Yearly Archives: 2002

Military to Call Up 27,000 More Reservists

Posted on December 14, 2002 by Team VCS

December 14, 2002 The Navy and Army plan to alert about 27,000 National Guard and Reserve troops to prepare for a possible call to active duty, probably in the Persian Gulf region, defense officials said Saturday. The decision to alert … Continue reading →

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Persian Gulf—or Tonkin Gulf?

Posted on December 13, 2002 by Team VCS

In a pair of editorials after the 1991 Gulf War, one of them titled “Don’t Shoot Down Iraqi Aircraft,” The New York Times called the plan to create vast “no-fly zones” (NFZs) in Iraq “legally untenable and politically unwise.” The … Continue reading →

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Gulf War II Price Tag For Each State

Posted on December 10, 2002 by Team VCS

Here is the National Priorities Project’s recent factsheet on the “Cost of Invading Iraq to your State.” Please go to our website at: www.nationalpriorities.org/iraq.pdf and see page 2 for your state’s price tag. You may want to consider using this … Continue reading →

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U.S. Sold Iraq Chem-Bio Weapons in 1980s

Posted on December 10, 2002 by Team VCS

Reports by the US Senate’s committee on banking, housing and urban affairs — which oversees American exports policy — reveal that the US, under the successive administrations of Ronald Reagan and George Bush Snr, sold materials including anthrax, VX nerve … Continue reading →

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Time to “Show the Goods”

Posted on December 10, 2002 by Team VCS

Picking up the gauntlet thrown down by the United Nations, Iraq has wrapped it in 12,000 pages and thrown it back with the thud of a Sunday newspaper at the White House door. Intelligence now moves to center stage. President … Continue reading →

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Former troops worry about Gulf War syndrome, what weapons Saddam might use

Posted on December 8, 2002 by Team VCS

“I think we should have finished what we started the first time around,” said James Sylvester, 31, of Odessa, Texas, a soldier with a transportation unit in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. “I wish that we had … Continue reading →

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60,000 Troops Ready to Attack Iraq

Posted on December 7, 2002 by Team VCS

About 60,000 soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, as well as about 200 warplanes, are in or near the region. The Army alone has 9,000 soldiers, 24 Apache helicopter gunships and heavy equipment for two armored brigades in Kuwait. Equipment for … Continue reading →

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Gen. Franks Lands in Qatar

Posted on December 6, 2002 by Team VCS

Franks’ 15-hour flight took him from his Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla., where he has overseen the war in Afghanistan, to Qatar, a Gulf emirate where he has a new headquarters complex that could be used in an Iraq … Continue reading →

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New Gulf War II Estimate: $1.9 Trillion

Posted on December 6, 2002 by Team VCS

Researchers concluded in a study released Thursday that war with Iraq could cost the United States from $99 billion to more than $1.9 trillion over a decade. The lower figure assumes a successful military, diplomatic and nation-building campaign; the higher … Continue reading →

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Terror-Linked Saudi Prince Named Envoy to U.K.

Posted on December 5, 2002 by Team VCS

The nomination of Prince Turki al-Faisal is intended to show the greatest honour to Britain at a time of extreme tension between the Gulf kingdom and America. But the choice may be a public embarrassment as the prince is liable … Continue reading →

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