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Search results for "Persian Gulf War" ...
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City
This book uses the Coalition Provisional Authority's Green Zone Headquarters in Baghdad to detail "the incompetence and arrogance that bedevilled the [American government's]effort to reconstruct and govern Iraq in the crucial first year after the fall of Saddam Hussein's government." Chandasekaran's sources included former CPA employees who had returned to the U.S. after sovereignty was re-established in Iraq.
Tags: Coalition Provisional Authority; CPA; Green Zone; Washington Post; FOIA; Department of Defense; DOD; Pentagon; Government Accountability Office; GAO; State Department; Ambassador Paul L. Bremer; Kurdish Regional Government; de-Baathification; U.S. Agency for International Development; USAID; Persian Gulf War; Sunni Tiangle; Abu Ghraib Prison; Paul Wolfowitz
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Danger Dismissed: How the Pentagon downplays the risks of depleted uranium weapons
Evans discovers that the veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War "have a disability rate three times as high as that of Vietnam and World War II veterans," and that this trend may be the result of using depleted uranium weapons. His eight-chapter series takes an in-depth look at the science of depleted uranium weapons, centralizing his focus around Matt Rohman, a Gulf War veteran who lives every day in pain. Evans explores different concepts of radiobiology, geology, radiation physics, and health science, and takes a look at what depleted uranium weapons could mean for today's soldier.
Tags: depleted uranium weapons; Pentagon; Gulf War Syndrome; Gulf War illness; war-related illness; ill veterans; nerve disorders; Lou Gehrig's disease; nuclear weapons; chronic fatigue; bystander effect; radioactive dust; military munitions; depleted uranium exposure; veterans with cancer; pyridostigmine bromide; chemical weapons; biological weapons; Fort Eustis; C-4 plastic explosive
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"ABC News Special Report: The Capture of Saddam"
This report covers the capture of Saddam Hussein. ABC News started with initial reports of rumors that Saddam was in custody to confirmation of his capture to the release of a videotape of the event.
Tags: war; Iraq; Saddam Hussein; Persian Gulf
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Tales of the tyrant
In this long piece Bowden offers an in-depth profile of Saddam Hussein. He reveals the kind of books -Mario Puzo's 'The Godfather' series- and films -'The day of the Jackal'- he enjoys. The report is structured in four parts that analyze Hussein's personality -with particular attention to his ambition and cruelty- and goals. Interesting details about the now former leader of Iraq are revealed, some better known than others, such as the fact he never sleeps in the same place, or that he "has a particular passion for Arabic history and military history."
Tags: Saddam Hussein; Baghdad; al Jazeera; Persian Gulf War; Tikrit; Six-Day War; Revolutionary Command Council; Baath Party; Mesopotamia
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No One Left Behind
Tracking this story for nine years, Amy Waters Yarsinske reports the story of Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher, the first American pilot shot down during the Gulf War. Two years later, the discovery of the wreckage set off an investigation that, despite government insistence to the contrary, proved that Speicher survived the crash, was captured and might still be alive.
Tags: BOOK; military; Gulf War; Michael Scott Speicher; Iraq; Speicher; MIA; Sen. Pat Roberts; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Persian Gulf War; Navy; Department of Defense; Joint Recovery Command Center; SAR; FOIA; BOOK PAGES--292
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Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
The book takes a look at biological weapons programs around the world, including the United States. The book investigates many aspects of biological warfare including secret bioweapons testing by the CIA, the Pentagon's efforts to make a "superbug," and our efforts to combat biological weapons in the Persian Gulf War. The book attempts to shed some light on the changing global climate the lead to everyone at the Department of Defense being inoculated against Anthrax.
Tags: BOOK; bioterrorism; biological weapons; U.S. government; CIA
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Battling for Benefits
"Women have formally served in the United States armed forces for nearly a century, beginning with the creation of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901. But women are only now winning a long battle for veteran's health care services that has at times seemed as formidable as the conflicts they faced in two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf." Due to recent legislation over the last ten years, health care for female veterans has greatly improved. Female veterans now may receive monthly compensation payments for loss of a breast for reasons related to military service and benefits for children born with birth defects. However, "the VA recognizes that more improvements are needed . . . including providing greater privacy in hospital facilities and better inpatient psychiatric care for women." In addition, "veterans groups point to other ways in the VA could more effectively help women: developing better programs for those women veterans who are homeless; paying more attention to the specific health care needs of women; and giving the special women veterans' coordinators more time to do their job." Reporter Karen Lee Scrivo reports more on these issues.
Tags: women; military; Veterans Affairs Department; Center for Women Veterans; Women Veterans Health Programs Act; children; Special Monthly Compensation K Award; health care
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Toxic ammo backfire: Uranium bullets likely hurt U.S. soldiers, too.
U.S. ammunition used during the Persian Gulf War was made from depleted uranium which left behind toxic and radioactive hazards for troops and civilians.
Tags: military
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No title (id: 13879)
WAVY conducts a comprehensive overview of a wide range of issues involving illnesses among veterans of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. The investigation examines the military's own records from the war, raising questions about whether commanders at the time were intentionally deceiving troops and withholding information about a possible chemical attack. WAVY also looks at evidence that the potential exposure to chemicals may be greater than the government admits. (November 26, 27, December 3, December 10, 11, 1996; January 8, 1997)
Tags: Cobin Gulf war syndrome Contest entry Military Health 24 pgs. TAPE
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Gulf War Illness
The Hartford Courant investigates allegations from Persian Gulf War veterans that they were exposed to chemicals that caused widespread sickness. The Courant finds that not only are the veterans not getting help from the Department of Defense, but department doctors have diagnosed the veterans with mental diseases.