Essays on Iraq

There was a contract signed between Iran and Iraq in 1937, that brought a solution to the longstanding disagreement, which dated back to the Ottoman-Persian battles of the 16th and 17th centuries over the supervision of the Shatt al-Arab. During that year, both states joined…

Introduction Christianity is one of the longest standing religions in the world. Over thousands of years, it has branched off into varying sects, each uniquely adapted to better suit one’s regional limitations and/or personal wants. This is due to the fact that back when Christianity…

British soldiers systematically abused Iraqis all in the name of defence and intelligence between 2003 and 2009. An array of unlawful interrogation practices were used against innocent Iraqi civilians. Even though these five techniques were outlawed by the Geneva conventions in 1949, deemed as ‘inhuman…

In a typical life each morning, we do our bed, eat breakfast and feed the puppy. In Iraq your laying in bed. Staring at the television. All of a sudden you hear guns, shouts, and fear! As you notice people running in catastrophe. Somebody assaults…

About 20 million people reside in the country Iraq. There are three major groups in Iraq The Sunni Arabs, Sunni Kurds, Shiite Arabs. 62.5% of Iraqis are Shiites. All political leaders since the year 1968 are Sunnis. There is a small population of Jewish people…

What is an insurgency? An insurgency is essentially the refusal to carry out a higher authorities’ orders, and so, opposing the law. Counter-insurgency is so, the terminology that comprises the activities to secure an insurgency and so stabilise an uncertain environment. Counter insurgency (COIN) can…

As the world arose from the ruins of a brutal war in the latter half of the 20th century, The republic of Iraq also began its journey towards prosperity, only to find itself thrusted and shoved back into the clutches of poverty, violence and moreover…

The 2003 American invasion of Iraq was a turning point that sparked the Second Gulf War. However; this is not where Iraq’s problems began. Iraq was already an unstable nation, due to the combination of various factors. Post-2003, Iraq faced the challenge of state-building. The…

The Iraq war started on March 19, 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein’s, the President of Iraq at the time, regime. Before the war, U.S. and UK governments, claimed that Iraq’s alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat to their security and…