PTSD leaves physical footprints on the brain Jul 28, 2008
Researchers such as Dr. Charles Marmar at the San Francisco VA center's Northern California Institute for Research and Education estimate the number of WWII vets with PTSD is consistent with the 1-in-5 figures found in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War. - Justin Berton. (San Francisco Chronicle)
House Committee Hears The "I-Word" Jul 26, 2008
King pointed to a recent article about a secret effort to remove older uranium yellow cake from Iraq, and alluded that it represented a significant amount that supported Mr. Bushs claim, ignoring the fact that the uranium dated from the 1991 Persian Gulf War and had long been known to U.N. weapons inspectors. Meanwhile, hundreds of activists spilled out of the committee room and lined the hallways outside. (CBS News -- US)
Republicans Defeat Gas Price Relief Bill Jul 26, 2008
Earlier releases, such as a 34 million barrel drawdown in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, caused prices to fall. As debate began, the White House threatened a veto. (CBS News -- US)
BOB RAY SANDERS: Ring's owner learns he's proud after graduation a ‘lifetime ago' Jul 25, 2008
In that conversation, I learned that Sewell is a disabled veteran from the Persian Gulf War, but he refused to talk about his military service or his injury except to say: "I was in the Army, with a reconnaissance unit. We had some problems. That's all. I was just doing my job."I gently tried to press him for more, but stopped because the pain was so apparent. Instead, we went back to the ring, and he chuckled at the thought that so many people were interested in helping him retrieve it. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Sexual Assault In Military Draws Attention Jul 24, 2008
That's a change from the 1991 Persian Gulf War and earlier wars ... One study, however, of 1991 Persian Gulf War veterans found incidents of assault, rape and harassment were higher at war than in peacetime military samples, according to the VA's PTSD center. (CBS News -- US)
Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veterans Jul 22, 2008
The report's senior author is Ronnie Horner, professor and director of the department of public health at Cincinnati, who led research that first documented twice-normal ALS rates among vets of the first Persian Gulf War in an article published in the September 2003 issue of the journal Neurology. Horner's group is now assessing possible exposures vets might have had in the Gulf region that could explain the higher ALS rates its 2003 study found. (EurekAlert!)
Obama's trip full of opportunity and risk Jul 19, 2008
Then governor of Arkansas, he was challenging an incumbent steeped in foreign affairs: The first President Bush, fresh from his Persian Gulf War victory, was a former vice president, U.N. ambassador, CIA director and World War II combat pilot. But in the end, said Paul Begala, a Clinton strategist, voters concluded: "He's less experienced than Bush, but he's experienced enough for me.". (Los Angeles Times)
Ted Galen Carpenter Jul 18, 2008
And the image of Saddam Hussein as rapacious aggressor became the rationale for the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This habit of applying the World War II template to U.S. policy in vastly different circumstances has led to threat inflation and strategic overextension. (The American Conservative)
More female soldiers serve 'inside the wire' Jul 14, 2008
Sylvia Sanchez, who was an Army nurse in the Persian Gulf War, was shocked to see a female soldier with both legs amputated recently at BAMC.. It just really freaked me out. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Defense attorney's hobby: Painting serial killer portraits Jul 13, 2008
Baker began painting two decades ago, and produced a series of portraits centered on prisoners of war from the Persian Gulf War in 1991, about the same time he moved to the United States. "One was a British air force man," Baker said. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Turkey: Vital ally, crossroads nation Jul 13, 2008
During the first Persian Gulf War, U.S. B-52 bombers were deployed on Turkish soil, a potentially risky move by Ankara. Turkey played a vital Allied role during the Korean War; the UN military cemetery at Pusan contains a notably large number of Turkish graves. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Kurdish Defendants Find Support in Town's Clasp Jul 13, 2008
Rasheed Qambari, who was convicted in January, and his fellow defendants worked for U.S. or British-funded aid groups in Kurdistan, a region established as a haven for Iraqi opposition and the Kurdish minority after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. When Hussein's tanks rolled in five years later, the United States evacuated the four men and more than 6,000 other Kurds to Turkey and later to Guam, where they spent months undergoing security checks. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)
