Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
Article Title: “Bomb Kills 3 Near Sports Field in Northern Iraq”
Newspaper Name: New York Times
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast&oref=slogin
Summary:
Saturday, September 20 in Baghdad many people were injured and three were killed by a car bomb that had exploded in the town of Tal Afar, which is in northern Iraq. The bomb was ended off being set off near [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
Newspaper Name: New York Times
Link: (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin)
Summary: Currently all over central and northern Afghanistan, specifically in Yakowlang, Afghanistan there is a large shortage of food for the many nine million Afghans living in those areas. Some of the people do not have food for the winter; some are struggling to find jobs in the city. The [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
Title: Deadly Attack by Islamists on U.S. Embassy in Yemen – 16 Dead
Newspaper: Middle East Times
Summary
On Wednesday September17th, 16 people were killed in an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. The Islamic Jihad in Yemen took responsibility for first firing at the guard with heavy guns, blowing a car up [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
3,000 Deaths in Iraq
Brian Fairrington
9/11/08
http://cagle.com/news/BushIraq3000/main.asp
What issue, event or idea does the cartoon address?
This cartoon relates to the fact that three thousand American soldiers have died in the five yearlong war in Iraq. The cartoon incorporates the execution of Saddam Hussein, which happened in 2006.
What key people or groups are [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
Title: Iraq war five years on
Author: John Darkow
Date: September 18, 2008
Link: http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/Iraq5Years/main.asp
Questions:
Key people: U.S. soldiers, Shiites, and Sunni
Technique: Symbolism, Labeling, and Irony.
-Symbolism: In this cartoon the artist uses coffins to represent the deaths that have happened in Iraq in five years, or the “loss” of money.
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/SocialStudiesResources/GlobalHistoryandGeographyResources.htm
* What issue, event or idea does the cartoon address?
This cartoon addresses the conflict in Israel between the Palestinians and the Israelites. Although Palestine has inhabited the area for a very long time, the Israelites moved in after world war II with support from America. Israel is the holy land for Judaism and a very [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
Channel 4 News
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/petraeus+steps+down/2456567
Summary:
In this article they are talking about the General that is in complete control over the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, General Patraeus, is stepping down and handing his command over to another person. The new General is now Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno. He was second in command for the past year and a [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
Article Title:
Livni Narrowly Wins Israeli Election, Eyes Coalition Government
News Source: Public Broadcasting Station website
Link: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/july-dec08/israelelection_09-18.html
Summary:
In a close Israeli election for prime minister, on September 17th, 2008, the moderate candidate, Lizna, came out victorious. Lizna has 42 days to set up a coalition government before the President, Shimon Peres, is able to appoint a new [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
Article Title: “U.S. student, husband among dead in embassy attack in Yemen”
Newspaper Name: CNN
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/yemen.american/index.html
Summary:
On September 17, 2008, bombers attacked the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Among the seventeen who died was eighteen-year-old Susan El-Baneh from Lackawanna, New York– the only American to die in the attack. Just a senior in high school, Susan excitedly [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast
War In Iran?
Chan Lowe
September 19, 2008
Link: http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/WarwithIran/1.asp
What issue, event or idea does the cartoon address?
The cartoon addresses the issue of the U.S. not having an exit strategy for U.S. soldiers.
What key people or groups are part of the cartoon’s message?
The U.S. forces, Iraq, and Iran [...]
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