Tag Archives: Gulf War

Risk of ALS Exposure in Gulf War Veterans is Time Limited, Study Shows

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Team VCS

June 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Risk of ALS Exposure in Gulf War Veterans is Time Limited, Study Shows

US May Have Held Prisoners of War at Diego Garcia Island in Indian Ocean, despite UK denials

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Team VCS

Ships, torture claims, and missing detainees: America may have held terror suspects in British territory, despite UK denials June 2, 2008 – The controversy over prison ships was first highlighted in June 2005 when the UN’s special rapporteur on terrorism … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on US May Have Held Prisoners of War at Diego Garcia Island in Indian Ocean, despite UK denials

Attempt to Arrest John Bolton for War Crimes Fails

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Team VCS

May 28, 2008 – Security guards blocked the path of columnist and activist George Monbiot, who tried to make the arrest as Mr Bolton left the stage. The former ambassador – a key advisor to President George W Bush who … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Attempt to Arrest John Bolton for War Crimes Fails

Editorial Column: The Invisible War

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Team VCS

May 21, 2008 – Landing in Seattle after a long flight from Texas, I was about to join the exit scrum when the pilot informed us there were five soldiers on board, ending a three-day odyssey home from Iraq. Could … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Editorial Column: The Invisible War

VA Names Members of Gulf War Veterans Advisory Committee

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Team VCS

May 13, 2008, Washington, DC – Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during 1990–1991 will have their own special advocates before Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake, thanks to a new advisory committee Peake … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on VA Names Members of Gulf War Veterans Advisory Committee

Vietnam War Veteran’s Poems Track Trauma’s Burden

Posted on September 19, 2004 by Team VCS

Poems track trauma’s burden Vietnam veteran Steve Mason and friends will read from his work Monday in Ashland You can take the soldier out of Vietnam, but taking Vietnam out of the soldier is not so easy. “Memory is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Vietnam War Veteran’s Poems Track Trauma’s Burden

Poll: Most Unconvinced on Iraq War

Posted on December 17, 2002 by Team VCS

December 17, 2002 WASHINGTON — Despite a concerted effort by the Bush administration, more than two-thirds of Americans believe the president has failed to make the case that a war with Iraq is justified, according to a Los Angeles Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Poll: Most Unconvinced on Iraq War

U.S. Starts Propaganda War

Posted on December 17, 2002 by Team VCS

“People of Iraq … the amount of money Saddam spends on himself in one day would be more than enough to feed a family for a year,” said an English translation of one radio broadcast released by the U.S. Central … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on U.S. Starts Propaganda War

Labor Unions Say “No” to Gulf War II

Posted on December 14, 2002 by Team VCS

Whereas, since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, we have seen the beginning of a relentless new assault on labor — from the employers, and from the government acting on their behalf; and Whereas, using the so-called “war on … Continue reading →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Labor Unions Say “No” to Gulf War II

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 →

Posted in Gulf War Updates, Veterans for Common Sense News | Tagged | Comments Off on Persian Gulf—or Tonkin Gulf?