Taliban insurgency

In January of 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new campaign strategy on the war against terror. The surge was a way forward to a more unified, democratic federation that can sustain, govern, and defend itself in future generations. His plan involved the deployment of 28,000 additional U.S. troops to the Anbar Province and Baghdad Area of Influence (AOI). The AOI strategy was based on six essential elements that derived from a proposal meeting with senior Iraqi officials; let…

Naomi Klein argues that what happened in Iraq, and is part of a broader trend globally, is in many ways the opposite of economic and human development. Explain what she means, provide examples from Iraq, and argue EITHER in support of her analysis, or against her analysis. The argument presented by Naomi Klein in her work, “The Shock Doctrine” is that the privatization of the government in the form of disaster capitalism, as seen after the Invasion of Iraq, is counter to economic growth and…

The fuse for the WW3 was lit by the ISIS. ISIS to the world is just like a skin disease to human, it is not a fatal problem itself. That is to say, ISIS won’t be more courageous and skillful than the Taliban in battle as long as the five permanent members of United Nations, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are willing to send ground troops and give a heavy blow to ISIS, but not reluctantly and incrementally. America is…

Osama bin Laden is one of then most well known names in the globe. The actions he took that led him to fame, was his success in creating one of the largest export groups of terrorism. Consequently, given him the title of: the hero of the Islamic empire. His desire to create a Muslim empire has influenced him to commit the most gruesome terrorist attacks of all time. On September 11, 2001 his attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center unleashed one of the longest terrorism associated war.…

Fifteen years ago, the United States wasn’t officially engaged in any wars. Few of us had ever heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden, and ISIS didn’t even exist. We deported half the number of people we do today. Our surveillance state was a fraction of its current size. And — perhaps hardest to believe — we didn’t have to take off our shoes to get through airport security. America’s involvement in the War on Terror — prompted by the 9/11 terrorist attacks — resulted in a dramatic change in our…

Queda volunteer soldier, fighting for their perceived way of life, on their own soil, against a foreign invader, with all their capability (although limited as it was). Compare that to the mindset of a drafted or paid U.S. soldier, fighting thousands of miles away from home, to prevent the spread of communism or to find weapons of mass destruction or create a stable government. Ironically, history has proven that the fall of South Vietnam to Communism was not a significant threat to Democracy…

Authors can be very discrete about how the innocent are portrayed and sometimes it could be very evident. Just like they could be this way about the victims, they can show the same execution with the victors. Victors are commonly associated with good but seen as in the Kite Runner, the character Assef who is the antagonist and has malevolent tendencies is a victor .A victim is someone who is negatively impacted by the conflict in the work. In The Kite Runner and Persepolis Khaled Hosseni and…

On May 2, 2011 a team of U.S. Navy Seals invaded a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where they found and killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Since then People have condemned the invasion saying it was not moral for the Americans to go under cover and perform this secret act of retaliation to violence. This act of violence is morally permissible and can be proven through natural law theory and utilitarianism. It started back in 1993 with several bombings throughout the years on U.S. military…

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is a nonfiction narrative written by Malala Yousafzai and co-written by Christina Lamb. I am Malala was originally published on October 8, 2013. This outstanding book had the privilege to undergo worldwide recognition and receive the Goodreads Choice Awards, for best memoir & autobiography. I am Malala, is an inspiring narrative and a great read. I am Malala shares the life of a young Pakistan teenager who endured a…

CHAPTER FOUR: AQ’S CURRENT PLANS AND THEATRES OF OPERATION This chapter explores the current plans of AQ. To this end, it argues that the organisation might be planning to use either AQ in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) or al Nusra to carry out a terror attack in the West. With the increased movement of youthful fighters from the West to Syria and Iraq, it is highly likely that these could be part of the AQ plan to launch an attack in the West. The chapter also explores the theatres of operation…