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sky was pale, and the people’s faces seemed very weary. I convinced myself that everything will be fine by repeating some positive thoughts in my head. The conflict in Iraq was pretty aroused most of the time, and even though my parents and I were Iraqis, people there still looked at us as foreigners, because we did not live in Iraq long enough. However, it was very hard to set an appointment for the passport process, so we waited about six days for it. It was not a pleasant waiting because there

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Media Manipulation Exposed in George Orwell's “Shooting an Elephant” The phrase “the power of the press” is used often, but what exactly is the power of the press? Since the beginning of news reporting, it’s been known that what actually gets into the news reports is monitored and carefully picked by higher authorities. What isn’t widely known, however, is that the media can use specific wording and phrases that, on the surface, look like normal news coverage, but are actually a technique of

right- only who is left”. Those left are the soldiers of the 1-502nd, specifically Bravo Company 1st plt, and the Janabi family and to a greater extent, the ever-changing global world we all live in today. The tragic events that conspired in a small Iraqi village became a microcosm of how leadership failures at every level shaped the actions of a few soldiers who committed atrocious acts. One can also see how a high operational tempo, along with prolonged violence and death, has on a person’s psyche

Beau S. Vomastic MAJ, FA GAAT EXAM O300 Brigade Operations Exam 28FEB15 (ESSAY QUESTION #1) Assessment of the Establish Civil Security (LOE) and the linkage to the overall end state: The overall depiction of the Establish Security LOE is both accurate and relevant to the end state of producing a safe and secure environment. However, the order of decisive points within the LOE is out of order and could develop complications of achieving the end state if not properly structured. Currently

strategic plan in Iraq and Syria is to continue Airstrikes to slow the forward progression of ISIS, while utilizing deployed U.S. service members to work with coalition partners to assist with partner building capacities. These partners include “Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and moderate Syrian fighters, and both Sunni and Shia militia groups.”3 To be successful in this endear as mentioned by Sec Carter, “the only way to have a lasting defeat of ISIL is to have someone who can

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Terrorism, what is it and is this a new phenomenon? No, terrorism is not a new 21st century issue. Terrorism actually dates back to biblical times and has haunted nations and their citizens much like it has here in the United States of America. The history of terrorism is as old as humans ' willingness to use violence to affect politics. The Sicarii were a first century Jewish group who murdered enemies and collaborators in their campaign to oust their Roman

going on in the country of Iraq. I have been traveling the country as a photographer and I have managed to earn the trust of Iraqi soldiers who are performing acts of torture on prisoners. According to the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, Iraq has one of the world’s oldest cultural histories, boasts a rich heritage and has a long reflected cultural diversity. Although Iraqis generally are a religious and conservative people, there are strong secular tendencies in the country. (See Fig. 1) Fig. 1:

DDR program. This partial macro-level success, however, must be qualified. Apart from enabling the resumption of full oil mining activities, the Amnesty program has been unable to engage other macro level changes. For example, it has notproduced the much anticipated security sector reforms, which is crucial in order to develop the type of intelligence that would be proactive in preventing future armed conflict. The Nigerian Police Force, a humongous, monolithic body of law enforcement officers, remains

Caliphate dogma. A. First Strategy Options will remain the key objectives that primary focus in the “golden ring”. The strategy Ends are to; (1) destroy the ISIL, (2) stable democratic Iraqi Government, (3) peace agreement over Syrian civil war, (4) operate under large NATO coalition, and (5) built professional Iraqi Security Forces to deal with internal threats. Ways; Increase the airstrikes bombing with prices targeting on ISIL human and logistical capacity and capability. Establishing the Combine