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    violation of Human Article 5 Rights was Saddam Hussein’s reign of torture in 2002 Iraq. The Iraqi dictator transformed the nation into a place unrecognizable, where families were killed for criticizing the government and neighbors weren’t safe in fear of prison, torture and death ("Human rights in Saddam Hussein 's Iraq"). Hussein had an iron grip over the nation and unleashed a wave of mass killings and unjust murder. His reign consisted of a specialized police force that acted on his every whim. He illegally detained possible defectors and their families while subjecting them to every torture imaginable ("Human rights in Saddam Hussein 's Iraq"). Hussein had a particular taste for sadism and would visit the prisons where torture was occurring to monitor the results. His depravity knew no bounds, and he passed the evil of his regime onto his two sons, Uday and Qusay Hussein. In fact, the entire Hussein era was so horrific, that it was debated whether Saddam Hussein’s sons brutality towards the Iraqi people was worst than their tyrannical father. According to, Human rights in Saddam Hussein 's Iraq, stories of rape, killing and beatings followed the reputation of Uday Hussein, as he inherited his sadistic pastimes from his father. If we take another trip to the Middle East, we can visit a modern case of torture that is happening to this day. Isis is an Al Qaeda militant group that formed recently after the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, Using the citizen 's displeasure…

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    Saddam Hussein Essay

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    Saddam Hussein was known as a great leader to some but most people know him as a terrorist and a murder. Saddam was born April 28, 1937 in Al-Awja, Iraq and died December 30 2006 in Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was born to a peasant family and later as a teenager Saddam became an anti-British, Arab nationalist ideology of the day. Saddam went to college to study law at the University of Baghdad but later dropped out and joined a party called Ba’ath and the party had a plan to assassinate the Prime…

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    The Tinderbox Case Study

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    buses, metros) and an equal amount of factories could not operate (because there was no fuel to operate machinery or lubricants). Unlike the U.S. and other Western economies, however, some nations actually benefited from the “oil weapon.” In the wake of the oil crises, Japanese scientist developed more energy efficient electronics and vehicles, thus while many countries suffered, Japan was building itself into a super power nation. Meanwhile, in Arab countries, the oil money had trickled its…

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    Based off the reviews of In the Belly of the Green Bird, I chose to read this historical account book. In the Belly of the Green Bird was written by Nir Rosen, who is a political journalist for the United States. The book is written as a personal account of what the writer was seeing in 2003 Iraq. While I was reading the historical account of Iraq, I was able to understand what was truly happening in the region. I was also able to understand why Iraqis view Americans the way they do. Based…

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    On July 19th 1979 Saddam Hussein began his dictatorship in Iraq and from that day on history was changed. Iraq was in the middle of a religious war between the Sunni’s and the Shi’ites. Sunni’s and Shi’ites continue to have the disagreement about something that happened 1400 years ago after the death of prophet Muhammad. Shi’ites believe that in order to rule you have to be a descendent of Muhammad. Mean while the Sunnis believe otherwise. When Saddam took control of the country their economy…

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    counterterrorism strategy” (Whitehouse). I believe we should not deploy our troops, or our country into the middle of the Syria’s civil war. To begin, we just got out of a war with the Middle East. In the beginning if the terrorist group from Iraq never attacked us we would have never gone to this war. As an American we must fight for our country, since they attacked us on our soil, then it is our duty to retaliate and show them what we are made of. Before 9/11 happened, If George H W Bush…

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    Ishmael Reflection

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    “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. —Charles Swindoll” Entrepreneur https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247213 Due to the war, Ishmael needs to react in a certain way for him to stay alive. During all of chapter eight, it is just Ishmael reacting to what the war has come down to for him. He is all by himself in a forest and has to find ways to survive. In order to stay alive, Ishmael needs to find food, water, and somewhere to sleep fast. So to conquer his hunger…

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    their decisions and their actions.” His lesson closely matches with Constructivist explanation of international relations which emphasizes the role of ideas and values in decision making process. Empathy allows states to see their enemy’s ideas and values, so that they can implement effective foreign policies in accordance with what ideas that their enemy regard as valuable . According to Noam Chomsky, Bush administration members assumed that “Iraqi people wanted democracy and would be able to…

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    Essay On Refugee Crisis

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    geopolitical analysts see a much more sinister side. Analysts believe that the U.S. is trying to destabilize Syria and a much larger campaign to move on to control of Iran, and other countries that may threaten or help them. The U.S.’ intervention in Iraq has led to distress and an outpouring of refugees. Soon after the U.S. invaded Iraq, many troops surrendered. However, the hardliners protected the capital, Baghdad. A cease-fire created a temporary pseudo peace between the U.S. and Iraq. In…

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    1. Introduction United States war with Iraq have been going on for many years because United States believe that the September 11th attack on the World Trade center had something to do with the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein at the time. United States emerged as the victor but at Iraq’s expenses. Iraq have to suffer political issues like civil wars and failing government because of terrorist groups. Iraq’s economy suffer greatly with unemployment rate going high. Socially Iraqi people have to live…

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