Sentences with phrase «in gulf war»

The largest would be when Saddam dumped a bunch of barrels in the Gulf War of 1990 correct?

It seems unlikely to me, what with ISAF in Afghanistan having troops from nearly every EU country, and in Gulf War II not quite as many, but a good number of them, nonetheless.

In The War We Won (1991), four life - size politicians mark the end of the Cold War with stiff smiles and an unconvincing handshake, while another conflict escalates in Gulf War (1991).

At the Nintendo World store, there is a Game Boy on display that survived an explosion in the Gulf War.

My recollections of Sega as a hardware manufacturer may come off like your grandfather talking about fighting in the Gulf War, but Sega leaving hardware manufacture is what signaled the decline of Sega.

A former co-worker of mine who served in Gulf War I also said that they took that while there!

You are eligible for a VA loan if you have served for 181 continous days (or 90 days if you served in the Gulf War) or have been honorably discharged.

Nightmarish visions of serving in the Gulf War haunt Joe (Phoenix) night and day.

For Justin, doing the right thing involves defying his father (Thomas Haden Church), himself a former Marine wounded in Gulf War I, and running afoul of a Mexican cartel.

Captain Karen Walden (Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle) is the first woman ever to be nominated for the military's vaunted Medal of Honor after dying in a seemingly heroic effort in the Gulf War.

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.»

The study provides «updated and more robust estimates» of the risk of MSI in Gulf War veterans, compared to other military personnel.

Although estimates varied widely, MSI prevalence was substantially higher in Gulf War veterans: 26 to 65 percent, compared with 12 to 37 percent in Iraq / Afghanistan War veterans.

Exposure to the nerve gas agents sarin and cyclosarin has been linked in several studies to changes in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that are associated with cognitive impairments in Gulf War veterans.

In addition, the Committee said, new evidence has emerged suggesting that certain exposures may be linked to brain cancer in Gulf War veterans.

Within the neurons, the research team was looking for deficits in the activity of microtubules, hollow cylinders that act as the cell's conveyor belt, which the investigators believe might go awry in Gulf War Illness patients.

New preliminary research shows, for the first time, direct evidence of greater mitochondrial damage in Gulf War veterans.

«Toxic exposures caused illness in Gulf War veterans, new report says.»

«Khamisiyah Plume» linked to brain and memory effects in Gulf War vets.»

Thousands of Americans are reportedly suffering from such conditions as memory loss, joint pain, intestinal problems and fatigue, as a result of their service in the Gulf War, the report states.

The appalling consequences of the military technology deployed in the Gulf War 12 months ago provide a tragic symbol of the encounter between East and West during the past five centuries: superior military technology has allowed Western nations to impose their will across the globe, inducing a prolonged crisis of culture among the losers.

In the Gulf War, soldiers were both exposed to stress and given AChE inhibitors to prevent nerve gas damage, which might combine to create a brief burst of unusually high acetylcholine levels — and a long - term acetylcholine deficit, Soreq points out.

Bush's popularity after his success in the Gulf War dissuaded high - profile Democratic candidates like Mario Cuomo from entering the 1992 Democratic primaries.

«Cluster munitions were used by the Soviets in Afghanistan, by the British in the Falklands, by the Coalition in the Gulf War, and by the warring factions in Yugoslavia.

I recently found a couple of cassette tapes he recorded to me while he was in the Gulf War.

Larry Pruitt [Jon's brother] fought in the gulf war; he's an Army major now.»

In the Gulf War, they had these laser guided precision bombs and missiles, which we were all amazed at then.

One of my favorite stories was her best friend (and friend of her husbands) in the army overseas in the Gulf war... Every time the left the armored personal carrier they would routinely have one person of each religion to a quick (and private) prayer for everyone... and even asked the pagan / wiccian of the unit to «work your magic»

We can also bring in some gulf War veterans who lost limbs, and they can pray for their recovery.

Antagonism against the USA is further perpetrated by the leadership of the USA in Gulf War, military involvement in Somalia [both Muslim nations], and, as mentioned above, the continued economic blockade against Iraq and support and supply of weapons to the Israeli army (which has been used predominantly against the «intifada» [uprising] of the Palestinian youth beginning in 1987).

