There are some excellent hotels and restaurants but the city of Aqaba is Jordan's resort town offering the only diving and snorkeling sites and some swim able beaches Jordan is located in the Middle East and is land locked between Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the West Bank of Israel. The terrain is made up of 80% desert plateau in the south and east. To the west there is the upper highlands and the Great Rift Valley separates the East from the west banks of the Jordan River. ... The ethnic majority is 98% Arab all officially Arabic Speaking with English is widely understood a...

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Judith Kipper, director of the Middle East Forum, has suggested that if Saddam Hussein survives the US attack, he might reemerge to lead an underground guerrilla force that fights the US occupation. ... And, she adds, "we are culturally and linguistically deprived" in matters related to the Middle East. ...

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The group RUPE believes that the United States should build a new democratic world order in the Middle Azor 2 East based on principles of equality and social justice because powerful and wealthy nations threaten sustainable world peace. ... Ultimately, The Research Unit for Political Economy also believe that the war will bring democracy to the Middle East. ... The group RUPE describes America's future as: "In the future, inevitably, it will become increasingly dependent on oil from West Asia-North Africa, a region where the masses of ordinary people despise the United States, where thre...

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Persian Gulf War- August 2, 1990 On August 2nd, 1990, Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently, to take control of Kuwait's oil reserves. Iraq accused Kuwait, and also ...

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Countries like Israel currently recognize the potential menace of Saddam Hussein and as a result, concerns have been raised about the overall security of the Middle East relative to the actions of Saddam Hussein. ... The support for military interventions as well as economic sanctions stem from a preventative thread based in the desire reduce the leaders capacity to do harm, either in the form of the use of nuclear weapons or through actions that would result in diminishing availability and free trade of oil products between the countries of the Middle East and the countries of the Eur...

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By some force that I'm willing to attribute to the tendency of Americans to view the Middle East as homogenous in any degree despite the ongoing conflicts that make it readily apparent that it is not, roughly 50% of Americans in 2002 believe on faith alone that Sadaam Hussein was responsible for any part of the attacks. ... The first concern, already noted, is that of sovereignty "I think that this country has no idea how to apply what partial success it has had toward protecting the sanctity of multiple cultures to any other region, especially the Middle East. ...

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Roots of rage grievances over the U.S. policy in the Middle East combined with Islamic Triumphal make a toxic mix. ... Animosity toward the U.S. in the Middle East can be plotted through concentric circles. ...

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But with the rise of the oil monarchies in the Middle East, the balance of power shifted, and vast amounts of money has been put into the hands of nations that less than a hundred years ago were still locked in tribal societies. ... His rule has also consisted of various military engagements that have demonstrated relentless aggression towards other nations in the Middle East. ... The message that was sent to Iraq and the whole Middle Eastern region is: support terror, and we will take you out. ...

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Fourth, as the West, and America in particular, becomes more and more powerful, popular and elite, smaller nation-states without access to or a desire for Westernization react and try to nurture their local cultures and traditional identities, thus leading to non-Western habits becoming more popular there, such as the "re-Islamization of the Middle East" (Huntington, 1993). ... This occurs especially when people become impotent in the face of overwhelming military might, as in the case of when the Middle East countries faced the US during the Persian Gulf War with America. ... Ral...

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The goal is to fight terrorism with out creating further resentment and hatred among the Middle Eastern public (Walker). ... An excellent example of this is the current conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. ...

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By attacking and defeating Iraq, the United States has secured its dominance over the Middle East over the near future and has gained a strategic position relative to two potential future rivals, Russia and China. ...

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ACADEMIC WRITING Writing an Essay of Argumentation "Now this is the way I see it..." Discussion: First, choose a topic for which you are able to write the following: (a) a proposition or main point that you will argue for, (b) argument(s) supporting your proposition, (c) argument(s) opposing y...

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So all i have to do is give you guys a essay i wrote? if thats all there is to it and theres no hidden fees you guys are life savers thanks! For my media and society in the twentieth century essay I have decided to answer question eight. I will answer this question by discussing the extent that...

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War with Iraq As the United States has increased its stature as a democratic imperialistic super power, so has the threat to its nation's security- both its citizens and its military. The events of September 11th changed the way Ame...

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