While Saddam was unquestionably brutal, there’s also little doubt that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a human rights disaster for the Iraqi people. Brown Universityestimatesthat 200,000 civilians were killed in the Iraq war. Over the years, Saddam himself killed tens of thousands of innocents...
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This was the name of a kingdom that was founded around the 18th century BCE and eventually grew to become an empire that dominated what is now Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq. This empire fell near the end of the 13thcentury, but small successor-kingdoms continued to exist in ...
B. Having family members deployed in Iraq. C. Worrying about their family members in Iraq. D. Watching American troops in Iraq. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to e...
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be ju...
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family Thank God you had somebody to love? I’m just a singer of simple songs I’m not a real political man I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I can tell you The diff’rence in Iraq and Iran ...
Did four tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo, and back to Iraq. We covered all the different areas of influencing a not-necessarily-friendly population, and I personally took part in more than a few of those. So I am, you could say, familiar with the concept. One of the first ...
It is a commitment Thomas Kasza knows all too well. He spent 13 years active duty in the U.S. military, 10 as part of U.S. Army Special Forces, with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. As he prepared to leave active duty in August 2021, Kasza was p...
Gen. Qasem Soleimani and struck al-Asad Airbase in Iraq. No U.S. soldiers were killed in Iran's attack on the base, but over 100 were later diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries. Trump responded to the question by saying, "What does injured mean? You mean because they ...
In 1990 Iraq did invade Kuwait, a nation where huge crowds celebrated and cheered in the streets on 9/11/2001. Iraq had some legitimate complaints against Kuwait, accusing the Kuwaitis of slant drilling into Iraqi oil fields near the border. There is no evidence that Iraq planned to invade...