Iraqi war

technology though not as advanced as the military technology was arguably more effective. The insurgent’s use of ingenious bomb technology was 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

in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar. With an estimated 259,000 thousand people located roughly 69 km (43 miles) west of Bagdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah is a stop on the main road across the desert west from Baghdad. Its geographic coordinates are 33o 25 '11"N and 43o 18 '45"E. The place is mostly desert, cold winters, with occasionally heavy snow, and dry, hot summers. Fallujah known as the renegade city and untamable as it has challenged authority throughout history. The fall of the Iraqi government

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

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

Paper December 16, 2014 Is America Winning the War in Iraq? “What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.” Said Robert E. Lee. Who actually wins in war? In a sense, war is the killing of our own brothers & sisters. The fact that war is used to resolve political issues is sickening

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The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq General Petraeus was a career military officer whom graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. He was always very competitive and would always strive for the best. According to a news feed, Petraeus always told his soldiers “Life is a competitive endeavor” (Bowmen, 2010). General Petraeus held many commands, but gained most of his knowledge when selected as the deputy commander of a counter-terrorism joint task force

book titled Nimo’s War, Emma’s War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War allows readers to enter the lives of eight women; four American and four Iraqi, in order to better understand the everyday lives of people, their struggles, and the outcomes of war by using particular stories of women to bring together issues present globally. Enloe wrote this book to analyze war from a feminist perspective. Analyzing war through a feminist lens by way of stories makes understanding the war more accessible for

Introduction The first battle in Fallujah during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) is known as Operation Vigilant Resolve. This battle is regarded as one of the biggest single defeats that the United States Military has suffered throughout all its campaigns during OIF. The United States and international media outlets exploited this defeat, which in turn, bolstered Al Qaeda recruiting in Fallujah. This offensive failure and retreat was backed by a huge public outcry for troop withdrawal and successful