President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx in his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002, and often repeated throughout his presidency, to describe governments that his administration accused of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. Iran, Iraq, and North Korea were portrayed by Xxxxxx X. Xxxx during the State of the Union as building nuclear weapons. The notion of such an axis was used to pinpoint these common enemies of the United States and rally the American populace in support of the War on Terror. xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/video/us/politics/1000 00004021075/the-axis-of-evil-speech.html Stop & Jot: What is the meaning of this cartoon? Was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups and civil wars in the Arab world that began on December 17th, 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution, and spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and its surroundings. Major insurgencies and civil wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen resulted, along with civil uprisings in Bahrain and Egypt, large street demonstrations in Algeria, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman and Sudan and minor protests in Djibouti, Mauritania, the Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the Western Sahara. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=_qFiQyM8djY xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=uuVRwDBiKws One of the pretexts for the attack on Iraq; Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx had refused to cooperate with UN weapons inspections, a condition of the Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War; although UN inspectors were unable to find evidence of their existence, the US and their British allies launched an invasion of Iraq in 2003, leading to the fall of Baghdad and the end of Saddam's rule. An aborted canal project branching off of the Niagara River about four miles south of Niagara Falls. From 1942 to 1953, the Hooker Chemical Company, with government sanction, began using the partially dug canal as a chemical waste dump. At the end of this period, the contents of the canal consisted of around 21,000 tons of toxic chemicals. Public awareness of the disaster unfolded in the late 1970s when investigative newspaper coverage and grassroots door- to-door health surveys began to reveal a series of inexplicable illnesses—epilepsy, asthma, migraines, and nephrosis—and abnormally high rates of birth defects and miscarriages in the Love Canal neighborhood. As it turns out, consecutive wet xxxxxxx in the late 1970s raised the water table and caused the chemicals to xxxxx (via underground xxxxxx and a sewer system that drained into nearby creeks) into the basements and yards of neighborhood residents, as well as into the playground of the elementary school built directly over the canal. President Xxxxx Xxxxxx declared a state of emergency in 1978 and had the federal government relocate families. The total cost for relocation of all the families was $17 million. Website: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/history/love_canal_history The Iran-Contra Affair was a covert action not approved of by the United States Congress. It began in 1985, when President Xxxxxx Xxxxxx'x administration supplied weapons to Iran — a sworn enemy — in hopes of securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by Hezbollah terrorists loyal to the Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Iran's leader. The U.S. took millions of dollars from the weapons sale and routed them and guns to the right-wing (anti-communist) "Contra“ guerrillas in Nicaragua. The revelation, confirmed by U.S. intelligence sources on November 6, came as a shock to officials outside President Xxxxxx Xxxxxx’x inner circle and went against the stated policy of the administration. In addition to violating the U.S. arms embargo against Iran, the arms sales contradicted President Xxxxxx’x vow never to negotiate with terrorists. The use of federal money “for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Nicaragua” was also prohibited. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=OiA-0HHDIAc (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until September 20, 2011. This meant that someone that was gay, bisexual or lesbian could not be open about their sexuality. Also, their sexuality could not be questioned by superiors. Ultimately, if you stayed quiet, you could stay in. You have nothing to write for this key concept. Just write SKIP on your key concept list. xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/
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President Xxxxxx X. X. Xxxx declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in his State Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. Though the Persian Gulf War was initially considered an unqualified success for the international coalition, simmering conflict in the troubled region led to a second Gulf War–known as the Iraq War–that began in 2003. Stop & Jot: Why was the non-removal of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx seen as controversial for many? Started in Afghanistan on October 7th, 2001 as a response to the September 11th, 2001 attacks on America. The focus of a U.S.