Improvised explosive device

The American Legend “The American Legend” was a man who focused on helping others instead of himself. The story of his work has been called “American Sniper”, becoming a box-office hit (“Chris Kyle American Sniper”). However, fighting overseas for his country was not the only thing he lived for. This legend was named Chris Kyle, and he impacted the world with his bravery in the fight against terrorism, his work with war veterans, and the creation of non-profit organizations. He saved others…

Throughout this paper I would like to discuss three major history topics in which I watched three different videos on, the Holocausts, The Great Depression and the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. All three of these incidence were very important events that had an enormous impacted throughout the world. The Holocaust occurred during World War ll. It was also known as the Shoah which was a genocide that Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany created. Its collaborators killed about six million Jewish people…

his tactics and his rampage were the fruit of his anti-American hate. With traditional terrorist techniques of the Cold War like targeted assassinations and bombings, in which the group excelled, Al-Zarqawi added spectacular methods like improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings and beheadings. In a restricted territory, his organization multiplied targets: Jordanian Embassy, the Iraqi government, American troops and their allies, oil wells, Shiite mosques, politicians, Iraqi police,…

The Martian film was released in 2015 but first was a book written by Andrew Weir and later on directed by Ribley Scott “one of the most ambitious and successful directors of our time” (Chiarella.) Scott has directed twenty-two commercial films since 1977 and “adds a new dimension to this legacy: Science, frequent backdrop to the stories he tells, becomes a main character” in The Martian (Chiarella.) Astronaut Mark Watney played by Matt Damon is on Mars assumed dead by his NASA crew, after a…

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Terrorists A blast, and suddenly everyone is on the ground, people everywhere are screaming and many have severe injuries—shrapnel wounds penetrating skin, burned skin and clothing, and more. Tragically, this horrific scene is not an uncommon one in Nigeria these days. When traumatic attacks such as bombings occur, especially in northern Nigeria, two words come to everyone’s minds: Boko Haram. Boko Haram is an extremely violent Islamist terrorist group who hopes to create a…

reality, there were not any enemy fighter at My Lai and the soldiers ended up killing 500 Vietnamese civilians. Another example was the massacre at Haditha, Iraq, which happened on November 19 2005. A convoy of Marines and supplies hit an Improvised explosive device (IED) leading to the death of one marine. This lead to the killing of 28 Iraqi civilians killed in their own homes. These civilians died because marines thought they were a threat and responsible of the IED. Speeches from American…

All throughout time there are songs that have been seen as controversial, with the song I Wish I Was in Dixie which deals with slavery and racism to the song One in a Million by Guns N’ Roses which talks about homophobia, racism, nativism, and xenophobia. One such song that has withstood the test of time is Dear Mr. President by P!nk, this song references the shortcomings of President George. W. Bush specifically the homeless, abortion, the Iraq War in 2003, the President’s lack of empathy for…

3 One of the first criteria of the DSM-5 for diagnosing PTSD is either directly experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event in person. For example, if a soldier is in a Humvee convoy in Afghanistan and they drive over an improvised explosive device they may very likely obtain PTSD because a severe traumatic even has just occurred. Someone can also get PTSD by experiencing a traumatic event such as a family member getting…

AMISOM is made up of thousands of soldiers from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti, Sierra Leone and others starting in 2007. Siad Barre ruled as a military dictator and as a president during the last period of relative peace. In 1991, Civil War broke out and the misery began. Various international missions tried to intervene with bloody results. In 1993, A US helicopter squadron got ambushed trying to contain warlords in Mogadishu. Rocket propelled grenades took down several airships and 18…

forces were portrayed as the Christian West meddling in Somalia’s Islamic affairs and the diaspora believed that al Shabaab was justified as a defensive jihad. As such, al Shabaab’s tactics increasingly involved assassinations, bombings, improvised explosive devices, kidnappings, piracy, and suicide attacks which led to the United States designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in February of 2008. By 2008, Somalia was perceived as one of the most dangerous places in the…