Rally honors vets, focuses on Korean War Jul 6, 2008
An Army veteran of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, he said he knew firsthand how important public support was to troops serving abroad. While John Kent was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving between 1948 and 1952, he was wearing a Coast Guard cap yesterday. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Veterans have new place to get help in Modesto Jul 4, 2008
In the 1990s, the government extended the services to combat veterans of World War II, the Korean War and Persian Gulf War. The Department of Veterans Affairs selected Modesto for one of the 23 new centers as soldiers return from Iraq and Afghanistan. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Editor's Mailbag (June 26) Jul 3, 2008
The Iraqi survivors and American critics of the President George H. W. Bush say that the president encouraged the rebellion after halting American troops at Iraq's southern border with Kuwait and the end of the Persian Gulf War. (Mr. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
New family medicine residents come to work; some graduates are here to stay Jul 3, 2008
From a marine in the Persian Gulf War to a deputy sheriff to a firefighter, Ross didn't decide to go to medical school until later in his life. He attended Dartmouth Medical School, which he said was a great learning experience, but he knew he was a different doctor from what he saw on the East Coast. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Iraq occupation was understaffed: Army study Jun 30, 2008
The report said the first Bush administration and its advisers had assumed incorrectly that the Saddam regime would collapse after the first Persian Gulf War. When Saddam was so quickly defeated in 2003, there was an absence of authority that led to widespread looting and violence, the report said. (Globe and Mail)
Riverside: Suspicions keep vet's body out of cemetery Jun 29, 2008
The law was put in place in 1997 after Timothy McVeigh, a Persian Gulf War veteran, was sentenced to die for the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building that killed 168 people. Information from: The Press-Enterprise. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Wife's suspicious death forces move of vet's grave Jun 28, 2008
The law was put in place in 1997 after Timothy McVeigh, a Persian Gulf War veteran, was sentenced to die for the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building that killed 168 people. Information from: The Press-Enterprise, http://www. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Letters to the Editor Jun 25, 2008
Apparently we have already forgotten the 1990 Persian Gulf war, in which a relatively small, residual force of 5,000 troops stationed in Saudi Arabia was enough to ignite the long fuse that exploded on Sept. 11, 2001. The Iraq war has not been a cure for terrorism; it has been the unprecedented cause of it. (Christian Science Monitor)
First female four-star U.S. Army... Jun 25, 2008
She served with the 82nd Airborne in Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. She has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, Master Parachutist Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge. (CNN -- Law)
COLUMN: Right-wing Republicans' claim to contrary, they're embracing 'Big Brother' Jun 24, 2008
"****** Of all the armed conflicts that the United States has engaged in, there has only been 5 formal declarations of war: The War of 1812, The Mexican-American War, The Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II. On 12 different occasions the U.S. has engaged in extended military engagements authorized by Congress: theses include The Vietnam War, The Persian Gulf War 1990, and the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authority for The Korean War was cited under the authority of... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Sarkozy to propose smaller, more high-tech army Jun 18, 2008
In a commentary in Le Monde, published yesterday, he recalled that during the 1991 Persian Gulf war France could deploy only 12,000 troops to Saudi Arabia out of an available force at that time of more than 300,000. Its Jaguar jets were "powerless" and only a few of its Gazelle helicopters were equipped with night-vision systems. (Globe and Mail -- International)
War knows gender Jun 15, 2008
Things are changing for women at the VA, says Delphine Metcalf-Foster, 65, an Army veteran from the Persian Gulf War. She laughs when she recalls the first day she stepped into a VA waiting room in 1991 and the physician called out for "Mr. Metcalf.". (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
U.S. Barred From Forcing Troops to Get Anthrax Shots Jun 15, 2008
Anthrax vaccine was used in a limited way in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. A more expansive effort began in 1998. (Yahoo News -- Anthrax)
Gender gap inmilitary medicine Jun 14, 2008