-led coalition (along with British, French, German, Australian and Canadian forces) was to begin attacking Taliban controlled areas of Afghanistan with an intense bombing campaign. The invasion of Afghanistan was the opening round in the United States “war on terrorism.” xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=uDN41c The invasion of Afghanistan was intended to target terrorist mastermind Xxxxx bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, which was based in the country, as well as the extreme fundamentalist Taliban government that had ruled most of the Union address country since 1996 and supported and protected al-Qaida. The Taliban, which had imposed its extremist version of Islam on January 29the entire country, 2002also perpetrated countless human rights abuses against its people, especially women, and often repeated throughout his presidencygirls. During their rule, large numbers of Afghans lived in utter poverty, and as many as 4 million Afghans are thought to have suffered from starvation. Modern America On March 19th, 2003 the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to describe governments free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx and his advisors built much of their case for war on the idea that his administration accused Iraq, under dictator Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, possessed or was in the process of sponsoring terrorism and seeking building weapons of mass destruction. Iranxxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=T0kcaziP-0o After an intense manhunt, IraqU.S. soldiers found Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. He did not resist and North Korea were portrayed by Xxxxxx X. Xxxx was uninjured during the State of the Union as building nuclear weaponsarrest. The notion of such an axis A soldier at the scene described him as “a man resigned to his fate.” Xxxxxxx was used to pinpoint these common enemies of the United States arrested and rally the American populace began trial for crimes against his people, including mass killings, in support of the War on TerrorOctober 2005. xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/video/us/politics/1000 00004021075/the-axis-of-evil-speech.html Stop & Jot: What is the meaning of this cartoon? Was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups and civil wars in the Arab world that began on December 17th, 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution, and spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and its surroundings. Major insurgencies and civil wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen resulted, along with civil uprisings in Bahrain and Egypt, large street demonstrations in Algeria, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman and Sudan and minor protests in Djibouti, Mauritania, the Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the Western Sahara. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=_qFiQyM8djY xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=uuVRwDBiKws One of the pretexts for the attack on Iraq; Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx had refused to cooperate with UN weapons inspections, a condition of the Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War; although UN inspectors were unable to find evidence of their existence, the US and their British allies launched an invasion of Iraq in 2003, leading to the fall of Baghdad and the end of Saddam's rule. An aborted canal project branching off of the Niagara River about four miles south of Niagara Falls. From 1942 to 1953, the Hooker Chemical Company, with government sanction, began using the partially dug canal as a chemical waste dump. At the end of this period, the contents of the canal consisted of around 21,000 tons of toxic chemicals. Public awareness of the disaster unfolded in the late 1970s when investigative newspaper coverage and grassroots door- to-door health surveys began to reveal a series of inexplicable illnesses—epilepsy, asthma, migraines, and nephrosis—and abnormally high rates of birth defects and miscarriages in the Love Canal neighborhood. As it turns out, consecutive wet xxxxxxx in the late 1970s raised the water table and caused the chemicals to xxxxx (via underground xxxxxx and a sewer system that drained into nearby creeks) into the basements and yards of neighborhood residents, as well as into the playground of the elementary school built directly over the canal. President Xxxxx Xxxxxx declared a state of emergency in 1978 and had the federal government relocate families. The total cost for relocation of all the families was $17 million. Website: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/history/love_canal_history The Iran-Contra Affair was a covert action not approved of by the United States Congress. It began in 1985, when President Xxxxxx Xxxxxx'x administration supplied weapons to Iran — a sworn enemy — in hopes of securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by Hezbollah terrorists loyal to the Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Iran's leader. The U.S. took millions of dollars from the weapons sale and routed them and guns to the right-wing (anti-communist) "Contra“ guerrillas in Nicaragua. The revelation, confirmed by U.S. intelligence sources on On November 6, came as a shock 2006, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to officials outside President Xxxxxx Xxxxxx’x inner circle and went against the stated policy of the administration. In addition to violating the U.S. arms embargo against Iran, the arms sales contradicted President Xxxxxx’x vow never to negotiate with terroristsdeath by hanging. The use of federal money “for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Nicaragua” After an unsuccessful appeal, he was also prohibitedexecuted on December 30, 2006. xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=OiA-0HHDIAc (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department Weapons of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until September 20, 2011mass destruction were never found. This meant that someone that was gay, bisexual or lesbian could not be open about their sexuality. Also, their sexuality could not be questioned by superiors. Ultimately, if you stayed quiet, you could stay in. You have nothing to write for this key concept. Just write SKIP on your key concept list. xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/watch?v=BqrCW6SOb_Y
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