Militant

decreed that he was going to use his executive powers and declare a state of emergency in Bayelsa state if the culprits were not handed over by the state governor. As the governor could not live up to the president’s request to capture the Ijaw militants, the…

Despite the administration guarantees of the accuracy of the CIA targeting intelligence. The CIA and JSOC target extremist and other militants, but do not publicly reveal whether those killed are actively involved in terrorism against the United States” (Source K). When drone strikes are sent by the CIA or JSOC operators kill people who are suspect as a terrorist. If a drone is sent to…

Naturally the United States supported this uprising, an action that ensured a Soviet defeat and ultimately an end to the Cold War. These actions came with a price however, as some of the militants armed by the United States…

The insurgency is blamed for catastrophic attacks aimed against Somali nationals and foreign aid workers. In June 2006, members of Al Shabbab kidnapped four western aide workers and more than a dozen Somali’s. (Article, Fall of Mogadishu Leaves US Policy in Ruins, The Guardian 2006). This incident greatly affected the presence of aid workers in Somalia and has resulted in the African Union amending its policy on sending western aid workers into Somalia. Shabbab has also carried out car bombing…

A key point that I have learned this week is that terrorism can’t happen without the proper funding. Some terrorist groups raise money through employment at their job, while others have fundraisers and take charity donations. Don’t be fooled, most of these charity donations are a scam. Money laundering is one of the most popular ways that terrorist and criminals receive income. The difference is that terrorist will launder money to support their cause for terrorism, and criminals will launder…

Black Panther Party down, as well as all of its members. On June 5th James Meredith started a March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson to protest against racism. After police shot him down, the revolution took a turning point. Blacks became more militant in their demands for equal rights. "In 1967 the F.B.I initiated a cover action program called COINTELPRO, to disrupt and "neutralize" organizations, which the bureau characterized as "Black Nationalists Groups"(Police opinion). The F.B.I…

reorganisation of the army, particularly through the actions of Marius, Sulla and Caesar, contributed greatly to the disempowerment of the Senate and therefore the Republic. Through the undoubtedly instrumental Marian reforms, the Roman social and militant structure was altered permanently, a design that was manipulated and built upon through the course of Sulla and Caesar’s political careers. Through all of this factors, it is unquestionable that the changing composition of the Roman Army…

was shown to cause a lot of tension between the countries with businesses in Morocco in both the simulation, and the real war. Another theory that Barbara Tuchman had about the events that lead up to the war was that she believed the Germans were a militant people who wanted a war. This theory is simply incorrect. The push for war and militarism in Germany was led by the Kaiser, who wanted Germany to rule the world. Tuchman even goes on to contradict herself later on by saying that the people of…

Father Douglas Bazi, the priest who was kidnapped and tortured by Al-Qaeda, said being a Christian in Iraq is “impossible.” The Baghdad-based priest spoke at a church in California and shared how Al-Qaeda militants captured him was he was on his way home from church in 2006. Within the nine days that he was held hostage by the terrorists, Father Douglas Bazi’s lost some of his teeth when his captors smashed them with a hammer, was shot in the leg, and sustained a broken nose and back, the…

The Sudanese states and empires as well as the Eastern and Southern African states and kingdoms have many different historical and geographical issues. These issues relate to the topic of historical development, trading issues, war and persecution, and the spreading and influencing of religion throughout Africa. Both in the Sudanese states and empires and Eastern and Southern African states and kingdoms, “European powers have interrupted historical tendencies toward national development in…