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    Afghanistan. It was not free of risk, I have survived half a dozen attempts and attacks. Many of my fellow interpreter died and wounded in front line of combat. Death in the combat is an honor and pride, because it is for a cause and in the war against terror. But recently dozens of Afghan interpreters and their family members died by the Taliban in their home and villages. I cam to the US in 26th March 2014 through the Special Immigration Visa, because of my service for the US government. It was

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    War Against Terror and Human Rights The Human Rights Act 1998 took full legal effect across the English and Welsh legal systems on October 2nd 1998. The Act, allows people to claim a number of the rights and freedoms that are set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. The Government had high hopes that when the act was passed it would create a 'Culture of Human Rights within the United Kingdom.' The principal aim of the Human Rights Act 1998 was to give

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    The War Against Terror and China's Treatment of the Uigher Ethnic Minority In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush reached out to the world to back the U.S. in a war to eradicate terrorism. One of the more surprising participants in this coalition, China, had until that point been at odds with U.S. policy but seemed to find sufficient common ground with the U.S. to support the war. In recent months however, China has not been lauded

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    Iraq, was pulled out of the war almost two years ago, it remains at the center of his life. On May 15, 2003 Massey was flown back stateside and though he lives a life without bullets and tanks, he now fights off terrible nightmares, constant anxiety, and bouts of depression. Massey, 34, was a marine for almost 12 years before he was deployed to Iraq during the initial U.S. invasion. There he witnessed the shooting of more than 30 innocent civilians and his thoughts of war transformed forever.

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    War on terror refers to the ongoing military campaign led by U.S and U.K against organizations identified as terrorists. Terrorism can be defined as an unlawful violence or war deliberately targeted to civilians. It can also be defined as a systematic use of terror to coerce or violent acts intended to create fear. This threat is normally perpetrated for religious, political or ideological goals. The conflict as also called by other names. They include World War III, The Long War, War on Terrorism

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    The Global War on Terror Essay

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    The Global War on Terror is a military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom and supported by other NATO members. It was originally against al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations with the purpose of eliminating them. This paper discusses how the Bush Administration handled the War on Terror as well as different aspects of it, including its terminology, its objectives, its military operations and criticism against it. The United States of America was deeply shocked when, on

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    the 9/11 attack has been criticized in many spheres. The declaration of a worldwide “war on terror” by the Bush administration has been condemned for lack of moral and ethical justification. Specifically, the country has been vilified for the lack of moral justification to lead the fight against terrorism. The adoption of an open policy by the Bush Administration where anyone suspected of having links with terror groups can be held without trial and the right to attorney and even killed if deemed

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    Charles Reece Johnson Irons Discourse 200 November 5, 2014 The War on Terror Introduction The war on terror is not easy to define partly due to its vagueness and unsparing use of rhetorical device to justify any action of military perpetrated after the 9/11. However, the The war on terror, in its original intent, is a series of initiatives that seek to reduce or eliminate terrorism in the world. In this perspective, terrorism is the deliberate exploitation and creation of fear through threat and

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    America and the War on Terrorism The “War on Terror” began from the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001 (9/11). The current president at the time was newly elected President George W. Bush in which he gave a speech announcing the infamous “War on Terror”. This an on-going war and its effects are being felt today. Before knowing what the Global War on Terror looks like, it is necessary to define

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    The War On Terror ( Wot )

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    The War on Terror (WoT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), refers to the international military campaign that started after the September 11 attacks on the United States.[47] U.S. President George W. Bush first used the term "War on Terror" on 20 September 2001.[47] The Bush administration and the western media have since used the term to argue a global military, political, legal, and conceptual struggle against both organizations designated terrorist and regimes accused of supporting

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