Delphine Metcalf-Foster, 65, an Army veteran from the Persian Gulf War, still laughs when she recalls the first day she stepped into a VA waiting room in 1991 and the physician called out for "Mr. Metcalf.". "I knew he was talking about me, but I wouldn't move," said Metcalf-Foster, a member of the nonprofit Disabled American Veterans in Vallejo, Calif. (MSNBC -- Health)
Risk Of ALS Exposure In Gulf War Veterans Is Time Limited, Study Shows Jun 11, 2008
10, 2008) A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC), says that cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) among soldiers who served in the first Persian Gulf War were caused by certain events during their deployment to the war zone, meaning the exposure and illness is not as widespread as previously thought ... 13, 2008) There is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War veterans can be explained, in part, by exposure to certain chemicals,... (Science Daily)
Ahmadinejad, al-Maliki talk U.S. future in Iraq Jun 9, 2008
And al-Maliki thanked Ahmadinejad for his call for an end to longstanding U.N. sanctions against Iraq that date back to the 1991 Persian Gulf war. has long called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, which the United States invaded in 2003. (CNN)
America's medicated Army Jun 5, 2008
"In the Persian Gulf War, we didn't have these medications, so our basic philosophy was 'three hots and a cot'" - giving stressed troops a little rest and relaxation to see if they improved. "If they didn't get better right away, they'd need to head to the rear and probably out of theater." But in his most recent stint in Baghdad in 2006, he treated a soldier who guarded Iraqi detainees. (Yahoo News)
Economy plays huge role in picking presidents Jun 4, 2008
At the start of the campaign, George H. W. Bush was the front-runner due to foreign policy successes such as the end of the Cold War and in the Persian Gulf War. Carville put his money on the economy, and he won. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
A day that celebrates life and remembrance May 30, 2008
During my 20 years in the Navy I traveled across the states and around the world; I served in Somalia during its fall from democracy into anarchy and chaos, in the Persian Gulf War, the Balkans conflict and finally Operation Enduring Freedom, supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. I have seen enough of the ugly and evil side this world has to offer and have sought along with my fellow veterans to keep it as far away from America and ultimately Cohasset as possible. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Clinton pledges help for Native people May 29, 2008
Iva Good Voice Flute, an Oglala Sioux Tribe member who served with the Air Force in Saudia Arabia during the Persian Gulf War, introduced Clinton at the event and praised her as a leader with a long commitment to Native Americans and to veterans. That commitment includes continued support for improved educational benefits for veterans, she said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Just one question May 27, 2008
A Since the Security Council's unanimous 1991 adoption of Resolution 678 - the ceasefire resolution ending the first Persian Gulf war - Saddam Hussein's regime repeatedly violated it. By systematically demonstrating its unwillingness to abide by Security Council resolutions, Iraq violated the terms of the ceasefire in countless ways. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Iraq Veterans Plates May 27, 2008
The Project has received support of Delegate Bill Janis, a Veteran of the Persian Gulf War, who will sponsor legislation to approve the plate. The announcement on Memorial Day will kick off the campaign to obtain the plates. (WTVR.com, VA)
A home for military history May 26, 2008
Recollections of from recent conflicts, from skirmishes in Panama to the Persian Gulf War, aren t included. Ever since 2003, we ve known we ve needed to expand, said Ray Read, a member of the Fort Harrison Military Museum Foundation. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Young, old honor the fallen May 26, 2008
Jerry Timmons went on to serve in Vietnam, the Grenada invasion and the Persian Gulf War. Both brothers now work at the local Department of Veterans Affairs office. (The Palm Beach Post)
More bricks build up the Wall May 25, 2008
The plaques recognize the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror. The set of plaques includes replacements for those stolen or destroyed in a vandalism incident in March last year. (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Memorial Day also a time to remember those lost in other conflicts May 25, 2008
They wanted to remember one of their own who became the first military member from Central California and among the first from the United States to die in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 ... The Persian Gulf war supposedly had ended five years earlier. (Modesto Bee, CA)
At Bragg, Bush presses his Washington agenda May 23, 2008
