Mosul

To Attack or Not to Attack It is December of the year 2004. A sudden, ground-trembling blast rocks the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. There is confusion and people bustling about the streets. The wounded cry out in pain as they search for help in the thick, dusty smoke. The bodies of men litter the area surrounding what was left of the car that had exploded. Fourteen United States soldiers and four American contractors were killed (Sanders). Tie together Throughout history, warfare has…

Radical Islam has become the number one focus of U.S. intelligence, military, and foreign policy in the years since 9/11. Its growth from political Islam to terrorism has been marked by numerous scholars and their contemporaries ranging from Qutb to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. There are many driving forces behind radical Islam, but one of the most important yet confusing is the concept of Jihad, which is used by all groups. Qutb describes the main goal of Islamic jihadism by writing, in his book…

“The world is anarchic.” That is how realists may see the world and relations amongst state are only necessary in order to gain states’ own interests. They believe that states are competitive towards one another with the primary goal of gaining power. Their theory is often contradicting the theory of the liberalists and idealists, which believe in cooperation and the existences of mutual benefits. The realists believe that states are meant to struggle for power and act in a way to prioritize the…

organized society that will help them be peaceful. The key Iraqi city of Ramadi fell to ISIS on Sunday after government security forces pulled out of a military base on the west side of the city, the mayor and a high-ranking security official said. Mosul fell early on Tuesday after four…

to enter Antioch via the three towers under his command. Bohemond’s men easily entered the city, killed all of the Saracens or allowed them to convert to Christianity and claimed Antioch as theirs. While this happened, the much-feared Kerbogha of Mosul gathered a force to relieve the siege. When he arrived at Antioch, he found the crusaders inside the city and he laid siege to it. Alexius once again angered the crusaders by not fulfilling his responsibilities. Alexius sent an army to assist…

At the conclusion of WWII, the United States developed and released the atomic bomb on Japan. As the most devastating bombs in history dropped on Hiroshima the world changed. The atomic age ushered in new and devastating weapons of mass destruction. It was then that world became tinted in fear at the uncertainty of this new age. It was not long until the Soviet Union tested and released its own weapons of annihilation. The arms race began. The two opposing giants of the 20th Century squared…

In the United States of America there is a question that all politicians are being asked. Should the U.S. government accept syrian refugees into the U.S.? There are a large amount of pros and cons from either side of the argument. One of the problems that would affect the U.S. population is the probability of a terror attack from these refugees. Do the american people really want to take the chance that one of them has ties with ISIL and is just looking to cause an attack on american soil? In…

Introduction (Done, 149): Iraq is arguably one of the most diverse countries culturally around the world. Iraq's population comprise of a majority of Arabs and Kurds. The remaining people are divided into several other ethnic groups such as Jews and Turkoman (Paulmbo, 2005). This cultural and ethnic diversity has led to an interesting variety of historical and cultural monuments. In recent years, Iraq’s cultural and historical heritage faced a quantifiable level of destruction and damage caused…

The Palestinean Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, has said, “Anybody who asks for a democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.” Because I agree with Ismail Haniyeh, I stand in firm affirmation of the resolution, Resolved: The United States ought to promote democracy in the Middle East. For simplicity in the debate today, I would like to offer the following definitions: According to the BBC world news, the following countries are considered to be middle eastern: Bahrain,…

When messengers from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus asked the Christians in Europe to help protect his empire from the Turks, an assembly of churchmen called by Pope Urban II met at Clermont, France on 27th November 1095. The pope addressed the assembly and asked the warriors of Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. The response of the assembly was overwhelmingly positive and the first of at least eight crusades was launched. For clarification, I am defining the word…