What Reagan administration did during the Contra-Iran Affair was wrong from a political, ethical, and moral standpoint. From a strategic standpoint, there is a different story. In regards to the Iran-Iraq war, the main objective of Reagan’s administration was revealed, which was to lengthen the Iran-Iraq war. The US (along with Israel and its European allies) did not want a powerful Iran under the rule of Islamic Republic. They saw the Islamic Republic of Iran as a force that challenges the…
the United States has been exponentially increasing its involvement in these foreign countries for inconsequential reasons. The U.S. government has interfered with the Middle East for decades, causing destruction and chaos in countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The United States must stop attempting to take control over these nations at the expense of innocent people and take responsibility…
Equity and Diversity Refugees from Iraq Under (Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951) Australia defines a refugee as a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Throughout this essay the selected group of Iraq refugees within Australia will be researched to find out their demographic, key features of the group, historical perspectives, policies and practices, issues this group face and programs that effectively…
invasion of Iraq) has increased the competitiveness among the groups. Supply of arms and ammunition from the west which is motivated by the economic interest is the burning example of the globalization. 2. Explain why it is said that the Muslim sectarian violence was triggered…
In Iraq the group of Indigenous people are known as the Mandaean community. They are an ethnoreligious, linguistic minority, and an indigenous people from Iran and Iraq. The Mandaean Human Rights Group, also known as the MHRG, speaks out for the Mandaean community. They have roughly 60,000 people with their own two thousand year old language a form of Aramaic. The Mandaean community consists of smaller more individual groups. 75% to 80% are Arab, 15% - 20% are Kurds, and an estimated 5% are…
Iraqi Constitution in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. It goes into great detail how the failure in the part of the CPA actors regarding influence of religion and nationalism changed and delayed the implementation of the Iraqi constitution. Even though religion is related to the culture of the group by way of personal and collective identity, it also has a social function within the society it works. Therefore, in Post Saddam Iraq, the Grand Ayatollah Sistani was able to…
against the caliph were occurring in Iraq, especially in places such as, Kufa and Basra. After winning a battle or two, the rebellious Iraqis seemed to gain even more momentum. It was at this time that the caliph chose Hajjaj ibn Yusuf to become governor of Iraq and put an end to the revolts. History portrays that Hajjaj was a tyrannical, grim and evil man who ordered the execution of more than one hundred and twenty thousand people during his twenty year reign in Iraq. However, I will argue…
Which political system is better for a country? Each country have different needs, cultures, history, strengths and weaknesses to take into account in order to find the appropriate system. The aftermath of war in Iraq, when talking about politics, was focused on asserting control over the country, the next step in order to rebuild the country is establishing a representational system, the majority believe that democracy is the system to follow, since a democracy is not a unknown concept for…
As the international fight endures against Islamic extremists who are pursuing a campaign to establish a caliphate in Syria and Iraq, the debate to know how to call the group continues. The world would have to call them the “Islamic State” in respect of the caliphate they have avowed, if it were up to them. The US Governments and the British are using the ISIL acronym, whereas the name ISIS is more frequently seen. In addition to the confusion, the French said they would use the Arabic-derived…
consent about their common name. This group is known by several names including Al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham (Daesh) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in English is considered to be the original name of the group. But it is also known as, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State (IS), The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and even Islamic State Group. Name matters for everything and everyone. The world community…