George Hinds, a veteran who fought in the Persian Gulf War with the division, had driven from Hinesville, Ga. to attend the festivities. (News & Observer)
Gronstal to hold public meeting May 22, 2008
Warnstadt is a member of the Iowa Senate Veterans Committee and is also a veteran of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. He is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard. (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA)
Sgt. John Hanke to speak at W.G. Memorial Day program May 21, 2008
He served in the Persian Gulf War, was involved in numerous training operations along with a peace-keeping mission in Kosovo. From September 2003 to May 2004, he served in Iraq. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)
Wilder won't run for 2nd term as Richmond mayor May 17, 2008
He was praised for guiding the state through a crippling recession during the outbreak of the first Persian Gulf War by shepherding austere budgets without tax increases. But Wilder had become unpopular by the end of the single, nonrenewable term Virginia's Constitution uniquely allows its governors. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Rising Oil Prices Targeted By Congress May 15, 2008
Oil from the stockpile has been used twice in response to disruptions or fear of supply shortages -- before and during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina disrupted supplies from the Gulf of Mexico. Previous Stories. (Click2Houston, TX)
Galchutt Legion forms Sons of American Legion May 14, 2008
The Sons of the American Legion is governed by the National American Legion rules, which said, "To be eligible, you must be a male descendant (includes stepsons and adopted sons) of a member of The American Legion. (One) would also be eligible to join the Sons of The American Legion if you are the male descendant (stepsons and adopted sons included) of a veteran who died in service during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, or the Persian Gulf... (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Report: Admiral lied about having sex in White House May 11, 2008
Together, they agreed that Stufflebeem should be reassigned immediately to avoid embarrassing Bush, who was distracted by the run-up to the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Investigators say Stufflebeem received no written reprimand but was confronted by Trefry with the rumors about his affair. (USA Today)
Nuclear Middle East: Tempting targets May 10, 2008
In 1991, in the heat of the Persian Gulf war, Saddam Hussein launched several rockets at Dimona, one of which nearly hit the mark ... At the outset of the 1991 Persian Gulf war, American warplanes struck an Iraqi research reactor outside Baghdad followed, in 2003, by Washington's invasion of Iraq, purportedly to ferret out all WMD.. (International Herald Tribune)
Rising ranks of widows worry Iraqis May 9, 2008
3 million widows, 80% lost husbands in conflicts, including the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980, the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and sectarian uprisings. Othman says a fraction of the poorest, about 86,000, receive $35 to $100 a month from the government. (USA Today)
U.S. Firm: Send The Check To The Caymans May 8, 2008
The camp has been a major American outpost since the first Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. Private sector help has long been needed to run the facility as U.S. troops rotate in and out. (CBS News -- US)
All About Eve: Hearst's Burton has the 'Rights' Stuff May 3, 2008
"Both of them were cutting-edge cases," she recalls about the legal battles that involved press access during the first Persian Gulf War and an ACLU challenge to U.S. funding of foreign religious schools. "They pressed the law forward in that area." She had also gotten married to a journalist, John Finck, from the Bangkok Post, a few years earlier. (MediaWeek.com)
Draper is best choice for sheriff May 2, 2008
After serving my country in the Persian Gulf War, I met Frank when I began my law enforcement career in West Liberty as a patrolman. He was always upbeat, very professional, and willing to listen as well as give constructive criticism. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
• American accused of spying for Israel in 1980s Apr 23, 2008
According to the complaint, the documents included "information concerning nuclear weaponry" and "a major weapons system . . . a modified version of an F-15 fighter jet that the United States had sold to another foreign country." Another document dealt with the U.S. Patriot missile defense system, which Israel used to defend itself against Iraqi Scud missiles during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The alleged spying ended in 1985, although Kadish and his handler remained in e-mail and phone contact... (Q13.com, WA)
F-117 is leaving the same way it arrived -- stealthily Apr 23, 2008
