Lee: "There is a conspiracy to do us in. Why?...They see us as a threat." SINGAPORE – The former Prime Minister and the founding father of Singapore stated that the country is the target of a conspiracy by human rights groups. Singapore is continuously being criticized for its style of governance. "There is a conspiracy to do us in. Why?...They see us as a threat," The Straits Times quoted Lee Kuan Yew saying. Lee stated in a dialogue that the unprecedented economic ... Read More

During the 20th and nascent 21st centauries, the United States has engaged in seven major wars, two of which are currently ongoing. Since only a portion of one war, World War II, was actually fought on United States soil in the Hawaiian Island and the Southern Pacific Islands, including Guam and the Solomon Island, this country has not suffered large damage to its infrastructure. Therefore, the U.S. has not faced the huge costs of rebuilding that other countries have ... Read More

Although fighting currently continues in Iraq, there is increasing debate over how to end the conflict together with demands from political factions in the United States and Great Britain to Phase the war out and allow the troops to return to civilian life. It is getting more difficult to justify the costs of continued hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just what are the cost totals? Current figures are ever changing, and of course since the conflicts are ongoing, ... Read More

The Rules of War War is a devastating event that is focused on the goal of killing or incapacitating the enemy. Yet there exists etiquette of sorts; rules of conduct that apply to nearly every eventuality of war that every combatant is supposed to respect and obey. These guidelines were drafted into the Geneva Convention of 1949, and strive to impart humanity into the ultimate adversarial situation. The provisions of the Geneva Convention state that the conventions ... Read More

Throughout military history, many short-term conflicts have been recorded but, by all accounts, the Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in the history of the World. The origin of the conflict was a territorial dispute during the late 1800's that focused upon the trade interests of Germany and Great Britain in Eastern Africa and specifically the small island of Zanzibar, which is located off of the eastern coast of Africa. In the beginning of 1890, Great Britain assumed control of the ... Read More

Many people maintain that countries such as Holland, Sweden, Switzerland and Liechtenstein that remained neural during World War II actually served the purposes of the Third Reich by their neutrality. Many contend that there is no neutrality during war. This may be the case, since it is well documented that in all of these countries, people fleeing the Nazis were harboured, often at the significant risk. But it does remain puzzling that a wealthy country like Switzerland, located in ... Read More

{mosimage}Vietnam War was one of the longest war fought by America. It started in the year 1954. There were huge numbers of casualties in this war and did cost a fortune to both the countries. There were too many myths surrounding the Vietnam War which ended up the war being misunderstood by the world. The American soldiers used inhuman and torture tactics, however the truth was the incidents of American atrocities were so rare that any isolated incident would be taken up ... Read More

There are many stories related to the World War II. Some of them are being unearthed now after so many years and some of them are being fought for the rights by some people who want justice after their beloved have already laid their lives for the respective countries. Due to the lack of information there have been instances till date where proper information about the happenings during the World War II have not been correctly reported. In one such similar cases two ... Read More

{mosimage}There have been reports of yet another suicide attack in Ramadi, the town happened to be one of the peaceful towns in Iraq. There are also reports that the attacks were basically targeted to the checkpoint at Ramadi. The suicide attack was through a truck, due to this attack the number of people killed is 35 and there are 50 people injured. The truck was driven to the checkpoint and the bomb was detonated later, this resulted in heavy destruction. Most of ... Read More

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded Saturday in the Shiite holy city of Karbala as the streets were packed with people heading for evening prayers, killing at least 58 and wounding scores near some of the country's most sacred shrines. Separately, the U.S. military announced the deaths of nine American troops, including three killed Saturday in a single roadside bombing outside Baghdad. With black smoke clogging the skies above Karbala, angry crowds hurled stones at police and later stormed the provincial governor's ... Read More