In depth war coverage.

GRD provides quality, responsive engineering services in the Iraq combat theater to Multi-National Forces -Iraq and the Interim Iraqi Government with planning, design and construction management support for military and civil infrastructure construction.
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Intelligence information available as of 1 January 2002

US Department of Defense war on terrorism.

Many Gulf War veterans have expressed concern their unexplained illnesses may result from their experiences in that war. In response to veterans� concerns, the Department of Defense (DoD) established a task force in June 1995 to investigate those incidents and circumstances relating to possible causes. The Office of the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses assumed responsibility for these investigations on November 12, 1996, and gathered information on depleted uranium. This is the second interim report on depleted uranium; it updates the August 4, 1998 Environmental Exposure Report, "Depleted Uranium in the Gulf."
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raq holds more than 112 billion barrels of oil - the world's second largest proven reserves. Iraq also contains 110 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and is a focal point for regional and international security issues.

This report draws upon a number of sources, including intelligence material, and shows organisations whose job it is to keep Saddam and his regime in power, and to prevent the international community from disarming Iraq.how the Iraqi regime is constructed to have, and to keep, WMD, and is now engaged in a campaign of obstruction of the United Nations Weapons Inspectors.

DU can be used by DoD to engage the enemy at greater distances than tungsten penetrators or high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds because of improved ballistic properties. U.S. forces also use DU to enhance their tanks� armor protection. In one noteworthy incident, an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, its thick steel armor reinforced by a layer of DU sandwiched between two layers of steel, rebuffed a close-in attack by three of Iraq's T-72 tanks.

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To accelerate the process of restoring contact between separated family members and to facilitate the exchange of family news, the ICRC, in cooperation with the tracing services of the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is using this website to offer services to victims of this conflict

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As of 1997 the Medina [Madinah] Division was assigned to the protection of Baghdad.

Understand the conflicts in the Middle East and Iraq through National Geographic maps, Peter Arnett video, news, lesson plans, and more.

Very good Australian coverage on the war with Iraq.

The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the Charter,for the maintenance of international peace and security. It is so organized as to be able to function continuously, and a representative of each of its members must be present at all times at United Nations Headquarters.

Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings. In the 1980s financial problems caused by massive expenditures in the eight-year war with Iran and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measures, borrow heavily, and later reschedule foreign debt payments.