F-117s were also among the first aircraft to strike targets in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In 2006, with the introduction of the F-22, a fighter that features the latest stealth technology, the Pentagon decided to retire all 59 of the F-117s, leading to today's final flights. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Military)
Lou Gehrig's disease patient will take cause from Orlando to ... Apr 20, 2008
And for those who fought in the Persian Gulf War of the early 1990s, the risk is higher still. Again, the reason is unknown. (Orlando Sentinel)
Wartime veterans sought for special medal Apr 18, 2008
The term "wartime service" for the purpose of medal eligibility includes not only World War II, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War of the early 1990s, but also duty during the Lebanon action (July 1, 1958 to Nov. 29, 1958), Grenada (Oct. 25 to Dec. 15, 1983), Panama (Dec. (Pictorial Gazette, CT)
EIU discussion on Iraq remembers the history war Apr 17, 2008
A series of smaller military actions between Iraq and the United States occurred after the Persian Gulf War, Vasquez said. Actions included President Bill Clinton retaliating for Hussein plotting the assassinate former President Bush, he said. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Women at War Apr 15, 2008
And since then the number of women in the Armed Forces has increased dramatically, from 7,000 in Vietnam (mostly medical personnel) to over 40,000 in the Persian Gulf War to one in seven of our troops in Iraq today. Thanks to Clinton-era liberals like former Rep. (The American Conservative)
Bush rolls out red carpet for pope Apr 15, 2008
John Paul also urged President Reagan against the arms race and spoke out vigorously against the Persian Gulf war under the current president's father. All these urgings, like the current anti-Iraq argument, were to no avail. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New head coach sweats the small stuff Apr 15, 2008
And as the grandson of a veteran of two wars, the nephew of a 30-year army officer who served in the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War, I d appreciate it if you didn t try to speak on behalf of the brave men and women who defend our nation. Having lived amongst and befriended countless servicemen and wmen in my lifetim, I assure you, your ignorant point of view doesn t permeate our armed forces - at all. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Editor's Notes: Our troops deserve clear exit strategy Apr 13, 2008
The orders amount to his third tour of combat duty, dating to the first Persian Gulf War. The Seabee s children, ages 8, 6 and 3, will look back in a decade and marvel at the sacrifices made by their father. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Kurdish Defendants Find Support in Town's Clasp Apr 8, 2008
Rasheed Qambari, who was convicted in January, and his fellow defendants worked for U.S. or British-funded aid groups in Kurdistan, a region established as a haven for Iraqi opposition and the Kurdish minority after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. When Hussein's tanks rolled in five years later, the United States evacuated the four men and more than 6,000 other Kurds to Turkey and later to Guam, where they spent months undergoing security checks. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)
McCain foes, allies address his temper Apr 7, 2008
During a March 1991 Senate delegation trip to Kuwait shortly after the Persian Gulf War, according to DeConcini, McCain wouldn't shake the hand of the late Sen. Howell Heflin, D-Ala. (AZCentral -- News)
Airlines go all out to trim their fuel bills Apr 6, 2008
Mann noted that after the 1981 fuel crisis and the Persian Gulf War in 1991, airlines reacted similarly as prices climbed, but he said there's even more focus on weight today. Lighter materials are being used to build jets and the items that go onboard, he said. (Houston Chronicle)
Letters for April 3, 2008 Apr 4, 2008
" The money came from Saddam, Hussein, look it up. As for morality, we were attacked on 9/11 by a world wide terror group. We must hunt down and kill every member of world wide terror. Saddam Hussein was a charter member of that war on us. Our planes were fired on for 8 years by Hussein's forces in vioaltion of the agreement his government signed to end the first Persian Gulf War. Hussein ignored 14 United Nations resolutiosn demanding actions from him. But the most laughable thing written... (North County Times)
• It isn't the homecoming they planned Apr 2, 2008
(A fourth service member, Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher, disappeared when his plane was shot down over Iraq in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War. . (Q13.com, WA)
Parents Grieve Death Of Missing Soldier Apr 1, 2008
Four U.S. service members remain missing in Iraq: Capt. Michael Speicher, a Navy pilot, has been missing since the 1991 Persian Gulf War; Sgt. Ahmed al-Taie, a 41-year-old Iraqi-born reserve soldier from Ann Arbor, Mich. was abducted while visiting his Iraqi wife in October 2006 in Baghdad, and Pfc. (CBS News)
