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  • As Biden's Administration this house would abide by the US-Taliban Peace Deal

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    The US-Taliban peace deal is an effort to bring peace to Afghanistan by the Trump administration and Taliban. In short the peace agreement consisted of four parts:1. The US and all foreign forces (including paramilitaries and allies) has to withdraw from Afghanistan with a clear timeline.2. After complete withdrawal the US and allies military forces will never be allowed to set foot in Afghanistan again. 3. In exchange Taliban has to guarantee and enforce permanent ceasefire in the country (between Taliban and the Afghan government)4. Taliban has to guarantee that Afghanistan will never accommodate any groups that threaten the security of the US and allies (terrorist groups etc).

    Asian English Olympics 2021 · 4 · 2021-01-23

  • As environmentalists this house supports the Earth Liberation Front

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    The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is an international leaderless movement of autonomous individuals who commit guerrilla warfare and economic sabotage to support environmental causes. The focus of ELF's violence is carried out against facilities and companies mostly responsible for environmental destruction (i.e. arson attack of company properties tree spiking sabotaging and bombing equipments). These attacks usually results in injuries but lack deaths. The US government has classified them as 'domestic terrorist'

    Asian English Olympics 2021 · 3 · 2021-01-23

  • This house as Iran would accept the ‘Iran Deal Plus’.

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    In 2015 Iran signed the ‘Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’ also known as the Iran Deal. In exchange for committing to denuclearisation and allowing UN inspection of their nuclear sites the international community would unfreeze Iranian assets and remove economic sanctions. In 2018 President Donald Trump removed the United States from the deal. In 2020 Iran formally announced it would no longer comply with the deal. Joe Biden has indicated his willingness to resume the Iran Deal. Other parties to the deal like Germany have suggested they would require an ‘Iran Deal Plus’ to re-enter. An Iran Deal Plus would involve Iran making additional concessions perhaps including the dismantling of its ballistic missile program or ceasing funding extremist groups throughout the Middle East.

    Melbourne Mini 2020 · 3 · 2020-11-29

  • This house, as the Transitional Military Council of Sudan, would pay the United States compensation in exchange for being removed from the ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ list.

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    The United States maintains a ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ List (SSTL). There are only four countries on the list: Syria, (since 1979), Iran (since 1984), Sudan (since 1993) and North Korea (since 2017). Being on the list has a series of consequences: heavy restrictions on aid, limitations on exports to the countries in question (in particular a ban on defence products) and a series of other restrictions. Sudan is on the list due to their alleged funding and support of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, including connections to the bombings of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. In 2019 Omar al-Bashir, the long time dictator of Sudan was ousted and replaced with a Transitional Military Council (TMC). Sudan has been heavily hit by the COVID 19 pandemic: 10 million people in Sudan face food shortages and Sudan’s inflation rate has consistently sat at above 100%. this year Mike Pompeo visited Khartoum to indicate support for the new government. Pompeo offered to remove Sudan from the SSTL in exchange for a $330m compensation pay-out directly to the American victims of Al-Qaeda. The initial assessment for the compensation pay-out by American courts was an amount over $10 billion.

    USU IV · 5 · 2020-11-21

  • This house regrets multinational corporations paying protection fees to militant groups

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    In countries such as Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Iraq, many multinational corporations have been discovered paying protection money to militant groups in exchange for protection of its projects, assets, and employees, which it projects to be part of large sale development, economic, or industrial projects. The payment has been criticised as providing a financial means for such groups to acquire arms and training

    Malaysia National Intervarsity Debating Championship · 3 · 2020-11-07

  • This house believes that environmental groups should pivot towards ecoterrorism as their primary mode of activism

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    Ecoterrorism is the use of threatened use of violence by environmentally oriented groups carried out to further the agenda of pushing for environmental awareness and policy change. Common tactics include sabotaging environmentally damaging equipment / activities For e. g. the Sea Shepherd movement destroying fishnets and ramming illegal whaling vessels, saving animal testing subjects through invasion of property, arson, etc

    SLS PD · Novice Semis · 2020-09-25

  • This house, as Lebanon, would accept an IMF bailout conditioned on the demilitarization of Hezbollah

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    Lebanon is undergoing a severe economic crisis caused in part by corruption in the financial sector. Hezbollah, a US-designated terrorist organization backed by Iran and a key power broker in Lebanon, recently allowed the Lebanese government to request billions of dollars in emergency bailout funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

    Duke Pre-USUDCs · 3 · 2020-09-19

  • This house regrets the US-Taliban peace deal

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    On February 29, 2020, the American government signed a conditional peace deal with the Taliban. The deal obliges 1) The United States to have a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by 2021; 2) Prisoner swaps to take place with 5000 Taliban prisoners being released in exchange for 1000 government soldiers; 3) The Taliban to sever ties with Al Qaeda and all other international terror groups, and sit down in peace negotiations with other Afghans.; The Afghan government was not a party to the negotiations, although it was kept in the loop.

    BDC Pre-Worlds 2020 · Open Quarters · 2020-09-05

  • This house supports the use of the Hannibal Directive in combatting terrorist organisations

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    The Hannibal Directive is a military order instructing soldiers to attempt to kill their fellow combatants if they are being captured. The policy is intended to be used as a last resort in situations where avoiding capture is considered impossible.

    Tilbury House Online Open 2.0 · Open Quarters · 2020-09-05

  • This house supports the Animal Liberation Front

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    The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international leaderless resistance that engages in direct action in pursuit of animal rights. They illegally remove animals from laboratories and farms, destroy facilities, arrange safe houses, veterinary care, and operate sanctuaries where the animals subsequently live

    East Coast Asians · 3 · 2020-08-15

  • This house believes that it is in the interests of the Communist Party of the Philippines to cease its armed rebellion and instead run for office.

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    The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has staged one of the world’s longest running communist insurgencies through its armed wing: the New People’s Army, which primarily operates in the Philippine countryside. President Rodrigo Duterte has designated the CPP as a terrorist organization and has passed an Anti-Terror Law, which opposition groups have criticized for excessively infringing on people’s civil liberties.

    Proxime Debate Open · Open Quarters · 2020-08-08

  • This house, as Likud, W support and adopt the Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine.

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    The Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine states that: The Jewish People’s Intelligence Services should have a significant responsibility not only to Israeli citizens’ security, but also to the security of Jewish communities abroad. If this doctrine were adopted, Israel would use significant resources and launch potentially violent covert operations in order to keep Jewish people safe internationally.

    Taylor's Debate Open · 4 · 2020-08-01