above:  Muammar Gaddafi's lineage along with their current status. Muammar Gaddafi has ten children all in all.  Eight of them are his biological off-springs and the other two are the adopted ones.  They had 8 sons and 2 daughters. Muhammad Gaddafi: He is the eldest son of Gaddafi who then became the leader of the General Post, Telecom Company, and the Olympic Committee of the country of Libya.  He is also known for his ability to operated cellphones along with satellite communications from country ... Read More

Above: Troops playing against the perils in war-torn Afghanistan (Photo: www.hqusareur.army.mil) The number of US and NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in May and June has surpassed that of Iraq. Taliban offensives have considerably risen and have become more dangerous. Experts say that the insurgents in Afghanistan are getting stronger thus it could be an alarming sign on the part of the US/NATO soldiers in the war-torn country. United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reported that Afghanistan attacks in May have killed ... Read More

Above: Map of Middle East The US already with 26,000 troops in Afganistan are moving in roughly another 3,000 troops. This brings them close to 30,000 troops. This back in Roman times would have been considered an amazing force let alone in todays modern warfield. There are around 170,000 troops in Iraq. Whilst there is still violence, it's not open warfare anymore simply occupation. What will these troops be doing in 2 years? Take a look at a map. It's all very ... Read More

Above: Kandil mountains, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey Turkey bombed several villages in Northern Iraq yesterday the 16th: Zap, Hakurk and Avasin as well as areas in the Kandil/Qandil (Depends on who you talk to) mountainous region were hit. Apparently striking at the PKK (The Kurdistan workers party). There is an old Kurdish saying, " The Kurds have no friends but the mountains. " The strike lasted 3 hrs and began at 2300 GMT, 0200 local time. Iraq says Ten villages hit and ... Read More

Above: Scene of Spanish - American War in 1898 {mosimage}(1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain's brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers, and American sympathy for the rebels rose. Above: ... Read More

Abovee: Map of World War II In the aftermath of World War I, the United States attempted to disengage itself from European affairs. The U.S. Senate rejected American membership in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS, and in the 1920s American involvement in European diplomatic life was limited to economic affairs. Moreover, the United States dramatically reduced the size of its military in the postwar years, a measure widely supported by a public increasingly opposed to war. Events in Europe and Asia in ... Read More

Above: Korean War Portray The Korean War began on 25 June 1950, when forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) attacked southward across the thirty-eighth parallel against the army of the Republic of Korea (ROK). Trained and armed by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China (PRC) and substantially out-numbering the South Koreans along the front, the North Koreans advanced rapidly, capturing Seoul, the ROK capital, on 28 June. Photo of President Harry S. Truman (1945 - 1953) The ... Read More

Above: Air Force Combat Controller Unit practicing firing movement Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the official name used by the U.S. government for its military response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. It was previously planned to have been called "Operation Infinite Justice," but this phrase had previously been restricted to the description of God (among followers of several faiths), and it is believed to have been changed to avoid offense to Muslims. On October 5, 2006 ... Read More

{mosimage}Mankind has claimed a variety of reasons and justifications when declaring war on each other. Human rights and freedom have often been the focus, while skeptics claim a more financial motive. Colonialism and conquest, the thinking behind the great medieval European wars and conflicts, were to expand empires. While expressing that this was done under Divine direction, the motive had a more 'earthly' origin. As explorers discovered other resources in an ever-expanding world, they sought to claim them for their financiers and themselves. ... Read More

{mosimage}The United States and Soviet Union flourished in major competition to authorize the support of the nonaligned countries, with the use of economic and military help.   The two countries that were considered to be the superpowers after the Second World War were the United States and the Soviet Union. Both countries stood in opposition in many different ways. The two superpowers competed in the form of military-security contention, philosophical challenges between Wilsonian and Leninism point of view and even in ... Read More