Backpacking in Iraq
Ever wanted to go somewhere exotic? Ever wanted to go somewhere exciting and different? Why not try Iraq? The Circular spoke to Ollie Jenks who travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan for the trip of a lifetime, to exper...
Has mass media created a terrorist stereotype?
Let's Work For World Peace. Photo Credit: BrotherMagneto
Noam Chomsky once wrote in his book `Power and Terror`, “we can not approach the terrorism of the weak against the powerful without confronting equal...
The reality of women war correspondents
Lack of food, lack of sleep, lack of resting moments…. These are some of the things that contribute to making the life of a war correspondent more difficult than we could think.
War correspondents fascinate; a...
Why chemical attacks are so shocking
Chemical weapons are almost as old as the war. Yale University's researchers recently demonstrated Persian army had asphyxiated dozens Roman soldiers in the 3rd century before Christ, by sending on a tunnel sul...
Oldest palace of the world destroyed by ISIS
Mari was the first city invaded by ISIS five years ago. Few kilometers away from Iraqi border, this 5000-year-old Mesopotamian ancient city has been plundered and destroyed with explosives on Saturday.
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Just War Theory
King Narmer conquers the Nile delta. flickr credits Allan Ashby
Just war theory is a doctrine and a set of beliefs of military ethics originated from the Roman philosophy of Catholic origins. It is majorly...