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    Gulf War Address Although most of this speech focuses on Iraq and Kuwait, what domestic issues does President Bush also address? How are those issues linked to the situation in Iraq? The domestic issues that former President Bush addressed in his speech other than the Iraq and Kuwait war where our economy, our Armed Forces, our energy dependence, and our cohesion. Those were issues he felt would determine whether we able to help our friends and stand up to our foes. Bush goes on to talking about

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    There were many faults in US intelligence during Persian Gulf War I (Gulf War I) that carried over to the Persian Gulf War II (Gulf War II). A lack of a doctrinal foundation and existing structure by the Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Intelligence Group (SRIG) when aiding the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in Gulf War I severely hindered the ground operations during this war. Similarly in Gulf War II the army doctrine attempted to provide “a baseline for helping the commander visualise the information

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    Finally, it is important to talk about some of the campaigning tactics that Heller has employed already in his bid for re-election. Aside from the previously stated attempts by Heller to craft a narrative that carefully balances along the tightrope between the fired up Republican base and Democrats, Heller has taken some blatantly obvious steps to shore up his Republican credentials. The area where he’s been pushing the hardest is by crafting a narrative around supporting the troops. In fact, one

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    Athbi Al-Subaie Methodology Final INS 611 The Militarization of the Gulf Cooperation Council to Deter Threats How Fear Shapes the Future of the Region Introduction: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Peninsula Shield Force expresses the principle to protect against any political turmoil or security infringement in any GCC part state. The Peninsula Shield Force depends on the standard of group and coordinated security and barrier, with each GCC part state promising to ensure and protect the common

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    The Iraq War, better known as the Second Gulf War was the war that saw Saddam Hussain toppled from power. It began on March 20th 2003 and finished 18 December 2011. It was a huge issue at the time and the contribution of Australia to the war was highly successful and acknowledged. In 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, a country south east of Iraq which led to the start of the First Gulf War. After September 11, the United States started to believe that the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussain had something to

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    nations decided to respond with war. A series of individuals and organizations across the globe suggested that the United States and other nations had ulterior motives that prompted the intervention. However, these reasons failed to surface in the media’s debates. The United States media used censorship and deceit to steer the public’s opinion in favor of the Gulf War as a means of serving the interests of their corporate donors and owners. During the Gulf War, the United States government collaborated

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    Middle East region’s political affairs and ongoing power struggles. By the end of the twentieth century, safeguarding the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf had become one of the most important functions of the U.S. military establishment. The close relationship between the United States and the Saudi royal family was formed in the final months of World War II, when U.S. leaders sought to ensure preferential access to Saudi petroleum. The U.S. link with Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region has

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    environment 1,2. The location of the Arabian Gulf is of great economic importance. Due to the large source of oil and many oil businesses in that area, the Arabian Gulf has been known as one of the busiest areas in the world. The regional economy is heavily dependent on earnings from the oil sector. Each year, Middle East countries export 90% of its oil to different regions around the world. 55% of all international ships travel through the Arabian Gulf 3-4. The high density of ships trading in the

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    since the end of the Cold War, identifying the main parties (direct and indirect actors) and issues, explaining the conflict and relating it to its social or international context and how these factors have evolved over the life-cycle of the conflict. This should be done with a conceptual underpinning of the type of conflict being examined and within the organisational framework of conflict mapping. The conflict I will analyse is the Iraq War, met the standard definition of a war, more than 1000 people

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    regarded by the Jews, Christians and Muslims also known as the biblical Holy Land. “Israelis and Arabs have been fighting over Gaza on and off, for decades. It's part of the wider Arab Israeli conflict.” Says (BBC, 2015). During the Holocaust and World War II, there were six million Jewish people that were killed. So then after that more and more Jewish people wanted their own country. Eventually the Jews was given a prodigious amount of the Palestine. The Arabs did not think it was fair. The Arabs whom

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