Iraq Essays

In the book “Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village” by Elizabeth Warnock Fernia, (Fernia, 2008), a newly married woman describes what life was like for her while living in a tiny, tribal village in Iraq, for two years, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life …

Post-War Iraq Scenario: An Introduction The people of Iraq are not happy over the war and are daily demonstrating against their “liberators”.  The number of violent incidents is constantly increasing, and the number of deaths constantly rises.  The American soldiers were led to believe that they would be welcomed as …

Iraq is considered as a war ravaged country in the Middle East and it has become an influential country after Saddam Hussein took over as its totalitarian leader. However, the United States of America was eager to end Hussein’s regime. The efforts to rule Iraq temporarily halted when Clinton became …

President George Bush’s letter to President Saddam Hussein is a convincing segment intended to persuade Hussein to remove his forces from Kuwait before conflict ensues. Some critical readers believe that Bush does not provide a rational argument, but this paper is taking the standpoint that Bush not only is rational, …

The Iran-Iraq War was one of the numerous armed conflicts between these historic countries. Conflict dates back centuries to the days of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Persian Empire under the Safavids. Iraq was the easternmost province of the Ottomans and Iran, the center of the Persians. Disputes then …

The Hurt Locker is a film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, set in the Iraq war. The film is about three men who makeup an explosives ordinance team; Staff Sargent Matthew Thompson (Guy Pearce), Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie), and Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty). In the beginning, a bomb disposal …

Iraqi women and girls face extraordinarily high levels of cultural and institutional violence and discrimination. Women who are perceived to have dishonored their families – for allegedly or actually committing adultery, refusing an arranged marriage, or asking for a divorce, among other reasons – may be threatened with honor killing. …

As long as mankind has existed there have been warfare. Nations or groups fight each other over religion, believes and interests, and billions of soldiers has let their life fighting for their country and culture values and believes. Governments tells that war is a fight for freedom and young men …

Prologue In this chapter Stack describes the effects of conflict on the lives of both people who have experienced war and people who have not experienced war. Stack provides an example in the form of her relative, John a former American marine. John was sent to Beirut to combat the …

Purpose At the end of my presentation, the audience will be able to explain what ISIS is and the danger it has on America. Introduction All you have been hearing about in the news lately is ISIS this and ISIS that. Some peoples thoughts are what is ISIS, some others …