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Early Gulf War research also failed to accurately account for the prevalence, duration, and health impact of Gulf War illness. For example, a November 1996 article in the New England Journal of Medicine found no difference in death rates, hospitalization rates, or self-reported symptoms between Persian Gulf veterans and non-Persian Gulf ...
Waste burning in the 1st Marine Division Support Area in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War in 1991.. Joint Base Balad (JBB), the largest U.S. base in Iraq had a burn pit operation as late as the summer of 2008, burning 147 tons of waste per day when the Army Times published a major story about it and related health concerns.
The war is also known under other names, such as the Second Gulf War (not to be confused with the 2003 Iraq War, also referred to as such [27]), Persian Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War [28] [29] [30] [b] before the term "Iraq War" became identified with the 2003 Iraq War (also known in the US as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [31]
In reality, the only short-term impact of the fires was a drastic decrease in air quality in Persian Gulf countries, especially in Kuwait. With this decrease in air conditions, an increase in respiratory diseases was reported with the toxic gases created after the combustion of oil, particularly hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide , increasing ...
Persian Gulf at Night from ISS, 2020. The Persian Gulf, [a] sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, [b] is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] [2] It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.
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Following the Persian Gulf War in 1991, VA recognized the unique health challenges faced by Gulf War veterans. This led to regulatory expansions that established presumptive service connections for a range of undiagnosed illnesses and medically unexplained chronic multisymptomatic illnesses associated with service in the Southwest Asia theater ...
Then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid speaking with some Kurds in Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to ...