Uday Hussein

believing that democracy has won the day. In March of 2003 the U.S. along with other coalition forces invaded Iraq. In less than a month, Bagdad fell, after 24 years of brutal dictatorship which included corruption, intolerance and fear, Sadaam Hussein along with the Ba’athist government were ousted. Then came the difficult job of building a democracy that was workable in Iraq and overcoming the obstacles including the ongoing civil conflict, economic problems, and the human rights issues.…

Ukraine, the current ISIS crisis, and the major involvement other countries around the globe have put into the conflicts. In early August of 1990, the leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein called for the attack on Kuwait. The United States and other countries around the world were called on to intervene the situation. Saddam Hussein pulled troops from Kuwait by the middle of January 1991. The beginning of the…

The Australian Wheat Board (AWB) is now known as the biggest corporate corruption scandal in Australia’s history as it attempted to undercut agreements endorsed by the UN’s Oil-for-Food program by compensating the Saddam Hussein rule in Iraq through illicit payments, which infringed the programme’s intent. These bribes began while the AWB was still under government control; with illegal activity continuing after the organisation was privatised in 1999. Australia’s trade reputation was tarnished…

Battle of 73rd Easting U.S. Armed Forces Cold War training on state of the art future weapon systems was tested. The Iraqi Army including the famed Iraqi Republican Guard were a battle hardened veteran force, feared by both political and military allies and foes. The United States entered the Gulf War with the liberation of the Kuwaiti nation as their primary goal. The United States Armed Forces demonstrated that superior training, innovative battle tactics, and quick decision-making would…

The occupation of Iraq began March 20, 2003 to May 1, 2003 but even though the invasion barely lasted over a month the United States spent over $53 billion in 2003 and upwards of $800 billion in 2012 through reconstruction. With such a massive budget it would have been advised that the objectives and operation of its entirety be successful; however, this has not been the case. Even though Iraq was believed to have weapons of mass destruction following the attacks on the World Trade Centers on…

Israel, and in so doing, aligning its foreign policies to the popular interests of pan-Arab nationalists. Furthermore its economy was experiencing unprecedented growth with record oil revenues of 30 million dollars in 1980. Prior to the conflict Hussein was positioning himself to fill the power vacuum left by the decline of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser orienting himself and Iraq as the center of the pan-Arab nationalist…

March 20 2003 was the day everything changed, this was the day American troops stepped foot onto the foreign desert land that.US now know of as Iraq. Many people have their own opinion about if the United States made the right decision deciding to go to war with this country. So, although the US gained much intel, helped locals and executed Saddam….. Was it the right decision considering all the consequences (good and bad) of the invading and picking apart of Iraq. There are both positive and…

George H. Bush was the 41st President of the United States of America. His Vice President was Dan Quayle, who was a senator from Indiana. He was only President for one term and at the 1993 election he lost to Bill Clinton, but while president Bush helped the country in many ways while he was in office. In July of 1991 President Bush tried to help the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union by meeting with the Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev. There they signed the…

Career Coach – Autobiography – GEB 3035 Sadok Hasan 1. Family Background. I was born in Baghdad, Iraq to a humble family of 5 – in the heart of the second Gulf War. I spent only my infant years there as my family struggled to get by. My dad had his own computer business while my mom stayed home to take care of the kids. I think inevitably my parents wanted to leave their home country with their kids one day, but it was made apparent when Saddam Hussein’s army stole my father from our house and…

What Reagan administration did during the Contra-Iran Affair was wrong from a political, ethical, and moral standpoint. From a strategic standpoint, there is a different story. In regards to the Iran-Iraq war, the main objective of Reagan’s administration was revealed, which was to lengthen the Iran-Iraq war. The US (along with Israel and its European allies) did not want a powerful Iran under the rule of Islamic Republic. They saw the Islamic Republic of Iran as a force that challenges the…