| Going through the history of
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| | children dead by now from malnutrition
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| International relations in the post- cold
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| | and disease. Iraq was the strongest
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| war era, you can observe several
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| | military power among the Arab states.
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| political crises originating from the
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| | This may have been their crime. Another
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| military and clandestine operations of
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| | reason dealing US intervention in pulling
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| the United States. This overflow of
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| | out Iraq from Kuwait is "not to keep oil
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| international crises dealing with
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| | prices low, but to keep Washington, Wall
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| America's operations are better defined
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| | Street, and their allies in charge of
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| as" US interventions". This concept of
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| | setting oil prices" (qtd. in. Noam
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| intervention is a well- known term in the
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| | Chomsky, 1991)3. "It's been a leading,
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| political history of the world,
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| | driving doctrine of U.S. foreign policy
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| especially during the 90s in the United
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| | since the 1940s that the vast and
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| States, George H. W. Bush and Bill
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| | unparalleled energy resources of the Gulf
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| Clinton's presidency. Not a single
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| | region will be effectively dominated by
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| country has ever meddled with
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| | the United States and its clients, and,
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| international affairs irrelevant to its
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| | crucially, that no independent,
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| country than the United States, However,
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| | indigenous force will be permitted to
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| in some periods Soviet Union was playing
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| | have a substantial influence on the
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| US exceptional current role in the world.
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| | administration of oil production and
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| Through history, it has been proved that
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| | price." (qtd. In. Noam Chosky, 1991)4.The
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| US foreign policy is basically laid upon
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| | other crucial intervention which is
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| its national interests, whether political
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| | called a "humanitarian intervention"
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| or economical. These policies are mostly
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| | ocuured in Bosnia and Yugoslavia during
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| legitimized by expressing moralities and
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| | 1993- 1995 and 1999. Other so-called
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| ethical issues. But the motivation
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| | "humanitarian interventions" were
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| attracting US to persue such policies is
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| | centered in the Balkan region of Europe,
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| to introduce himself as a new economic
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| | after the 1992 breakup of the federation
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| and political ruler for the world, as
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| | of Yugoslavia. The U.S. watched for three
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| William Blum indicated; "The engine of
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| | years as Serb forces killed Muslim
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| American foreign policy has been fueled
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| | civilians in Bosnia, before its launched
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| not by a devotion to any kind of
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| | decisive bombing raids in 1995. Even
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| morality, but rather by the necessity to
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| | then, it never intervened to stop
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| serve other imperatives".1The end of Cold
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| | atrocities by Croatian forces against
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| War provided United States with a kind of
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| | Muslim and Serb civilians, because those
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| unprecedented preponderance over other
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| | forces were aided by the U.S. In 1999,
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| countries. US economy and its defense
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| | the U.S. bombed Serbia to force President
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| spending a much greater than its rivals,
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| | Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw forces
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| "its economy is 40% larger than the
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| | from the ethnic Albanian province of
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| second country. U.S. military spending
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| | Kosovo. The bombing intensified Serbian
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| ($343 billion in the year 2000) is 69
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| | expulsions and killings of Albanian
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| percent greater than that of the next
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| | civilians from Kosovo, and caused the
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| five highest nations combined" (qtd. in.
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| | deaths of thousands of Serbian civilians,
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| Zoltan Grossman, 2001)2. US is now ruling
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| | even in cities that had voted strongly
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| the world in higher education, scientific
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| | against Milosevic. When a NATO occupation
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| research and advance technology so that
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| | force enabled Albanians to move back,
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| others can hardly catch up with this
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| | U.S. forces did little or nothing to
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| superpower. This extraordinary strategic
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| | prevent similar brutality against Serb
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| position of the US is a great implication
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| | and other non-Albanian civilians. The
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| for its foreign policy. When Soviet Union
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| | U.S. was viewed as a biased player.1998,
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| has gone, US leaders can pursue their
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| | in Sudan the US had missile attacks on a
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| goals without worrying how others will
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| | pharmaceutical plant alleged to be
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| respond and these goals will undoubtedly
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| | "terrorist" nerve gas plant. Over 30000
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| affect other countries. During the 90s,
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| | civilians were injured. US blocks UN
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| United States had the most number of
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| | war-crimes inquiry at the Security
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| international interventions all over the
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| | Council.
