Articles related to "Persian Gulf"

An army committed to keeping human losses at minimum would attempt to keep track of its casualties, yet this did not happen in Iraq.

The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2,1990 started a major international crisis resulting six months later in the first Persian Gulf War.

Iran's continued saber rattling may make unlikely allies of Arab Gulf countries and the United States of America.

The Persian Gulf war was a situation in which the military planned for the worst so well, their plan failed to factor in overwhelming success.

Military analysts fear one of the first exercises Iran would undertake, should America invade, would be the mining of the vital Straits of Hormuz waterway.

A recent documentary Battle Plan: Blitzkreig illustrates how the strategy of "lightening war" was used with great effectiveness recently in Iraq and during World War Two.

Most, who have read about or visited Dubai, understand it is a dynamic city, full of the excitement you will find in any city in the Orient or West.

Regional wars, housing and credit crises, international policies, global warming and climate change will determine history's view of The Bush Doctrine.

Dubai is a cosmopolitan city that only seems quite Western. Understanding cultural differences there related to time and its flexibility can make for a better visit.

The conventional wisdom that the US gets most of its oil from the Middle East is false. In actual fact the US imports more oil supplies from closer to home.

United States Navy supercarrier, USS Kitty Hawk, was decommissioned on January 31, 2009. The ship, which served 48 years, is being replaced by USS George H.W. Bush.

The world has a nightmare arsenal of terrible weapons advanced far beyond the evolution of our morality.

A massacre is described as being a one-sided battle, extreme and brutal; the heaviest casualties are either civilians, or an army unable to defend itself.

Iran is Arizona on steroids. 5.6 times larger than the Grand Canyon State, she has a sprinkling of CA beaches and Louisiana rain forests. Any fight would be tough.

Billions of Arab petrodollars were spent buying Airbus aircraft in the Persian Gulf. Ahead of Boeing in aircraft sales, Airbus' overall economic situation improved little

The 15th season of The Amazing Race continues as teams head to Dubai and tackle the scorching heat of the desert and the extreme coldness of an indoor ski facility.

More Iraqi civilians died in the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War - due to sanction induced hunger and sickness - than from the actual war itself.

The world's economic downturn forces American and European military aircraft defense contract manufacturers to focus on oil rich Persian Gulf and North African nations.

Among the torture, death and carnage of war ravaged Iraq and Afghanistan, there lies a foul tinge of profiteering; acutely responsible for America's Middle East crisis.

Wondrous Dubai has indoor ski resorts, twisting skyscrapers, the world's tallest building and Earth's only 7-star hotel; however, man's best friend is often forgotten.

Guy Fieri talked about Season two of The Ultimate Recipe Showdown which airs on January 4, 2009. 24 contestants will battle for national cooking fame on Food Network.

Deborah Rodriguez, a hairdresser from the Midwest, traveled to the Middle East with a humanitarian group to aid the people of the war-torn region.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali's offspring will defend her perfect 24-0 boxing record during the Dubai International Shopping Festival from January 28 - February 28, 2010.

Sometimes ideas are dreamed up in the production studios of Hollywood, then later turned into real-life phenomena.

The city that is called the "Las Vegas on Steroids" is ignoring Arabic Tradition & attempting to be THE night spot this New Years Eve and beyond.

Springtime in the Arabian Gulf is a marvelous harvester of feeding birds, budding flowers, lush grass, gleaming beaches and nightlife designed for young tourists.

The United Arab Emirates sits atop the "rhinoceros horn" of the Arabian peninsula. A small prosperous federation of tribal states, the UAE was founded on 2 December 1971.

The local government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has purchased the naming rights to the yet to be built art museum, The Louvre Abu Dhabi.

What do sailors mean when they say the've "sailed the seven seas?" How many seas are there in the world, and why would they pick just seven?

Brazil and Thailand ship more white sugar onto world trade markets while the WTO forces the European Union to cut its sugar exports by over 80%.

For nearly a quarter-century, Saddam Hussein ruled over Iraq as a dictator who admired Stalin and modeled his revolutionary regime on that of the feared Soviet tyrant.

Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) is now defined as a disease. Stanford University's Dr. Jarred Younger is recruiting Gulf War veterans for a clinical trial of low dose naltrexone.

At the time that the City-States of Mesopotamia were at their apex, another less well understood culture thrived in the north of the Indian subcontinent.

The intense bombardment and use of new weaponry against Iraq (in both 1991 and 2003) were so horrific, the environmental effects may not be known for years.

A mysterious city called Babylon described in the biblical book of Revelation will rise to a place of importance during the end times.

By 3,000 B.C.E., population growth had led to the rise of City-States and small kingdoms that were united in a network of trade stretching from the Indus to the Nile.

Until the advent of modern medicine in the twentieth century, disease proved a far deadlier enemy than any weapon one's foe could bring against you.

Iraq depends on the Euphrates for its water needs. Huge dams built in Turkey and Syria, years of misuse in two Gulf wars and a severe drought are draining the river.

The island of Cuba is apparently no longer in the Dubai World project.

Studies show that exposure to environmental toxins encountered by soldiers in the first Persian Gulf War is associated with chronic neurological and autoimmune diseases.

IRGC top brass in the Middle East continue their contingency tests to counter a foreign attack against Iran's nuclear facilities and key infrastructure.

In a 1994 interview, Dick Cheney predicted American casualties if Saddam Hussein was removed from power, followed by military occupation.

The versatile F-14 Tomcat served the United States Navy through four decades, while amassing an impressive combat record.

The earliest English ships bound for America took a southern route, but later navigators favored a shorter northern route. Prevailing winds led the way.

Most music historians think of 1991 as the year of Nirvana's debut. It was also a year that introduced us to other groundbreaking musical acts.

As an art form belly dancing honours the goddess within all of us and celebrates the female body of all shapes and sizes.

Dhofar is a lush tropical region in the Arabian kingdom of Oman but it was not always a part of Oman and in the 1960s tried to assert its independence in civil war.

U.S. President Barack Obama has called the hostilities in Afghanistan a "war of necessity," not a "war of choice." Not everybody agrees.

Canadian Destroyer projected the Maple Leaf abroad through the Cold War and circumnavigated the globe before ending her life in a hail of gunfire.

Dubai has grown faster than nearly any city in human history, but it's penchant for extravagant and out-sized projects seems may be pushing it close to the edge.