News Media Recruits Guard Gear for Gulf War Coverage
Reporters from Dallas Morning News and others received standard battlefield equipment in a hotel ballroom as they prepare for potential conflict in the Persian Gulf. Gear includes helmets body armor packs gas masks and protective suits with two hour activation notice and Geneva identification cards.
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Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
George Rodrigue
Dallas Morning News
Deborah ‘Amos
National Public Radio
Haireus
U.N
Iraq
Kuwait
Christiane Amanpour
CNN
Bay Area churches offer sanctuary to Gulf War resisters
Four San Francisco Bay area parishes and Seattle University Baptist Church publicly extend sanctuary to soldiers refusing service in the Persian Gulf. The churches provide housing and free legal aid to conscientious objectors and AWOL soldiers, continuing a tradition begun in the 1970s and 1980s.
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San Francisco
Persian Gulf
San Francisco Bay Area
University Baptist Church
Seattle
U.S
Middle East
Gustav Schultz
University Lutheran Church
Berkeley
Diana Gibson
First Presbyterian ‘Church
Palo Alto
Marilyn Chilcofe
Beacon Street Presbyterian Fellowship
Oakland
Donovan Cook
Fort Lewis
Tacoma
Schultz
National Guard
Liam Noble
Noble
San Francisco State University
Marchant Says U S Could Defeat Iraq in One Week
South Carolina National Guard commander Adjutant General T Eston Marchant said U S forces could defeat Iraq in Kuwait within a week with decisive use of military advantages but warned a full scale attack would be required. He noted Desert Shield deployments exceed 3 400 SC guardsmen with M 1 tanks and F 16 jets and criticized Vietnam era errors in grassroots involvement.
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Oar
Kuwait
United States
South Carolina National Guard
T. Eston Marchant
South Carolina
U.S
Middle East
Marchant
South Carolina Guard
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam
Mabon Guard
South Carolina Air National Guard
Defense Department
Bush
Iraq
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Army
Charles Hoskinson Jr
Gulf Resisters
Eejay
Kalmia Mall
Aiken
Aiken Medical Center
University Parkway Suite
American Lung Assoc
Karen Holcomb
Aiken Electric
Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc
Edgefield
New Ellenton
North
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