A United States invasion of Iraq would involve killing a large amount of Iraqi civilians. ... The US said that Iraq has or will develop "weapons of mass destruction," threatening the US and Iraq's neighbors. ... There is no clear-cut proof that Iraq has chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, and Iraq has never claimed it was targeting the US. ... Almost the entire world community is opposed to a US invasion of Iraq. ... Only the Iraqi people have the authority to determine what type of government they will live under. ...

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World's View on Iraq The United States government has made it perfectly clear that military action in the very near future is needed against Saddam Hussein and Iraq for weapons violations. ... This would make up part of a large ground force for an attack on Iraq, along with four or five American divisions. Although the United States is backed by the British government, they are experiencing a very similar situation to the United States, with many of its citizens avidly protesting the war. ... One member was quoted as saying, "It looks like they are going to attack Iraq and we want ...

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Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as the US Government called the major conflict campaign in Iraq, comprehended of only 42 days, generating the death of one hundred thirty nine US soldiers. ... With the UN trying to solve the conflict diplomatically by inspecting Iraq's territory in the search of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the Iraqi government did not cooperate the way it should leaving doubts about their denial of the existence of WMD. ... After September 11th terrorist attacks, the US government can not deny the vulnerability it has against terrorist attacks. Because of this, this ...

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As 250,000 or more of American and British troops move into Iraq under operation "Liberating Iraq", it is important to understand how this war came to be, and why we are fighting it. ... Upon a cease fire with Iraq, their government agreed to let United Nations weapons inspectors enter their country and "unconditionally accept" the destruction, removal or rendering harmless "under international supervision" of all "chemical and biological weapons, all stocks of agents, all related subsystems and components and all research, development, support and manufacturing faci...

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A clear example would be the Iraq Conflict. ... Furthermore, Iraq's relations with its neighbours were getting worse, especially when Iraq took control of an oilfield that ran from Iraq into Northern Kuwait. ... The Council demanded also that all States adhere strictly according to the resolution and it finally highlighted that the sanctions imposed should not affect assistance to the legitimate Government of Kuwait . ... Whilst the Security Council had repeatedly requested withdrawal of the Iraqi troops in Kuwait, Iraq refused to obey. ... However, Iraq's position was firm. ...

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The arguments against sanctions in Iraq are not based in the military issues or the problems of peacekeeping, but instead in claims that the continued actions in Iraq violate humanitarian principles (Gordon 18). In the Spring of 1999, the continued U.S. bombings in Iraq drew attention away from existing debates about the nature of U.N directed sanctions and their impact on the Iraqi populous as a whole (Gordon 18). The imposing of economic sanctions against Iraq under the directives of Articles 41 and 42 of the U. ... Voices in the Wilderness, an antisanctions activist group based in C...

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Being free is to be able to have an opinion or act on a decision with out fear of oppression from society or from government. ... Since the war with Iraq started, much has been overlooked. One thing in particular is how this lack of government and order has affected the women of this newly "freed" country. The security in Iraq is a big issue for civilians, aid organizations, and coalition forces. ... Iraqi women are becoming slaves of their own homes and families. ...

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Being free is to be able to have an opinion or act on a decision with out fear of oppression from society or from government. ... Since the war with Iraq started, much has been overlooked. One thing in particular is how this lack of government and order has affected the women of this newly "freed" country. The security in Iraq is a big issue for civilians, aid organizations, and coalition forces. ... Iraqi women are becoming slaves of their own homes and families. ...

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This was in fact what the U.S. government had to do when it came to the Iraq war where two permanent members of the UN. Security council showed signs of vetoing a US backed resolution calling for military intervention in Iraq. ... Russia, having a heavy dependence on oil sales, would not like to see the opening up of Iraqi oil fields to the international market. France's opposition towards the war in Iraq was not as clear-cut as that of Russia's. As history shows the French threat to veto a UN resolution backing military intervention in Iraq did little in curbing the U.S.'...

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In the past North Korea has made themselves available for communication and meetings with the U.N., Iraq refuses to listen to the United Nations no matter how simple their suggestions are, and Iraq still continue to use and stockpile weapons of mass destruction. ... I don't believe that but I think that Iraq still poses a bigger threat to the u.s., nukes or no nukes. North Korea has a much better track record than Iraq and North Korea can be reasoned with. ... The government believes that in the ten years that North Korea had their reactor running that they were able to stockpile eno...

