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    Foreign fighters have been a staple of the modern wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. An interesting aspect of these foreign fighters in these conflicts is the amount of Westerners taking part in the insurgencies. The latest chapter in the war in Iraq is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has become notorious in recent months for its brutality and its military successes. A recent Wall Street Journal article reports that over 28,000 individuals from eighty six countries have come to Iraq and

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    Should our democracy let Syrian Immigrants into the United States? Four years ago, a civil war erupted in Syria after President Assad’s security forces fired into a group of peaceful protester, killing several of them (Syria), and starting a conflict that has rocked the stability of the world today. Now, as we go into the beginning of 2016, the world faces a refugee crisis unlike any other, and pressure is being put on many of the the world powers to give Syrian refugees a safe haven inside their

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    Many innocent Americans lives were taken by an act of terrorism on September 11, 2001. This has terrorized many people who lost loved ones on this day. There was much controversy among the government’s officials and American citizens on what the course of action is to prevent this tragedy from happening again. After many days of formulating a plan, A bill was passed on October 26, 2001 by George W. Bush to help solve this issue. This new regulation became know as the Patriot Act. This bill provided

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    Humans feel uncomfortable when they see people who are different; people with different races, cultures, religions, and personalities. There may be specific reasons for their dislike; whether a group of people are supposedly the cause for economic crisis, or they are associated with terrorists. People learn to accept differences and work together, but in extreme cases where the tensions are high things may get out of control. A current group who is on track for genocide, Boko Haram, looks to put

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    history of the term and practice “terrorism” started in the first century with a group of Jewish collaborators who, assassinated a Roman rule in the one of the province area. During the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, Jocobin Club who ruled the state applied violence and mass execution to compel submission to the state and intimidate regime enemies, this where the term “terrorism” was first used by the English to describe the events. The practice and term of terrorism have changed over the years like

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    day on September 11, 2001, when two planes crashed into the twin towers, the United States government has been cracking down on security. The Patriot Act, passed October 26, 2001, was an effort by the United States government to ‘crack down’ on terrorism. The act removed several legal barriers that blocked or restricted law enforcement, intelligence, and defense agencies from storing data about possible terrorist threats and collaborating together to respond to them. The Patriot Act was supposed

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    Movie Analysis : ' Bones '

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    For this assignment I chose to watch Bones. I watched one of the earlier episodes that were made in 2005. Bones is a little different compared to the CSI shows because it is actually based on a team of forensics who have a particular study in anthropology and archaeology. The episodes are based on them helping FBI agents figure out criminal cases. The episode I watched was about a possible terrorist attack on the senator and many other colleges. At the beginning of the episode a man who was working

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    9/11 and the passage of the 2001 Patriot Act in the United States and similar anti-terrorism measures imposed in other nations in the world, serious terrorism charges have been brought against their citizens, political dissidents, and civic activists. In Australia, for instance, after the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act in 2002, two separate juries examined charges of terrorism. In Australia’s first-ever terrorism trial in 2005, the all-citizen jury acquitted Zeky Mallah, 21-year-old supermarket

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    African Terrorist Movements Michael Scheil Troy University Abstract Over the course of this paper Middle-Eastern and African Terrorist Movements will be examined with different organizations and networks used as source material. How states sponsor terrorism in different parts of the world and trends that influence violence in these parts of the world. When talking about terrorist goals and campaigns, many people group all of the countries in the Middle East and Africa together as one. Most cannot

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    Sadly, terrorism permeates everyday society, and the intensifying impact of terrorism on international business is a global phenomenon with heightening implications for both theory and practice. This research paper is a novel exploratory study of how international businesses apply past terrorism exposure and experience from operating in risky locations to create organizational preparedness and performance resilience to endure future terrorist attacks. The unique firm level research provides a theoretical

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