On 21 May 2003, Col John Kessel and Professor Macguire Gibson of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago toured various sites in southern Iraq by helicopter. After visiting Uruk, Professor Gibson 'flew north to Isin where I ...
In one sense Iraq is timeless, its place names resonating across the years - for this is Mesopotamia, the Land between Two Rivers.
The Iraq title has been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level thinking skills, and progressive learning strategies from informational texts for middle grade and junior high level students.
Iraq: The Ancient Sites & Iraqui Kurdistan : the Bradt Travel Guide
Iraq Travel Guide - Travel information and expert advice including Baghdad hotels and restaurants, archaeological sites, history, culture, safety and visas, itineraries and tour operators.
Several blownout wells burn in the Al-Ahmadi oil field in Kuwait. In 1991, Iraqi troops, retreating after a seven-month occupation of Kuwait, smashed and torched 727 wells, badly polluting the atmosphere and creating crude oil lakes.
Written and photographed by Canadian freelance photojournalist, Robert J. Galbraith, this is a personal, daily account of the anarchy and horror that unfolded during five weeks of war in Iraq, in April and May 2003.
Iraq: From Sumer To Saddam
It also enhances the significance of the statement by former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen when he briefed incoming President Bush on January 10 , 2001 , that “ Iraq no longer constituted a military threat to its neighbors " .
Updated and revised titles that combine the Modern Middle East series and Growth and Influence of Islam in the Nations of Asia and Central Asia.
With the world's second-largest proven oil reserves, Iraq holds great economic importance for an energy-hungry globe. As one of the largest Arab states, Iraq is politically important in the Middle East region as well.
Traces the history of Iraq, from its Mesopotamian origins to its current political turbulence and its crises with international relations.
... DC, August, 1993; Kenneth R. Timmerman, Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Cases of Iran, Syria, and Libya, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, August, 1992; Dr. Robert A. Nagler, Ballistic Missile Proliferation: An Emerging Threat; ...
Iraq: Blair's Big Lie Confirmed : how Regime Change was Dressed Up as Disarmament
An anthology of articles debating issues surrounding the Persian Gulf War, including its effects on the United States and the Middle East, the justification of military action, the accuracy of the media coverage, and lessons learned from ...
She said her and Dennis are trying to work things out. She also said she's been weighing the lives between the two of us and says she's leaning towards staying where she's at. Oh yeah. I want to write her back now.
Looks at the religion, holidays and celebrations, music, art, architecture, language, and literature of Iraq, and includes an Iraqi tale.
This country which has been in the news so often of late is a fascinating ancient land of enormous potential devastated by political and social upheavals. This completely new edition...
Provides a collection of articles that offer varying viewpoints on the subject of the Iraq War.
This book presents a broad history of Iraq, from the earliest times to the present, with particular attention to the emergence of modern Iraq in the twentieth century, the power struggles that led to the rise of Saddam Hussein, and recent ...