High - tech «virtual war,» as in the Gulf War and Kosovo, where nobody gets hurt (at least on our side) is a dangerous delusion, he convincingly argues.

US Central Intelligence Agency director and Army veteran Mike Pompeo never served in the Gulf War.

An April 12th letter from Republican members of the House of Representatives, sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support of Pompeo's nomination, approvingly cited Pompeo's «five years serving in the United States Army, including in the Gulf War.»

Former CIA officer Ned Price found a series of news reports, including from the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and the L.A. Times, that referred to Pompeo serving in the Gulf War.

Not exact matches

Troops bringing the American flag back to Iraq in 2003 or deploying to Afghanistan in the same time period received just a little more than their Persian Gulf War predecessors, with $ 1,064.70 for soldiers with less than four months of service and $ 1,150.80 for the seasoned veterans with four months or more under their belts.

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.

Keith Orr was active in the Army for 24 years, serving in in the first Gulf War, Haiti, Egypt, Ukraine, Kosovo and Iraq.

Vester, who had reported from the Middle East and covered the Gulf War for NBC, was 28 when she was in Colorado in 1993 with Brokaw to cover Pope John Paul II's visit to the U.S.

But apart from the two World Wars, which claimed the lives of seven million German servicemen, the country also has veterans from the 300,000 troops sent into wars in Afghanistan, the Gulf, and Kosovo, among others, according to the Daily MWars, which claimed the lives of seven million German servicemen, the country also has veterans from the 300,000 troops sent into wars in Afghanistan, the Gulf, and Kosovo, among others, according to the Daily Mwars in Afghanistan, the Gulf, and Kosovo, among others, according to the Daily Mail.

The CIA told Splinter News that «Director Pompeo was in the U.S. Army at the time of the Gulf War — serving until 1991.

The CIA has confirmed that Mike Pompeo, that agency's current director and current nominee for Secretary of State, was not deployed in the first Gulf War, despite widespread statements that he served in that conflict.

Saudi Arabia and a coalition of mostly Gulf Arab states intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 to try and push back the Houthis after the movement drove the internationally recognized government into Saudi exile.

Reportedly, the first kamikaze operation of the war occurred during the Battle of the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.

Movie Budgets «Courage under Fire»: $ 46m «Saving Private Ryan»: $ 70m «Titan AE»: $ 75m «Syriana»: $ 50m «Green Zone»: $ 100m «Elysium»: $ 115m «Interstellar»: $ 165m «The Martian»: $ 108m TOTAL: $ 729m Fictional Costs of Saving Matt Damon (costs are in 2015 currency) «Courage Under Fire» (Gulf War 1 helicopter rescue): $ 300k «Saving Private Ryan» (WW2 Europe search party): $ 100k «Titan AE» (Earth evacuation spaceship): $ 200B «Syriana» (Middle East private security return flight): $ 50k «Green Zone» (US Army transport from Middle East): $ 50k «Elysium» (Space station security deployment and damages): $ 100m «Interstellar» (Interstellar spaceship): $ 500B «The Martian» (Mars mission): $ 200B TOTAL: $ 900B plus change

«Historically, the bill for these costs has come due many decades later,» Bilmes noted in a recent study, disability expenses for WW I veterans peaked in 1969 and for WW II veterans in the late 1980s, the cost of caring for Vietnam and first Gulf War veterans is still climbing.

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.

Euronews was created in the wake of the 1990 Gulf War as a «European CNN» and used to be owned by a consortium of state - owned European channels before Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris took a 53 percent stake in the broadcaster.

The senior Israeli official who defended Iron Dome said he understood the skepticism because the world's first antimissile war — which erupted over Israel in 1991 during the gulf war — did produce exaggerated claims of success.

The U.S. and Russia are already engaged in proxy wars in the Gulf region, but any escalation or a direct altercation could sow the seeds of a dreaded WWIII.

For example, Patriot batteries in the 1991 Gulf War had software that caused tracking errors after extended operation (GAO 1992).