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Reflections on Memorial Day

...percent. Three years later, after the fall of the Berlin Wall but, almost certainly more relevant, after the first Gulf War, the confidence level was at 78 percent. It reached 85 percent in January 2002, just after the Sept. 11 terrorism...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-05-28/reflections-memorial-day
Opinion
Bin Laden realized the truth: Terrorism just doesn't work

...a 1996 study, Robert Pape analyzed strategic bombing campaigns worldwide from the First World War to the 1990 Persian Gulf War, and found that governments reach an inferior bargain when their campaigns target the population. Similarly, military...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-05-24/bin-laden-realized-truth-terrorism-ju
Opinion
Outside Editorial: Sobering revelations about treatment at Dover

...the return of war dead at Dover Air Force Base after President George H.W. Bush initiated a blackout during the 1991 Gulf War. The president believed a prohibition against photographs was necessary to protect the privacy of the families of fallen...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-11-15/sobering-revelations-about-treatment-
Opinion
Building bridges through student diplomacy

...represents a failure of diplomacy" British Parliamentarian Tony Benn told the House of Commons at the end of the first Gulf War. International diplomacy will always fail when fear and mistrust guide our politicians. Our children deserve better...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-02-15/building-bridges-through-student-dipl
Opinion
Veterans services must keep evolving

...training package that garnered a 95-0 Senate vote this week.But this package is just a start. Many veterans of the Gulf War, Vietnam, Korea and World War II remain affected by their service to our nation. Lawmakers must strive to make this...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-11-11/veterans-services-must-keep-evolving
Opinion
UAF researcher studies Iraq air quality; variety of pollutants a cause for concern

...the dirty air. He personally believes the elements it contains may be contributors to common respiratory illnesses and Gulf War Syndrome among war veterans. His findings helped spur other research into Iraq air quality, including Cahill's $3...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-06-19/uaf-researcher-studies-iraq-air-quality
State
PRO: EPA's failure to investigate groundwater contamination a shocking dereliction of duty

...all Americans should be aware that fracking is another genie that - once unleashed - cannot be forced back into the bottle. ? Mann is author of "They're Poisoning Us! From the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico, An Investigative Report."

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-07-14/pro-epas-failure-investigate-groundwa
Opinion
Miller, Murkowski bracing for long count

...There is much, much yet to be counted." Miller, 43, is an Ivy League-educated West Point graduate who served in the Gulf War before moving to Alaska more than 15 years ago because of his love of the outdoors. He said he entered his first statewide...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082610/sta_700571720.shtml
News
My Turn: Iraq will emerge free, like Japan and Germany

...of freedom were perhaps only 20 years old and obviously fearful. Knowing what happened to female prisoners in the last Gulf War, my heart particularly went out to this young lady and her family. She sat there, arms folded tightly around herself...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032703/opi_myturn2.shtml
Opinion
Volunteer nurses help bridge the Iraq culture gap

...short of knowledge and experience. "Before the first Gulf War, nurses were a low-accepted position," Simmons said...Philippines and other places and brought them in. After the Gulf War, all of those nurses left and there were no experienced...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062104/sta_nurses.shtml
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