Sanctions Against Iraq For the first time in a decade, the United Nations has opened a window of opportunity for Iraq. ... It was ten years ago that sanctions were places on Iraq. ... So what was the open window given to Iraq that was previously mentioned? ... At the moment he's not quite where the US government would like to have him, but with the knowledge of such a high mortality rate of "his" people, the United States can no longer play this waiting game. Not even countries that place Iraq on their good sides wish for the sanctions to end. ...

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He decided to take out the governments that were sponsoring terrorism and terrorist organizations. ... Saddam Hussein's Baath party have ruled and controlled Iraq's vast resources by subjugating its citizens, as well as fellow government officials, to extreme, and often fatal forms of intimidation, terror, and fear. ... To control Iraq, Saddam used fear as a means to keep his government in check, the same type of terror he imposed on Iraq's populace. ... A 1992 U.S. government report estimates that Iraqi forces executed or tortured to death over 1,000 Kuwaitis during the bri...

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Gunka Government 1 January 10, 2003 Is war the best answer for the United States when there are so many problems that we are already plagued by? There are an abundance of reasons for war but I do not think President Bush has attained a good enough reason to invade Iraq. I"m sure that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction and Iraq needs a regime change, but can the U.S. handle the unpredictable economy and the North Korea nuclear problem while trying to manage a productive country? ... Delta, SEALs, Green Beret A Teams, Rangers, Night Stalker helo crews, Air Force comamandos) seem...

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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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It is obvious that a realist position must be taken against Iraq, because the pluralist position is insufficient. ... As John Locke discusses in his Two Treatises of Government (1690), a representative government should represent the individual rights of the people (Locke). Conferring with the multiple actors would only lead to undermining the existence of self interest, an idea on which Locke based his ideas in the form of a representative government. One can see why the concept of self interest is important as Iraq is withholding weapons of mass destruction. ... This was the third agreeme...

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Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction The evidence published by a number of think tanks and governments indicates that Iraq still has chemical and biological weapons and that it could one day develop a nuclear device. ... Iraq could have nukes by 2005 A former Iraqi nuclear engineer told a senate hearing Wednesday that Saddam could have nuclear weapons by 2005. Khidir Hamza, who defected from Iraq in 1994, and other experts on Iraq testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the start of two days of hearings on the Iraqi threat to the United States and possible U.S...

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Landis in Introducing Global Issues, "when the Indian government detonated its first nuclear explosion in 1974, it symbolically ended the monopoly on nuclear systems held by the great powers. ... Rogue states like Iraq and North Korea are perfect examples of threats to global security. ... After the invasion of Iraq in the Gulf War in 1991, weapons proliferation in Iraq was seen as a direct threat to global security by the United Nations. ... However Iraq did not comply with these resolutions and until last year saw no consequence of their non-compliance. ... However, I do feel that our go...

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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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Today the United States government spends an estimated 35.1 billion dollars a year on nuclear weapons. ... The objective of this operation was to over throw the Castro government. ... (www.fas.org , nuclear threats during golf war) Iraq then threatened Israel by saying that they would burn half of it with chemical weapons; there response was "Iraq, after the first use of a missile, won't be the same Iraq anymore," hinting the use of nuclear weapons. ... Baghdad is convinced Israel has nuclear and chemical weapons which would be used against Iraq... "( www.fas.org , nuclear threats durin...

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Resolution 14-41 was voted into affect unanimously by the U.N. security counsel for the immediate and complete disarming of Iraq. This was not a means of dragging this situation out so Iraq can kick the can further down the road. Our government has information from Iraqi defectors that Saddam has mobile biological laboratories on trucks. ... During operation Desert Storm approximately 3,000 innocent Iraqi lives were lost due to American AND Iraqi fire. ... I pray that you are not so easily deceived as to think the destruction of a few missiles means that the Iraqi regime is actually disarm...

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Our Government, The Way it should be or the way it has to be? ... Lao Tzu's ideal government is vulnerable in war. In his government, Lao Tzu simply doesn't believe in armed forces. ... We can't let terrorists attack our cities one after another, nor can we let Iraq equip itself with nuclear weapons. ... Moreover, Lao Tzu's government will not prosper. ...

