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    After United States deployed ground forces into Iraq in 2003, Jordanian Salafi Jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his militant group Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, achieved fame in the early stages of the Iraqi insurgency. Founded in 1999, the terror group was responsible for suicide attacks on civilians, Iraqi government institutions Italian soldiers, and Shia Islamic mosques, Al-Zarqawi's group officially pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network in October 2004. The name was…

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    Termites In Syria

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    women, because of the lack of food. The effect on citizens is almost becoming deadly and could cause major death tolls unless something is done (A Rush For Free Food By Iraqis Displaced By a Growing Conflict), (Iraqi Christians displaced by Sunni militants seek to flee…

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    The Irish Republican Army

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    In 1919, a successor to the 1913 militant nationalist organization, the Irish Volunteers, was formed with the purpose of using armed forces to turn over British rule in Ireland. The IRA, or Irish Republican Army, fought for independence from Britain through the employment of guerilla warfare and vicious war tactics to force the British officials to reconsider their rule. After negotiations with Great Britain, two autonomous political entities were formed: Northern Ireland and the Irish Free…

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    civilians, including 21 children. Not even half of that number was confirmed to be militants. The people in this country can only imagine what it is like to have death flying above them, but the innocents in the Middle-Eastern countries do not have to imagine. The number of innocents on the receiving end of drone attacks has only increased over the years, because the drones act on a program that cannot discern between militants and civilians. Drones create tension between us, families of victims…

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    1. Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales was born on June 18, 1928 in Denver, Gonzales did not had it easy on life. He grew up using his fists. In 1963, Gonzales organized Los Voluntarios a group that protested against police brutality. After two years he become a director of Dever’s War on Poverty youth programs; however, because of his involvement in the Albuquerque EEOC walkout, he was fired. Gonzales publishes his own newspaper called El Gallo: La Voz de la Justicia. During the 1960s, Gonzales wrote the…

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    humans then ruled over the Earth. In later society women have been bought to a low value in life. Many women fought for basic right that men have. In order to fight for this right of equilibrium women started to use a more militant approach. Women of this plan group became the militant suffragettes and their motto was “Deeds not words”. Most people think of the women’s movement was somewhat like the African American movement. These two movements are completely different because only male African…

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    According to National Geographic Society (2012), due to the Afghan’s war in 1979 when Russia invaded Afghanistan, many refugees escaped from Afghanistan to Pakistan. They did not pass through proper security, they also smuggled weapons and many militants came into the country illegally. According to the UN Refugee Agency, most of these refugees have gone to stay in the Northern region of Pakistan. From these problems, the Taliban has been able to build itself in the Northern region of Pakistan…

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    on the brink of revolution until Parliament dropped the bill after an attempted arson caused half of Bristol city to be burned. Pankhurst argued “ You need something dynamic in order to force legislation through the House of Commons… “ (Why We are Militant? 1). She believes that the Parliament talks about reforms that benefit the people but never writes them nor passes them, therefore, only through the signs of a revolution will cause parliament to take action. Women have tried to lobby to…

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    During the 19th century, women had almost no access to political power. Despite this exclusion, women did not remain entirely excluded from the public sphere. From the “White Feather Girls”, to the suffragettes as well as the women's popular protests in Berlin, women worked to remain as involved as possible in the political sphere despite the many boundaries that faced them. From middle to working class women of all social statuses came together to help shape the society in which they lived as…

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    regularly been said that, "not all Muslims are fear based oppressors, but rather all psychological oppressors are Muslims" (Lehto, 2009). This announcement has made them consider the historical backdrop of fear mongering and the reason psychological militants connect themselves with Islam and influence psychological oppression to seem like it is a fight amongst Muslims and Christians. It has influenced me to ask why we don't regularly witness situations where there are Jewish, Buddhists, or…

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