Insurgency

hardships than Americans do. Cultural awareness is something that people should read up on about Afghanistan to understand what some of the norms are for the people of Afghanistan. According to Charles R. Lister who wrote Cultural Awareness and Count Insurgency in Afghanistan, cultural awareness is defined as local-level understanding and appreciation of the foundational norms, values and expectations that govern and structure individual societies. Afghanistan’s culture, for example, is very different

However, numerous aspects allowed the Byzantine Empire to stay in power for a 1000 years after the end of the Roman Empire; primarily the emperors were focused on the political, culture and economic affairs from top to bottom. This triangle strategy of the empire backed by a greater strategic communication and well-designed political warfare against their rivals enabled the empire to stay stable and secure. There are also few other internal and external factors and advantages. Including some great

into a capital of insurgency in Iraq. For more the 200 years or 10 generations, Fallujah was influenced by Wahabbi or Salafi ideas. These ideas came out of the eastern part of Saudi Arabia in the late 18th century. Meaning people of the city are linked together through tribes, marriage, and family to Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan due to the city being a seaport5. With a long history of war and radical religious attitude, Fallujah turned into a capital of insurgency in Iraq. Fallujah’s

The insurgency of innovative gadgets began another time on January 27, 2010. At that day, Steve Jobs, at an Apple occasion, made that big appearance and uncovered a standout amongst the most intense disclosures of his life. Despite the fact that, the Mac had been presented in business sectors decades prior, and a couple of years after the fact it was trailed by the IPhone, Jobs, at that day and on a similar stage, underlined that there was a space for another revelation that fit the classification

military contractors on 31, March 2004 was the consequences of actions that took place on 28, April when gunshots fired into an anti-American rally, killing 17 and wounding more than 70 Fallujah protesters, this event ultimately was the catalyst of the insurgency mainly due to the people of Fallujah feeling honor-bound to exact revenge (Knarr, Castro, & Fuller, 2009, p. 13) which created a considerable lack of trust by the Fallujah people. Lack of support and coalition made it easy for insurgents to take

LTC Kunk’s mission was twofold. His BN was to deploy to a region in the Euphrates valley that was south of Baghdad, dubbed the “Triangle of Death”. An American presence had only lightly occupied the area and the insurgency in that region was multiplying. They were unleashing havoc on American troops in the area as well as civilians. 1-502nd was also tasked with training a division within the Iraqi Army in the hope that they would secure the area once American troops

“We lost the war in southern Afghanistan and it broke my heart.” This statement used by Graeme Smith in the introduction to his book, The Dogs are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan, sets the tone for the rest of the book. Although foreign forces had, arguably, the best of intentions going into the war, the Taliban always regrouped and reappeared, often larger and harder to defeat than before, no matter how tremendous their losses were in previous battles. International forces did what they

homeland defense."Quantitative numbers will not defeat the terrorists and insurgents; however the objectives of defeating the enemy need to be specific enough so that the public can determine whether the goals are being met. In order to defeat an insurgency one must promote a stronger ideology, value system, and security environment, than the opposition. The 9/11 Commission emphasizes the use of public diplomacy. Defeating insurgents and terrorists is not based on traditional war tactics; it encompasses

what Marines faced in 1968 on the streets of Hue city Vietnam during the Tet offensive (Head, 105). While many debate the war overall the focus of this essay is on the battle itself and how the US government created the circumstances in which the insurgency in Fallujah could flourish as well as the ideology and motives of the Jihadi fighters and US forces and why the battle was necessary for US forces to wage so they could begin the process of bringing western

extremely effective against the U.S. civilians, U.S. soldiers, and the Iraqi people. It was effective against U.S. civilians because it made them want the war to stop so that the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan would leave, which is the goal of any insurgency. “A bomb’s ability to destroy a target depends on two things: its explosive power and its accuracy.” (Kaplan, 13). While the U.S. military was using satellites and lasers to accomplish this, the insurgents were using simpler means which created