Sentences with phrase «called gulf war»

So be it, but I am being told by some of the sufferers of the so - called Gulf War syndrome — an unexplained chronic illness which affected some 500 British troops who fought in the Gulf — that the protective goggles they wore were not up to the job.

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In what's described as the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II, Maurer called on European and Gulf countries to step up their efforts to support the region.

Before branching out on his own, he was one of legendary investor Julian Robertson's first so - called tiger cubs, responsible for some big market calls during the 1990s such as the collapse of oil prices after start of the Persian Gulf War and the plunge in the British pound.

The final call in the Gulf resolution for an immediate cease - fire and a demand that the UN be in charge of the settlement — rather muted after the rhetorical fire — was premised on the beliefs that military force could not deal with the crisis, that sanctions could have been and could still be effective, and that the war would have destructive global impact.

After vigorous debate, participants issued statements condemning the Gulf war, passed on others to the WCC Central Committee calling for sweeping changes in South Africa, the Baltic states, and other hot spots, and embraced the WCC's own «new world order» scheme.

Then there is the sad and, to my mind, unmistakable fact that people who have adopted the so - called «presumption against war» tend to get things wrong, time and again: as the U.S. bishops got the dynamics of the Cold War wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq Wwar» tend to get things wrong, time and again: as the U.S. bishops got the dynamics of the Cold War wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq WWar wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq WWar and the recent Iraq WarWar.

Remember, the Persian Gulf War was fought against an enemy with little battlefield ADA (opposite of soviet doctrine, which called for one ADA vehicle per every 10 combat vehicles), and using cheap copies of the export models of russian tanks.

The study looked back through 14 million newspaper articles between 1900 - 2016, and found trauma - related symptoms such as flashbacks, trouble sleeping, and severe anxiety were called different names after World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

To model Gulf War Illness, the researchers treated cultures of human and rat neurons with an organophosphate called diisopropyl flurophosphate, which is an analog of sarin.

When hundreds of thousands of American troops deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1990 and 1991 in what is now called the First Gulf War, they were exposed to a variety of chemicals.

Ms. Gwini and coauthors conclude that their results «highlight the continuing problem and magnitude of MSI in Gulf War veterans, calling for ongoing awareness of the need for timely health assessments and health care.»

Whicker would later be honored for his quick thinking in bringing the plane to a safe landing at a South Korean airbase and he'd go on to participate in airborne reconnaissance around Kuwait during the first Gulf War's «Operation Desert Storm,» then would be tasked with calling up reservists from the U.S. Strategic Command headquarters amid the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

If you served on active duty during the Gulf War, you must have completed 24 months of continuous active duty or the full period (at least 90 days) for which you were called or ordered to active duty, and been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

The area is also rich with historical significance, located in what was once called the Gulf of Siam and bordering Cambodia, there remains influence of the Chinese traders of old, the Japanese occupation during the second world war and the French occupation of Indochina or Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam combined.

It's more likely he's describing good ole» American Tomahawk missiles, which have been called «smart» since the first gulf war in 1991.

NOTE: a Campaign Medal holder or Gulf War veteran who originally enlisted after September 7, 1980 (or began Active Duty on or after October 14, 1982) and has not previously completed 24 months of continuous Active Duty must have served continuously for 24 months or the full period called or ordered to Active Duty.

For example, there's a wonderful short documentary called the aeroplane song and it's about remote Gulf of Carpentaria Aboriginal communities and during the war, one of the American aeroplanes crashed and the people who survived, there were 3 of them, the pilot and a couple of others were trying to walk to safety and this is the story about how only one of them survived and how they were eventually found by the Aboriginal people.

During the Persian Gulf War, nearly 240,000 reservists and members of the Guard were called up, and President Clinton has begun to activate 33,000 troops to support our efforts in the Balkans.