This enormous source is known as oil. Oil is plentiful in the Middle East with the two largest holders, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, managing the oil price time bomb. ... German and British oil companies negotiated joint ownership of the Turkish Petroleum Company which would produce oil in Mesopotamia(now know as Iraq). ... Britain knew oil would be crucial and the Secretary of the British Cabinet , Sir Maurice Hankey stated: "Control of these oil suppliers becomes a first-class war aim." ... Hussein also accused Kuwait of illegally pumping oil from Iraq's Rumaila oil field. ...

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His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world's oil reserves ). Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. ... Furthermore, Hussein claimed that Kuwait had illegally pumped oil from the Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and otherwise conspired to reduce Iraq's essential oil income. ...

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Reagan began a major campaign to overthrow the Marxists in Nicaragua by supplying training, weapons, money, and supplies to the Contras. ... As a result of the Iranian hostage crisis, congress had marked Iran as a terrorist nation and had outlawed the sale of weapons to the Iranian government. In 1986 newspapers reported that the United States had covertly sold weapons to Iran in order to win the nations support in freeing the United States hostages who were being help by terrorists that were friendly to the Iranian government. ... Newspapers had also revealed that the United States had turn...

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Oil Dependence Modern industry, modern civilizations are run almost entirely on oil, to a less extent, also on coke coal. But oil is quite literally the wheels of industry throughout the world. And the desire for oil, the need for oil, the craving for oil, the guzzling of oil is one of the great phenomena of the 20th century. ... We shall have to become less and less oil-dependent. ... Nuclear war was what it was feared, would wipe out mankind because if there were a war and nuclear weapons were used and rockets with the nuclear warheads – "nukes" as the Americans call them &n...

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This was one of the earliest uses of biological agents as a weapon of terrorism. Smallpox has been used on several occasions as a biological weapon. ... According to Dave Williams, components of the World Trade Center bomb included ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, which forms a blasting agent. ...

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Due to rapid, unrestrained growth, housing, shopping, and entertainment construction has spread across the surface of the planet like an oil slick. ... From 1945 to 1980, U.S. oil consumption nearly quadrupled while the population grew by just 60 percent (Nebel, Wright 581). According to the Washington Post, the world's oil reserves will be exhausted in approximately 40 to 50 years. ... Arguably, the most important weapon against those that would pol...

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Reichsmarschal Hermann Goering also stated in his 1942 radio broadcast to the German nation that raw materials such as coal and iron should not be wasted, and that anyone who "uses too much power is committing a sin.""22 Germany took an extra step and set up the War Raw Materials Board which rationed and distributed all kinds of raw materials, from foreign oil to barn manure.23 Moreover, a recycling program was set up, which made good use of almost any material, from fruit peels to women's hair.24 Food rations were also installed to limit the available resources. ... The new weapon...

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Even after W.W.II, the Nazis still talked about wonder weapons and how they could get back at all of the Allies. ... However, the Soviets did provide some assistance by providing weapons and supplies. ... In addition to supplying North Korea with weapons, the Soviet Union further angered the U.S. by its intention to manufacture nuclear weapons. ... Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear weapons scientist, says "they [nuclear weapons] are not policy weapons but...are themselves a supreme expression of the concepts of total war" (Gilpin 77). Nuclear weapons are considered the most powerful w...

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The US's main interest in the mid-east is peace and oil. ... The US gives aid to Israel that is use to buy military weapons. ... They don't really have a strong source of income due to the fact that they don't really export any goods and there isn't any oil for income. ...

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JFK: Lone Assassin or Conspiracy? Facts Leading To Conspiracy: - Betty Palmer, a prostitute who was experiencing an overdose, tells doctors that a male Cuban client of hers told her that he and colleagues were going to kill the president. - Superimposed pictures of Oswald were put on the st...

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A Ronald Reagan Timeline 1911, February 6 Ronald Wilson Reagan Was born in Tampico, Illinois 1912 Acquired nickname of Dutch 1928 Graduated from Dixon high school 1932 Graduated Eureka College 1932 Hired as a Sportscaster for a radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa 1937 Traveled to Southern CA to report on Chicago Cubs spring training 1937 Put under contract to Warner Brothers 1940, January 25 Married Jane Wyman 1941 Daughter, Maureen Elizabeth Born 1942 Joined the US Air Force 1945 Discharged from Air Force as a Captain 1945 Adopted Michael Edward 1947 - 1952...

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Pointed amphorae were often used as undecorated vases for holding oil and wine but their awkward shape and the fact that they need a stand to remain upright means that they were not often selected for decoration by artists. ...

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As if from nowhere, in 1933, a black cloud of hate began to rise over Europe and quickly darkened the sky. Before the storm was over, twenty years later, some forty million people lay dead in its wake. As a result, the map of the world had been reshaped. The only way to explain how such a thing could happen is to go back to where it all started. At the end of World War One, Germany had many problems. ...

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For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. It is an unjust and necessary evil into our society. Civil wars exist to end disputes over land, over throw religio...

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The U.N. aims to put an end to the billions of dollars spent on destructive weapons that much of this violent world creates every day. The statistics that put this statement into perspective are rather disturbing: "The weapons industry is the world's number-two industry, after oil. ... The $100 billion or so spent on weapons by developing countries is three times what it would have cost to provide essential health care, medicines, vaccinations, clean water, and sanitation for all."" ...

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As far as the human race goes, we find ourselves in a world of convenience. With years of technological evolution, the advent of junk food and sugar substitutes, it might be difficult to appreciate the value and history behind honey. Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have traded with i...

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THE LAND 1. Vietnam, first of all, is an oddly shaped country, stretching like a letter "S- along the coast of mainland Southeast Asia from the Chinese border to the gulf of Thailand. Vietnam measures over 1,000 miles from north to south and often less than 100 miles from east to west. Its western border is a string of mountains known to the Vietnamese as Truong Son (Central Mountains). Beyond the Truong Son lie Vietnam's immediate neighbors, Laos and Cambodia. ...

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Let's assume that even if the black powder gets attracted to magnet why didn't the soldier's weapons and belts get attracted to the crate when they were far away, it only got attracted when they were near to it. ... In the film when Indiana jones and Mutt went to the grave yard, Mutt carried an oil lamp but Indiana Jones carried a LED flashlight which wasn't available in the 1950's. ...

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He also took over the vast quantities of oil. ... Small groups of police and civilians armed with rifles fired at the Iraqi troops, but their weapons were no matches for the armored tanks that blasted at anything that moved. ... Next, Bush banned all oil imports from Iraq and trade. ...

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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologie...

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Facts ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Our ancestors were economically self-sufficient. They produced what they needed. They engaged in various industries. Many of their products reached neighboring countries such as Siam, Cambodia, India, China, Japan, Borneo and the Moluccas. Agriculture. There used...

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The largest industries of the country are textile, cement, agriculture, fertilizer, steel, tobacco, edible oil, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, shrimp, sugar, food processing, chemicals and machinery. ...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history o...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they...

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S. forces seemed to be one of taking on the regular, so-called main force units of the enemy. " (Palmer, pg. 57) If the Americans really wanted to make a difference and ensure that the communist would not take over not only South Vietnam but also all in Indochina, they would have to stop the forces themselves using our troops and weapons. ...

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