Iraq

the United States now recognizes as Iraq. People have their opinions if the United States made the correct decision in their involvement in the war. Although the United States did gain much Intel, helped locals and executed Saddam Hussein, there are many that wonder if it was in the best interest to invade Iraq considering the numerous consequences. There are both positive and negative consequences that have resulted from the United States going to war with Iraq. Some believe the…

Operation Iraq Freedom to be the most impressive contemporary military campaign. “This military operation intended to strike a major blow at terrorism by overthrowing Saddam Hussein, destroy Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and impose a pro American style government in the Arab world.” However, postwar planning by CENTCOM 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…

Invasion of Iraq In 2003 Iraq has been the focus of the international community and has been featured prominently in the media in recent times. America’s interest grew after WWII because of oil. The United States was Iraq’s biggest guest, through the oil-for-food program. Before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Iraq’s domestic oil was fully nationalized and closed to oil companies. Later that year, it was privatized and dominated by foreign firms. Oil was not the only goals of the Iraq…

In 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion on Iraq, only two years after the attack on 9/11. This lead to war almost immediately between Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan against both the United States and the United Kingdom. For eight years, the American government tried to subdue Iraq, ruled by Saddam Hussein at the time, because of an assumption that the Iraqi government was in possession of nuclear weapons and to stop Saddam Hussein’s aggression against his own people, thus attempting…

DeMya Jolly The Iraq Body Count project was founded in 2003 by volunteers from the United Kingdom and the United States. The volunteers felt an obligation to ensure that the innocent civilians who were killed weren’t forgotten. The IBC team consists of journalist and media support workers from around the world. The media workers are out in the dangerous and heavy armed streets of Iraq risking their lives daily to report the wars catastrophes. The article in which most of the information comes…

conventional bomb in a conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump described the bombing as a "very successful mission." It wasn't immediately clear how much damage the device did.The bomb was first tested in March 2003, just days before the start of the Iraq war. When it was developed in the early 2000s, the Pentagon did a formal review of legal justification for its combat use.…

Americans feel that the War on Terror and our existence in Iraq is too lengthy. Are they right? Should we remove ourselves and call it settled? Should we have another recurrence of the Vietnam War? Believe it or not, that's how a great deal of individuals see this war, as another Vietnam. They impression is that we are out there, imbedding the American nose into something that shouldn't be messed with. But they are not completely true. The War in Iraq has generated a large quantity of criticism…

31 October 2014 The Problems of the Iraq War I did my paper on a problem that hits close to home for me. My paper is on effects of PTSD and the Iraq War. PTSD stands for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I choose this because my brother is in the Marine Corps and within the next year so will I. Doing this paper will show what our troops have to go through during and after their time overseas protecting our freedom. The first problem is the impact that the Iraq War had on America. The impact…

“Jus ad bellum” is Latin for the “right to war.” There were many significant and varied perspectives about the United States’ “right to war” in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Several groups of people agreed with the pending start of the Iraq war, while many others opposed the imminent invasion. These groups of people strongly demonstrated their standings on the issue. France and Germany, known allies of the United States, were outwardly opposed to the invasion. Other countries, such as England…

Iraq Enmity In March of 2003, United States troops were deployed into Iraq to topple the government of Dictator Suddam Hussein. Merely nine months after the war began, Hussein was captured and executed by a United States regime. After Hussein’s demise, the power vacuum that was created led to violence between the two dominant Muslim denominations the Shias and the Sunnis. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were killed in the first few years of conflict. A surge of US troops were once again sent to…