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Also after crash of the spaceship in Texas government decided not to send any spaceships in the galaxy for couple of years. ... The biggest event of the year wasn't great invention thought but huge invasion in Iraq by American troops. Invasion was the result of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's violations on weapons of mass destruction. Hussein kept very dangerous weapons and also made chemical weapons that are totally banned by every government. ... A lot of Americans started to hate President Bush, because they think that he invaded into Iraq, because he wanted to have cheaper price...

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War on Terrorism Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. ... The government economic policy, have been performing mild CPR on the decade long business expansion through much of last year and this year. ... Halliday argues that the part pulling us out is increasing government spending, cutting taxes, being less concerned about the budget deficit and having the Fed move more aggressively to stimulate the economy t...

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The UN helped to create a new and independent government in Namibia. Presently, the UN is helped to deter violence in Iraq and Kuwait. They monitored the withdrawal of armed forces, provided technical assistance to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission, and assisted in the relocation of Iraq citizens from Kuwait to Iraq. ...

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The goal of Al-Qa"ida is to unite all Muslims under one government that follows the ways of Caliphs. ... He has stated that the only way to unite all Muslims under one government is to use force. ... They were reluctant to help the United States in their war against terrorism and they were very against helping the United States fight Iraq. ... France has provided a little money to help rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, but it does not even make a dent in the amount of money that is needed. France needs to see some evidence that Iraq was harboring terrorists and did have weapons of mass destruc...

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The United Nation's prominent issue is dealing with conflicts due to religious fanatics and oppressive governmental figures forcing citizens to carry out their religious ideals. ... Similar misuses are happening just southeast of Iraq: in Pakistan. ... But the territorial claim was never written in either religion's sacred texts, but brought on by lagging economies, and power hungry governmental parties ("Pakistan"). The blind followers of corrupt governments are but addicts: addicted to this fear of not "being worthy" to their God, or Gods, and the leader-figures abusing this a...

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Agency for International Development needs to focus on giving economic aid to Syria through reputable and competent non-governmental organizations that are not subject to Assad's regime.0 Finally, the United States needs to continue to train and equip moderate Syrian armed opposition, which will help defend the Syrian people from attacks and empower civilians to go on the offensive against the Syrian regime. 0 Currently, there are 650,000 Syrians who have fled the country to the neighboring states of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq. 3 The United States has donated more than $2.9 billio...

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Secretary of State has designated seven governments as state sponsors of terrorism: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. ... Tehran conducted 13 assassinations in 1997, the majority of which were carried out in northern Iraq against the regime's main opposition groups. ... The Sudanese Government supports terrorists by providing paramilitary training, indoctrinization, money, travel documents, safe passage, and refuge. ... The latest threat is the cyber terrorist, who can corrupt a governments computer system, steal money, and/or classified information while never leavi...

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They include, among others, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Russia, South Africa, Uganda, and the United States. ... National defense has, since the emergence of nations, been a main concern of every government on the planet, if not priority number one. ... They are committed to independent research on the social, economic, environmental, political and military components of global security, stressing the fact that their objective analysis" of these issues is done with no government or defense industry funding, thus avoiding any subjective findings due to these coercive forces. ...

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The Millennium Declaration commits the international community and member states of the U.N. to the achievement of eight major goals. Two of these goals are the eradication of hunger and poverty and the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women. The third problem I will be discussing is the advancement of democratic governance throughout the world. Although quantitative targets have already been made for the eradication of poverty and promotion of women's rights have already been defined, I feel Gandhi's nonviolence thoughts may help reach these goals more quickly. The ...

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"For the past several years, U.S. government officials noted that there are at least ten countries known to have biological warfare programs." ... With recent conflicts between Iraq and the U.S. & Britain, and also India and Pakistan, the threat of unleashing the power of such a weapon has increased greatly. ...

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As a result, the local government in these Muslim majority countries often face a dilemma between "task" in combating terrorism on the one hand, and the necessity to safeguard the rights of domestic constituents on the other hand. ... Military invasion in Afghanistan and Iraq in the framework of "war against terrorism" are the real examples of such beliefs. ...

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The neighboring Arab states of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq rejected both the partition of Palestine and the existence of the new nation. ... The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) was established in 1994 as the elected government, as an outcome of the Oslo Peace Process. ... The prime minister selects a cabinet of ministers and runs the government, reporting directly to the president. ... The PLC is an elected body of 132 representatives, and must approve all government cabinet positions proposed by the prime minister. ... The Basic Law established the governmental structure of ...

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Nations like: Iran, Iraq, Libya and North Korea either have nuclear weapons programs that are not a threat or their programs have been destroyed . ... To create a new government, the United Nations setup nation wide elections but North Korea would not let them into the north. ...

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World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... Another opinion is that a truly effective world government would necessitate worldwide force and unprecedented pow...

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