::17 March - The UK's ambassador to the UN says the diplomatic process on Iraq has ended and announces the withdrawal of a draft resolution co-sponsored by the US and Spain. ::18 March - Arms inspectors are evacuated, the leader of the House of Commons Robin Cook resigns from the Cabi...
The chaos was nothing new. Ever since Saddam Hussein's government was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, Iraq has been mired in political chaos, and the peace and democracy promised by Washington has never been delivered. By destroying Iraq's original state apparatus by force, the...
2. The theories of managerial response to crises and disasters Several literatures provide valuable insights into organizational responses to major crises such as war. First, the business and peace literature has extended our knowledge on how firms and entrepreneurs operate in wartime, or immediately ...
it is illegal for anyone to provide funding or support for the Al-Qaida, ISIS or other terrorist organizations. However, the US government has long been, directly or indirectly, providing funds, weapons and intelligence support to these organizations through certain countries in the Middle East...
Some programs include the ability to monitor users' desktop behavior to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents. And if so, the program can tell presenters when their attendees' attention drifted and how long it lasted. Web seminars can also be...
has been made possible partly by a deeper understanding of engineering, but also by the development of far stronger materials. Arch bridges were popular in the Middle Ages, for example, because they were quick and easy to build from locally sourced materials and lasted a long time with little...
become stable and democratic, with modern armed forces.Three partner countrieshave declared interests in NATO memberships: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Ukraine. Today, any European country can join NATO as long as it accepts the commitments and obligations of membership (more on that shortly)...
At the time the Germans began using the chemical, gas masks proved useless because mustard gas could penetrate the filters and mask housing. Not only that, but chemical suits hadn't been used yet, so mustard gas had the whole body to attack. And a little went a long way. One drop of...
"So long as the British remained in any part of Palestine they would maintain law and order in the area of which they were still in occupation. . .. It has been made quite clear by the High Commissioner to the leaders of the Jewish and Arab communities that so long as the Mandate con...
Texas has what's known as, "The Texas Military Forces (TXMF)" They are the main mechanism through which the Texas Military Department (TMD) implements border security for Texas, which has the second-largest population and border in the United States. ...