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| world, approximately 17 cases in which
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| | The last but not the least intervention
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| the most important ones occurred in
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| | is still going on. In 2003, to pursue its
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| Middle East. The major interventions are
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| | post 9/11 policies, US invaded Iraq with
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| as follows: 1990 in Iraq (Gulf War), 1991
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| | large ground, air and naval forces oust
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| in Haiti, 1992-1994 in Yugoslavia, 1993-
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| | government of Saddam Hussein and
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| 1995 in Bosnia, 1994- 1996 in Haiti, 1995
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| | established a new government. Since the
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| in Croatia, 1996- 1997 in Zaire (Congo),
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| | September 11 attacks on the United
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| 1997 in Liberia, 1998 in Sudan, 1998 in
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| | States, most people in the world agree
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| Afghanistan, 1998 in Iraq, 1999 in
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| | that the perpetrators need to be brought
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| Yugoslavia, 2001 in Macedonia, 2001 in
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| | to justice, without killing many
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| Afghanistan and so many other sanctions
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| | thousands of civilians in the process.
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| signed in UN Security council against
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| | But unfortunately, the U.S. military has
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| Iran, Iraq and Cuba. All of these
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| | always accepted massive civilian deaths
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| military interventions can be defined
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| | as part of the cost of war. The military
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| through the idea of New World Order first
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| | is now poised to kill thousands of
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| stated by George H. W. Bush, which US
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| | foreign civilians, in order to prove that
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| administrators have always been thinking
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| | killing U.S. civilians is wrong."It is a
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| "they" are to realize this "Order"-
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| | big idea: a new world order... only the
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| believed to be a real disorder by others-
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| | United States has both the moral standing
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| by all means.Here, we will be discussing
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| | & the means to back it up."
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| some more important interventions. 1990,
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| | Former President George Bush, USA Jan.
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| After Iraq invades Kuwait, the U.S.
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| | 29, 1991What is today very much apparent
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| deployed forces in the Persian Gulf which
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| | is that US is showing its crisis
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| turned Washington against its former
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| | management all over the world roling as
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| Iraqi ally Saddam Hussein. U.S. supported
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| | an international police. The final goal
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| the Kuwaiti monarchy and the Muslim
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| | US is trying to obtain is "the extension
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| fundamentalist monarchy against the
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| | of its political and economic hegemony as
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| secular Iraq regime. US drop more bombs
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| | wide as possible".References:
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| than in all of Vietnam or World War II,
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| | 1. Blum, William. "A Brief History of US
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| the air campaign kills between 100,000
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| | Interventions: 1945 to the Present", Z
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| and 200,000 Iraqis and destroys civilian
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| | magazine, June 1999. See also Blum
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| infrastructure. US allow Iraqi
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| | 2. Grossman, Zoltan. "A Century of US
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| helicopters use of "No-fly Zone" airspace
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| | Military Interventions: From Wounded Knee
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| to crush the uprising. Relentless bombing
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| | to Afghanistan", Znet, September 2001.
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| for more than 40 days and nights, against
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| | Web Site: Academic.evergreen.edu
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| one of the most advanced nations in the
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| | 3. Chomsky, Noam. "Gulf War Pullout",
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| Middle East, devastating its ancient and
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| | Zmagazine, Febraury 1991. Web Site:
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| modern capital city; depleted uranium
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| | 4. Ghahghaei did her BA in English
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| weapons incinerating people, causing
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| | language and literature at the University
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| cancer; blasting chemical and biological
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| | of tehran. She is currently doing her MA
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| weapon storage and oil facilities;
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| | in American Studies at the University of
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| poisoning the atmosphere to a degree
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| | Tehran, Institute for North American and
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| perhaps never happened anywhere; burying
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| | European Studies.She is mostly interested
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| soldiers alive, deliberately; sanctions
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| | in international relations, US foreign
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| continued to this day multiplying the
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| | policy and US cinema.
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| health problems; perhaps a million
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