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On March 19th, 2003 from the White House oval office President George W. Bush addressed the nation. "My fellow citizens. At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein 's ability to wage war. These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign

Iraqi and Iranian casualties. Only two years later, Hussein started a war with Kuwait on false claims that it had stolen from Iraq's oilfields. Another one of Hussein's false claims was that he stated Kuwait was Iraq's Nineteenth province. With this said, the first Gulf War was started in 1990 (Eugene 4) Within three days, Iraq had taken over Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabian oilfields. In response to this, the United States initiated Operation Desert Shield to protect Saudi Arabia. Operation

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States. He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River. Wikipedia Born: 1500, Province of Badajoz, Spain Died: May 21, 1542, Mississippi River Nationality: Spanish Spouse: Inés de Bobadilla (m. 1537–1542) Siblings: Catalina de Soto, Maria de Soto, Juan Mendez de Soto De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking. It ranged

Operations Desert Shield/Storm took place during the Gulf War, which was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of more than 30 nations mandated by the United Nations, led by the United States commanded by General Norman Schwarzkopf, who conducted one of the greatest military campaigns of all times that resulted with the coalition victory. The name Operation Desert Shield was for the operation leading to the built up of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm for the

after recognized it on May 14, 1948. Meanwhile, the United States managed to find a great source of cheap oil through Saudi Arabia. The exchange was protection for oil. Thus, protecting the American oil interests in Saudi Araba as well as the Persian Gulf region became one of the country’s top priorities. In Egypt, the presidency of Gamal Abd al-Nasser was spreading Arab socialist policies, land reform, and the nationalization of the Suez Canal. With Cold War politics in play, the United States was

here that a mandate involving France’s desire to hold Syria and Lebanon and Great Britain’s desire to hold the lands of Palestine, Transjordan, and Mesopotamia was born. Britain’s holdings were renamed Iraq, which was created out of the Ottoman provinces of Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra. In October of 1932, Iraq gained formal independence under Faysal I and through the League of Nations becoming its own separate country. In the years to follow, the Iraqi Oil industry flourished providing the country

In the post -World War II era, the competition of global supremacy between the superpowers of the time, United States and the Soviet Union resulted in the Cold War. Many countries in the world were pulled into this rivalry including many of the states of the Middle East. Allies against the Soviet Union received substantial quantities of United States aid and were encouraged to purchase weapons of Western means. Those who were in opposition to the United States’ power received economic and military

Iraq: A Country on the Rise      Iraq is a country that is on the rise. After being crushed by allied troops for their invasion of Kuwait, they have begun the slow rebuilding process. In this report, I will discuss the basic geographic features of Iraq, and other various important features such as mineral wealth, vegetation, ect.      Iraq's total area is 271,128 square miles (just slightly more than twice the size of Idaho). It's capital

The Nature of a British Proprietary Colony History 1301 The British and the Proprietary colonies were the first to settle a permanent colony in South Carolina in 1680. The colonist established center of political and economical life in the Southern Carolina's and named a colony. Charles town was named after King Charles. Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper hoped to create and ideal society in America. He wanted to create his own utopia where a few gentlemen rule with the consent of small property

For my heritage fair I decided to research George Etienne Cartier, who if you haven’t heard about was a lawyer, rebel, politician and railway promoter whose contributions to Confederation were on the same level as figures like John A. Macdonald and George Brown(Sweeny). If you haven’t heard of any of these people, then don’t worry I’ll be going into length on all of them. Furthermore, if you were wondering why I chose this topic to research, I would truthfully tell you that the only reason I chose