Saddam Hussein, a long known supporter of terrorists also became a target. ... 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. ... Known as the "Saddam Diet-, Hussein would order his ministers to exhibitions at government events where graphic weapon demonstrations were used to show what would happen to dissenters of his cause (Kaplan 7). Referring to himself in the third person, Saddam was quoted in a speech in 1982...

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After the defeat of Saddam Hussein regiment, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki of Iraq excluded Iraqi Sunnis from having any power in the government and favored the majority in population: the Shia. ... He would also prohibit Saddam former employees under the Hussein administration to hold office in the new government if they were Sunni. Maliki, against advice from the United States, formed death squads to hunt down Saddam's Hussein ex officer corps and in turn ex high ranking officers of Saddam regime went into hiding and vowed revenge on the new regime that had replaced them. ... What sepa...

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Considered an act of using violence against people to inculcate fear or intimidate a government or the civilian population. It is mostly in the pursuit of political, ideological or religious goals. The word terrorism was first used in France to describe a new system of government adopted during th...

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The sanctions restrict food and medicine imports to Iraq in order to bring down Saddam Hussein. ... America's motive in the sanctions become diminished when Saddam Hussein's popularity goes up in Iraq every time the U.S. bombs his country. ...

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Saddam Hussein (who, because of his dictatorship, could be known as Iraq because of his control of the country). ... The threat of chemical weapons was seen during the Tokyo subway attack using Sarin gas or when Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of his own people. ...

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Now we are after Saddam Hussein and not really aiding our own citizens, but neglecting the vital duties that a government should take care of including aid to students and families, supporting our public schools, and maintaining the status quo of the economy. ... The Star commented that "his focus on domestic issues was aimed at soothing the fears of many in the United States who accuse the Bush administration of ignoring the serious challenges facing the biggest economy in the world while directing its attention to removing Saddam Hussein". ...

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Iraq posed no threat that would justify preemptive war and Saddam Hussein had no ties to Al-Queda. ... The benefits are the killing of insurgents, the ousting of the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, and the crippling of Al-Qaeda. ...

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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. Terrorism is not just something that developed during the 1900s. Throughout modern history, terrorism has been happening around the world. During the 18th century, Russia catapulted corpses infected with the plague into positions held by Sweden. This was one of the earliest uses of biological agents as a weapon of terrorism. ...

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Saddam Hussein is a prime example for using religion to legitimize his regime's cause. It is known that Hussein's regime has had its own people executed, tormented for various reasons and then pleas with its citizens to love and look up to Leader. ...

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Saddam Hussein is a prime example for using religion to legitimize his regime's cause. It is known that Hussein's regime has had its own people executed, tormented for various reasons and then pleas with its citizens to love and look up to Leader. ...

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Thesis: The prior terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, have many Americans searching to understand the source of such intense hatred. Extremist-suicide bombers committed a heinous act "unparallel, in recent history. Immediately, America must gain insight as to how terrori...

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Bin Laden, a Saudi, speaks out frequently against Israel, but for him the real problem is the U.S. troop presence in his country dating to the military buildup before the 1991 Gulf War precipitated by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait (Time magazine, October 2001 Beyer, Lisa pg 45). ...

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After the US troops completed their mission of taking down Saddam Hussein who was the dictator in 2003, Iraq was soon soaked in chaotic civil wars between the Sunni and Shia branch of Islam, which are the minority and majority of the Iraq population, respectively. ...

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Mohammed Douri, the Iraqi Ambassador to America said that, "They"re seeing a collapse in the central regime authority." (1) This means that Saddam Hussein's main groups of supporters will and eventually diminish to nothing. ...

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