuels 001665731 HIST 1390 Professor Burds Israeli Espionage Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars examines the history and exploits of Israeli intelligence from the country’s founding in 1948 to today. Instead of moving through the history chronologically, the book looks at the history through various stories and examples of intelligence successes and failures. The book also gives insight into the other major and minor organizations that play key roles in providing…

overthrow of the shah and the declaration of an Islamic state in 1979, Iran severed relations with Israel. The country has subsequently supported many of the Islamic terrorist organizations that target Jews and Israelis, particularly the Lebanon-based, Hezbollah (Ardalan, 2014). Anti-Zionist and anti-Israel ideologists and sentiments are central to the Islamic government in Iran. As a result, several prominent Jewish businessmen and community leaders were executed on the pretense “that they had…

and his officials have already proven that they are ruthless, power hungry, and capable. If they are to successfully smother the ambitions of the rebellion, they will not simply stop there. They will rise up beside their chief allies – Iran and Hezbollah, a militant Islamic Lebanese organization- to continue to act upon their cruel vendettas of ethnic, religious, and political purification that are directly opposed to the goals of democratic and civil rights groups. A significant factor of…

RADICALISATION IN MODERN SOCIETY Communities demonstrate a very significant part to radicalization in the contemporary societies. A society which compels citizens to actively engage in volunteer services in order to fulfill their civil responsibilities. However, in the urgency to respond to such expectations, sometimes intentionally or unintentionally terrorism and radicalization take the lime light. A very little empirical study has been critically evaluated to understand the reflection of…

The minister of interior held true to his word and amped up the military force being used. After a protest on April 22rd, which left more than 75 civilians dead, the government sent out additional forces to the cities of Daraa, Baniyas, and Homs (Encyclopedia Britannica). These three cities were seen as the most prominent in the anti-government protests. Not only did they deploy physical military force, but they also shut off internet connection and telephone lines. Darra, the city seen the…

Constituency Al-Qaeda and its jihadist members use more social media than you would have ever guessed. Though these jihadist websites Al-Qaeda encourages the faithful and also threatens their enemy on the same web page. Al-Qaeda has its own production company known as As-Sahab. Similar to a Hollywood studio. The production company has a good understanding of what content will attract an audience and how to shape the Al-Qaeda message (citation needed research page). You won’t be able to find…

Terrorism can be described as any act of violence intended to cause death or serious bodily harm in order to intimidate the population or to compel a government and international agencies from doing something. For the United States, the most horrific terrorist attack to happen occurred on September 11th, 2001 when terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the twin towers and the pentagon. It not only resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians, but it would change…

Is this the end of Sykes-Picot? Bilal Shamsi 32891111 An image posted by ISIS of a bulldozer destroying a section of the Iraq-Syria border, June 2014 Foreign dominance in area of complex society “The printing press is modern weapon for a commander” T.E Lawrence The title above for this paper “is this the end of the Sykes-picot agreement” has become a major topic in today’s society because of the recent up rise of ISIS or what they like to be called IS “Islamic state”…

In the midst of modern history (post World War II), the New World Order discomposed the old world order and browbeat the term conquest and territorial aggrandizement into the closet; however, the Middle East seems to be the exception to every rule. Over the past sixty years , armed hostile conflict and unrepentant governments have raged unchecked throughout the Middle East. Stability and peace are foreign words that do not translate in this region of the world. War ravaged Iran and Iraq in…

1953 Iranian Coup d’Etat The study of this event goes back to the post-WWII discussions over Iranian oil. For many years, whilst being politically involved in Iran, the US had not pursued comprehensive economic ties. For decades, Iran had hosted oil concessions owned by the USSR and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (Britain), and these two powers held significant power in the region. They alone controlled most of Iran's oil reserves, a vital key to Iranian economic stability and strength. Although…