TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE POWER CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE PARTICIPANTS AS LEVERAGE, DISCUSS THE SYRIAN CRISIS Historical Background Syria is described as a country of fertile plains, high mountains and deserts, and is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Christians, Druze, Alawite Shia and Arab Sunnis, the last of who make up a majority of the Muslim population. Syria gained its independence from France in 1946 and united with Egypt from 1958 to
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“The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction, is the first and only object of good government” Some people may think that human happiness to life is having a strong country and a powerful government; and to make the best possible lifestyle for everyone. Those people need to realise that “Human rights” is the most powerful source in our life. There are many types of human rights that our government put forth and came up with. Human Rights are one of the best things that could have
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provide us with financial and military aid. In the third round, the free Syrian army broke their alliances with the Islamist and they started to support the western powers. The Salafi rebels attempted to procure weapons of mass destruction. In response, we used chemicals weapons on our on population After concluding round 3, we were unable to achieve piece. The Syrian population began fleeing the country because the lack of security. The West increased it’s aid to the Free Syrian Army. Iran
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applies physical laws. Judgment day is the time many religions accept that God will end the life which we live. Mainly theories about end of the world can be separated into three groups which are the end because of human based problems, physical destruction of universe and the order of God. Although the human based damages on the Earth are getting more and more serious and physical collapse of universe makes sense scientifically, the decision of end of the world only depends on the owner of everything
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1- There has always been a great debate whether or not smallpox was used as a weapon during the American Revolution. There were numerous incidents that raised suspicions, many who accused people of using smallpox as a weapon, and who was accused. Although smallpox was believed to be spread many ways, a common theory is that the British purposely infected surrounding native tribes by the use of blankets and a handkerchief. Elizabeth A. Fenn explains a theory after the Indians came to meet with the
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classified goals for the Iraq invasion in August 2002 after Secretary Rumsfeld had already directed the development of two contingency plans. The President sought to topple a dictator, secure Iraq, implant democracy and eliminate Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction treat. The top three civilian leaders, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, formed a national security decision-making troika that removed the Joint Chiefs from the strategic decision-making process. Secretary Rumsfeld capitalized on the broad Presidential
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Terrorism has been around for as long as people can remember, but for the past ten years there's been a dramatic rise in activity. Terrorists use murder, kidnapping, hijacking, and bombings to pursue a political agenda.(Encarta, Par 1) These criminals are not just subject to the United States, terrorism happens all over the world, in every way, shape and form. There are many types of terrorism and terrorists with many different purposes. (Mockaitis par, 1) The primary reason for terrorist actions
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honor their demands. The petitioners intend to appeal the ruling made on August 4, 1998 whereby, “Wise, Grebe, and Emigh were charged with conspiracy to use or attempt to use a weapon of mass destruction in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2332a (a) (2) and (c) (2) (C) (Count 1). With threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2332a (a) (2) and (c) (2) (C), and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Counts 2 through 8). Wise and Grebe were convicted by a jury on Counts 5 and 6, but acquitted on
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understand some known facts about the Cold War before comparing them with the interviews of three people. In the 1940s the war was mainly a more political war than a military war however, each were dangerous to the affect that they possessed nuclear weapons and the means to launch them. They were the two superpowers of the world following World War II. In 1950, Dwight Eisenhower was the first Republican president elected to office in twenty years. “I like Ike” (GlobalSecurity) was the campaign slogan
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Atomic Bomb on Japan! Which event or decision in World War 2 do you think had a major effect on what happened in the war or on how the war ended? How did this event or decision make a difference in the the larger picture?The event that had a major effect on World War 2 was when The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. On August 6 1945 Hiroshima was destroyed by an American B-29 called the Enolia Gay droppped the first nuclear bomb,which
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