The wave shown above can be described by a variety of properties. One such property is amplitude. The amplitude of a wave refers to the maximum amount of displacement of a particle on the medium from its rest position. In a sense, the amplitude is the distance from rest to crest. Similarly, the amplitude can be measured from the rest position to the trough position.
1 ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been wounded in an airstrike. 2  Even if he gets killed, a throng of very professional leaders could take his place. 3  Al-Baghdadi has two top deputies, one over operations in Iraq and one over Syria. 4  The Shura Council, ISIS' religious monitor, could tell al-Baghdadi to go.
Saddam Hussein was nowhere to be found but al-Sahaf, dubbed Baghdad Bob by the American press, was on the television spinning fantastic lies about how the war was going for Iraq. It was of course going badly but you had to respect the man for doing his duty until the end. known for his daily press briefings in Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq War. His colorful appearances caused him to be nicknamed Baghdad Bob On April 7, 2003, al-Sahhaf claimed that there were no American troops in Baghdad, and that the Americans were committing suicide by the hundreds at the city's gates. At that time, American tanks were patrolling the streets only a few hundred meters from the location where the press conference was held, and were clearly visible behind him.[6]