The thesis deals with United States' approach in making foreign policy decisions with reference to the Middle East, more specifically with focus on the countries of Iraq and Egypt. ... By these it is understood presidential and other government representatives' speeches and official statements published by the White House on behalf of the Presidents and their administrations. ... It primarily describes the history of relations the U.S. has had with Iraq and Egypt. The third and fourth chapters are devoted to the analysis of U.S. foreign policy proclamations with regard to the individ...

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The Kurds are an ethnic group spanning across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Armenia, Georgia and, Azerbaijan. ... And in the 1980's the Iraqi Kurds faced what many refer to as genocide by the Iraqi government. ... Kurdish is also written in four different alphabets, the Sorani alphabet, which is written in an Arabic script, mostly used to communicate in Iraq and Iran. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Terror groups such as Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Mujahedeen, Taliban, Boko Haram and the latest Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or IS) are a serious threat to lovers of peace in the Middle East and the rest of the world. ... On some occasions, legitimate governments advance such radical views by enacting legislation that elevate Islam over other religions and just falls short of pure application of Sharia law. ... According to Azumah (2015), there has been a rising record of beheadings by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. ... Another cause for worry over the rise of radical Islam in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, the government has not considered other important factors that make a terrorist. ... The government has used racial profiling liberally and irresponsibly. ... The case of John Walker Lindh is why Davis believes the government should focus on behavior, not race. ... Davis points out something the government may have overlooked: terrorists are not stupid. ... The government has also used racial profiling to discriminate against Middle Eastern people. ...

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Yet as the Jews were getting 56% of the land and were only 33% of the population, an Arab coalition of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine went to war with the Jews. ... In August 1990 PLO support of Iraq in the war against America and its allies (including Arab states) forced a stop to peace sentiment. The linkage between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein occupation of Kuwait and Israeli occupation of the occupied territories was welcomed by the PLO. Israel was forced by the US not to retaliate when attacked by Iraq to avoid disrupting the delicate Arab-US alignment. ...

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Taking the first assumption, no one is saying the Government does everything wrong, but there have been countless times where mistaken identity on the part of the government has compromised if not totally ruined peoples' lives. ... Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney writes that a government program set up specifically to remove innocent people from such watch lists has been ineffective and riddled with problems (Homeland Security News Wire). ... Rarely does any Government entity have "clear" evidence to ever warrant the use of torture. ... If youwere to ask any experienced mili...

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The truth about how our government treats citizens of other countries and other accounts of how bad U.S. ... Immediately following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, television networks assigned their reporters to get reactions from key sources. ... So the people hear what the government wants them to hear. ... Because our government has bankrolled that country's policies with $3 billion to $4 billion of aid each year. ... Even in these situations many Americans still do not know the truth behind our governments actions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; and major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. ... Complicating Factors In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen "in that order" undemocratic leaders were ousted and replaced by popularly elected bodies or, in the case of Yemen, a transitional government. ... The reason for this is that comprehensive democratic reforms are necessary, and an orderly and purposeful transitional period accompanied by economic development...

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Officials who oversee public places such as malls, subways, airports, bus stations, churches and government buildings have taken precautions to ensure that their facilities are safe and protected from acts of terrorism. ... They believe that all young men from Islamic countries are trained to be terrorists or, at the very least, cultivated to despise the American government and what it stand for. ... These corporations are not limited to just companies, but entire governments. ... Furthermore, can't the governments that currently possess the nukes be considered potential terrorists...

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It has long been debated by many that Islam promotes inequality, it could be argued that if one does not look deeper into the matter, it would seem like that would be the case. What one can tend to do is solely blame it on religion; which is often the case. Looking at Middle Eastern states such as S...

• Word Count: 2768
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate