Gulf of Oman

Finally everything was in place, On February 24th. It was announced that a massive allied ground offensive, called Operation Desert Sabre was launched. Troops were heading from northeastern Saudi Arabia into Kuwait and southern Iraq. Over the next four days coalition forces encircled and defeated the Iraqis and finally liberated Kuwait. At the same time, U.S forces stormed into Kuwait about 120 miles west of Kuwait, attacking Iraq’s armored reserves from the rear. The elite Iraqi Republican…

In a 2011 report, the United State government declared that the Deepwater Horizon well discharged 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean, this is equivalent to 210 million gallons in the United States. While environmental experts have touted the response to this disaster was poor, there have been much smaller scales spills that have been handled even worse. On August 6, 1983 a poorly maintained pipeline burst that lead into the Kolva River. The pipeline had been leaking for eight months, but…

The Persian Gulf War The months between August 1990 and February 1991 consisted of a major foreign crisis within the Persian Gulf region that transitioned into the Persian Gulf War. During this eight month span, several military decisions made by Iraqi forces and the coalition forces led to a swift allied victory. To start, Iraqi forces under control of Saddam Hussein invaded the small, neighboring country of Kuwait in early August 1990. In response, Saudi Arabia called on the U.S. to provide…

Intended by coalition leaders to be a “limited” war fought at minimum cost, it would have lingering effects for years to come, both in the Persian Gulf region and around the world. In the immediate aftermath of the war, Hussein’s forces brutally suppressed uprisings by Kurds in the north of Iraq and Shi’ites in the south. The United States-led coalition failed to support the uprisings, afraid that…

As a result of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 and injured 17 on April 20, 2010, an investigation was initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice to determine what caused the explosion. BP scrambled to find a solution to seal off the oil leak located on the seabed 4,993 feet below the oceans surface (Pallardy, 2016). Unfortunately, the oil leak wasn’t permanently sealed off until September 2010. This resulted in nearly 200 million gallons of crude oil being released into…

by using oil money to help Iraq's economy to grow at a rapid pace. When he became president, he suppressed several movements, which sought to overthrow the government or gain independence, and maintained power during the Gulf War. Before the Iraq war there was the first gulf war. On August 2, 1990 Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation…

International terrorism involves any violent acts toward human life that violate federal or state law with a minimum sentence of twenty five years with labor. ISIS, a new terrorist group that stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, mimicked the name Isis the Egyptian goddess and ruler of the underworld. The organization started their attacks on Syria and Iraq to gain territory and independence, but later on they pushed their forces to many foreign countries. The organization films,…

Two-hundred and thirty-eight years of history have made this country one of the most advanced in the globe, in culture, in technology, and in quality of life. However, an American citizen is not at all perfect, nor is their country the best out there. Next, I shall analyze the effects on paranoia on its citizens, their nature in over consuming their resources, and finally, a handful of their isolation methods from the rest of the world. From the very beginning of its history, America was…

was a tragic day for the residents in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama. It was a day that would change their lives. On August 25, Hurricane Katrina hit land in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 40 mph. On August 28, in the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina became a Category 5 with winds of 175 mph. At 6:10 on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Louisiana. When it finally reached Louisiana on August 29, it had weakened to a Category 3 with sustained winds of…

As an individual is hard to help those people which suffer from poverty, violence, and those people that are unemployed. In the United States, we have much more freedom than other countries. Having our voice heard can be helpful in many ways. In order for our voice to be heard, we must have the support of others or at least know someone who is powerful. Even a president cannot make its own decisions. The president decisions are depending on the number of votes. Protesting can solve some of the…