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since ISIS began controlling Iraqi cities. The Iraqi Security Forces had 1,000,000 million personnel and had received $100 billion dollars in aid since 2006 (Al-Ali, 2014). However, ISIS is smaller in force and funds. ISIS has an estimated 20,000 troops and makes an estimated $1-4 million everyday (Gollom, 2014). The Iraqi Security Forces should have the ability and force to crush this terrorist cell, but astonishingly are being overrun by this terrorist cell. The Iraqi Security Forces face interior

On the flip side, Gunter argues that Iraq enjoys a glowing and vibrant "underground economy" that is a direct side effect of its bureaucracy and corruption. Private businesses in Iraq must choose between seeking to become a legal enterprise, which due to regulatory hostility is a difficult and expensive process, or operating in the underground economy with all of the associated inefficiencies. One characteristic common to both options is the necessity of paying bribes to a long line of corrupt officials

Bribery and Corruption in Kurdistan Corruption and bribery are like cancer in most governments and businesses around the world. There is always someone that is not being faithful in his job. Kurdistan like every other country is facing this type of conflict. It is destroying the economy of the region. Kurdistan has been going through an economy crisis in the past few years, corruption and bribery are a big aspect of this crisis. It happens in every day's life everywhere around us. Bribery can

A majority of this essay has been based on the negatives that need to be improved to reach gender equality. However, a positive aspect to women working in a military setting is the equal pay, something many jobs don't have to offer. “Surprisingly, there is one employer who pays everyone equally, regardless of gender: Uncle Sam. The structure of the U.S. government, and especially the military, addresses the common factors that perpetuate the gender gap in the private sector” (Hammons). Military

in forcing the premature withdrawal of U.S. troops. Our country is committed to help the Iraqis build a stable, peaceful and pluralistic society. No matter who is elected president in

The international relations theory that best explains Operation Provide Comfort would be the constructivist theory. However, Turkey’s involvement in the operation may also be explained through subaltern realism. The fact that the nations that comprised the coalition, save for Turkey, conducting Operation Provide Comfort went through the official channel of the UN shows that the intention was to act within the norms of the international community for conducting humanitarian interventions. Had the

The main theme Katherine Blue Carroll’s, Tribal Law and Reconciliation in the New Iraq is regarding the unsuccessful attempts made by the Iraqi government to enhance and endorse reconciliation between the two Muslim communities that reside in Iraq, Sunni and Shi’a. However, the futile attempts of Government of Iraq allowed tribal leaders to reunite the Iraqi community through tribal law. The author’s main theme is to portray the efforts of Shaykhs in post conflict reconciliation (how tribal law

2015). If you saw a child in a market place with a price tag on it what would you do? Help save them if you knew those horrible people were in the wrong? “A large number of children have been killed or badly wounded during air strikes or shelling by Iraqi security forces, while others had died of "dehydration, starvation and heat” (Nebehay S. 04 Feb. 2015). Children are being starved and if they find food some have been known to be killed just for

referendum was held for Iraqi Kurdistan. The results were overwhelming with 93 percent of votes in favor of independence. This referendum raised tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Government of Iraq and Iraqi Federal Forces which launched attacks on Kurdish territories (Peçanha, 2017). In mid-October, the disputed city of Kirkuk was retaken from the Kurds (Dubin, 2017). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to shut down their border with the Kurdistan Regional Government

Take-Home Midterm Section 1: The Kurds are a Middle Eastern group that distinct from the Arabs, Turkish, and Iranians. About 30 million Kurds live in Kurdistan which are combined parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. The Kurds are the most popular ethnic group that doesn’t have their own independent country. The reason that the Kurds haven’t established their own independent country is because of all the issues that exist in the region. The area and neighboring states they are surrounded are filled