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Iraq has no missiles in service. The Russian SS-1 SCUD B is prohibited along with three other domestic (Iraq) missiles, "Al Hussein", "Al Hijarah", and "BADR 2000". ... If the government decides to install a system on both Airforce one and Marine One, that is $6 million of taxpayer money. ... What is going to happen in Afghanistan when the U.S "helps" to set up a temporary government? ... The U.S did help to set up the new Israeli government and now it is on thin ice. ...

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For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect its nuclear weapons stores. (1) In addition, the many of the countries in the former Soviet Union have set up lines of trade, both legal and not, to support their own economies. ... The real amount of missing weapons grade material could be up to 10 times higher than estimated. (7) Comparatively few smuggling incidents are reported, and many are not known about until the traffickers are caught, and the material traced back to i...

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1.0 Introduction The international security has been shifted by the tectonic geopolitical role of cold war. The traditional definition is no longer sufficient to satisfy what constitute international security in the modern world full of security challenges and threat. However, some critics have arg...

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Introduction Tehran, the Shah of Iran-Iraq War in the period 1980-1988 as well as initiated and sometimes in spite of the suspension of Iran's nuclear program, which nevertheless remained committed to domestic and foreign policy, sees this as an important element of the instrument and continuity. ... Government and the opposition to Iran's nuclear program is only to unite under the umbrella of national security and national interests, but also to the continuity of the regime is seen as a source of legitimacy. ... Tehran led by religious leader Khomeini, the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988...

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First, it makes any government less willing to oppose the prestigious state. ... The second important political function of prestige is a low cost foreign policy that brings compliance by foreign governments. ... Iran and Iraq also signed NPT and hid their nuclear program from inspectors. After the Gulf War in 1991 inspectors were astonished by Iraq's nuclear program and they believed that if Saddam had wait 1-2 years to start producing nuclear weapons that would give him the leadership in Arab world and he could organize and lead an alliance against Israel. ...

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Countries such as "South Africa has dismantle its nuclear power and South Korea and Taiwan have halted their nuclear programs; Iraq has been manhandled into giving up its nuclear preparation. ... Martin talks form U.S government perpective explaining that these test were very opposed by the U.S officials and that "Washington ignores India". ... In this article Arvind gives detail information about the nuclear test performed by India and condemns the India government actions. He starts by using words "hasty act by Indian government" which shook the world. ... He calls the BJP-led government ...

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Chemical and biological weapons now more than ever a growing concern for the global community, this is demonstrated by the fact that President W Bush and the allies stated one of their prime objectives for going into Iraq was to find and seize weapons of mass destruction and the factories they were being made in. ... For instance, if India does not adhere, the government keeps on testing; Pakistan would match test for test. ... If a radical group with a hatred of the Indian government were to take power, an all-out war would be imminent, possibly nuclear. ... There are definite fears throughou...

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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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Anti-Western sentiments didn't begin until a revolution was sparked from powerful religious leaders who were discontented with the secular progressive government. ... So when the revolution successful captured the American Embassy in Tehran and ousted the ruling government in 1979, the new Islamist government was built on a strong foundation of anti-Western sentiments, more specifically, anti-American sentiments. ... As to be expected from the rise of an anti-American government in Iran and the detention of 52 Americans for over 400 days, a breakdown of United States-Iran relations ensued...

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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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The ambiguity of this issue is widespread throughout the American government. ... After experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan in which bunkers sunk deep into the ground were discovered with valuable military assets, this administration has deemed it necessary to match our military's ability to cause destruction with our oppositions ability to hide. ... Suppose that "misplaced- warhead were actually stolen, like so many movies proffer, and sold to what the American government refers to as a "rogue state-, or worse, a terrorist cell. ...

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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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Steve Weinberg has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics and the National Medal of Science, as well as consulting many government agencies on issues of national defense. ... The next significant event came during the Gulf War when the United States suffered its first casualty from a long-range missile care of Iraq's Scud missiles. ...

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