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    Delta Force deployed to train and advised a special Colombian police task force known as the Search Bloc, which was created to locate Escobar. (Bowden, 2001) “Every direction-finding, surveillance, and imagery team in the arsenal descended on Medellín.” (Bowden, 2001) It was like a sweepstakes: see who could demonstrate the most effectiveness first.” (Bowden, 2001)“It took ten C-130s just to deliver the contractors and maintenance and support staffs for all the assets.” (Bowden, 2001) A vigilante group known as Los Pepes (Los Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar, "People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar") was formed with one mission, kill anyone who was involved with Pablo Escobar. Los Pepes carried out a bloody campaign, in which more than 300 of Escobar's associates, his lawyer and relatives were slain, and a large amount of the Medellín cartel's property was destroyed. Los Pepes also conducted an extensive information warfare campaign to strike fear into the Medellín cartel. It became apparent that members of the Search Bloc, and Colombian and United States intelligence agencies either colluded with Los Pepes or moonlighted with Los Pepes. This coordination was allegedly conducted mainly through the sharing of intelligence in order to allow Los Pepes to bring down Escobar and his allies. (Bowden,…

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    Missing Movie Essay

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    Costa-Gavras based this film on the tragic story of American journalist documentary filmmaker, Charles Horman. Horman was an enthusiastic supporter of President Salvador Allende. Charles was visiting a coastal town in Chile at the time during the midst of the chaotic political corruption. On September 17th Charles Horman was abducted from his home by Chilean Soldiers. Days after Charles Horman’s abduction his wife, Joyce Horman and father, Ed Horman desperately searched Chile in hopes of finding…

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    World War II left devastation and human turmoil in its wake. However, not long after the last shot was fired in one war a new kind of war was born. One that had no bombs surging down from the skies, yet still instilled fear into citizens of several countries. A war with undeniable boundaries made up of barbwire and guards. Each side professing the other’s weakness and oppression; neither willing to act on their threats in fear of retaliation. This was the Cold War. A political war between the…

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    the desire for consumer goods is, at least, partially responsible for causing unrest in the Eastern Bloc and exposed how different the Soviet’s communist tenets were from what humans’ desire. In the introduction of Greg’s article, he speaks of a fictitious account published in 1951 by sociologist David Reisman’s. In this account Reisman tells of how ‘Operation Abundance’ is being waged against the Soviet Union. Instead of using guns and bombs to accomplish their goals, the US was air-dropping…

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    Berlin Wall Essay

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    A symbol of oppression for the German people, the Berlin Wall was a barrier that separated the city of Berlin in both the physical and metaphorical form of the word. Officially designated the “Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart” by the government of the German Democratic Republic, the wall split the city of Berlin into two segments. One half was controlled by the Soviet Union and the other half of Berlin was administered by an alliance of the three Western allied powers, comprised of the United…

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    The Second World War was one of the most challenging periods humanity has ever faced. The world was plagued by death and destruction caused by feuding countries in a war of power. During the war, the United States of America and the Soviet Union played a great role. Their military forces helped bring down Nazi Germany and recovered what was left of Europe. But issues ensued during these trying times that caused these wartime allies turn on each other and become enemies during the Cold War. What…

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    Frederick Taylor author of The Berlin Wall: A World Divided 1961-1989 written in 2007, brings to the front an almost forgotten event in history. He writes an in depth novel of what precipitated the events before the wall was built, and after it was torn down. Taylor gives a thorough account of the happenings, and with the use of evidence, personal account, interviews, and opinion he gives a delightful and at time somewhat controversial account of the Berlin Wall. The author gives account of the…

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    In 1945 directly following the end of WWII, Nazi territory was separated into zones. Each Allie country (US, France and Great Britain) were given a zone during the Potsdam Conference. During this conference the Soviet Union’s assigned zone encompassed all of Germany, along with other European countries. This concerned the Allies as it was apparent the priority of the USSR was to spread communism and their idealistic views. Therefore the Allies divided the city of Berlin into East and West…

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    The Berlin Journal by Robert Darnton provides an account on the reunification of East and West Berlin. Throughout the journal, Darnton reveals how confronting the past is an important step in moving forward. Darnton also examines the different meanings the Berlin Wall symbolized for East and West Berliners. Finally, the effects of reunification on the economic system were a concern among East Berliners as they did not want to let go of socialism. The three major themes in Darnton’s Berlin…

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    equivalent economies; McKinnon (1963) claimed that if they suffer from economic crises through market mechanisms of trade, it is an usual area of a common currency. If individual economies do not open their trade markets, demand shocks could severely hit national economy and encroach on GDP or price levels in the national market. Conversely, if the national markets are highly opened, they can equilibrate intra-economic performance and deal with those shocks. In terms of this, the Eurozone is…

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