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1. Gulf of Oman -- Gulf War
   Oman is one of the more traditional countries in the Gulf region. Omani people are known in the Gulf region for their warmth and hospitality. A land of rich heritage, culture, and friendly people set against a backdrop of dramatic landscapes makes this place irresistible. Muscat is rich in historic sites, as well as smart modern buildings making the city, one of the oldest and most important ports in Arabia. Notable features of the city include its forts and watchtowers, its traditional Arab residences, popular markets, museums and beautiful coastline. Oman is ... renowned for it's its preservation of traditional arts, dance and music.
2. Gulf War Syndrome -- Gulf War Veterans
   Haley, who has extensively studied Gulf War veterans from Alabama, said the new committee is a result of a campaign promise by President Bush to deal with the issue. He said it was a key reason Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, who initially financed Haley's research, supported Bush in the election.
3. Gulf War Syndrome -- Persian Gulf War
   CIA Coverup on Gulf War Syndrome - Article by Philip Shenon that appeared in the NY Times News Service says that Ex-CIA analysts assert cover-up on chemical risk to troops. Two intelligence analysts who resigned from the CIA say the agency possesses dozens of classified documents showing that tens of thousands of Americans may have been exposed to Iraqi chemical weapons during the Persian Gulf war in 1991.
4. Gulf War Syndrome -- Veterans
   Some six years after Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Gulf War Syndrome remains a persistent ailment that afflicts veterans of the conflict. Still to be resolved is whether a distinct clinical entity exists and its etiologic basis. The discourse has evolved in the interim into a rather emotional and rancorous debate. In contrast, medical disputes are invariably resolved by methodical scientific analysis and research, not by arguments conducted in the public arena or press.
5. Gulf War Syndrome -- Exposures
   Following the Gulf War, veterans began to report a variety of symptoms that have become known "Gulf War Illness." Given the complexity of environmental exposures that occurred during the war, the level of stress involved in battlefield situations and the presence of several potentially toxic agents, the most practical assumption is to believe that Gulf War illness is the result of several factors acting in synergy. But in addition to being possible, the proposed causes must be unique to the Gulf War, as similar symptoms had not been observed prior to that operation.
6. Persian -- Persian Gulf War
   During the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988), the Persian Gulf came into news. Both sides attacked oil tankers of each other. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991, this war got the name the Persian Gulf War. But, this war, major fighting happened on the land.
7. Gulf War Syndrome -- Vaccines
   The key question is whether stress was a significant causal factor in many of the ill-defined Gulf War cases. The Presidential Advisory Committee concluded that it was. After earlier wars, the general public found such attribution acceptable, but today, emotional causes of disease carry a stigma. Thus a frantic search is under way for other explanations-many of them chemical. Researchers have been considering every conceivable risk factor: pesticides, chemical warfare agents, biological warfare agents, vaccines, pyridostigmine bromide, infectious diseases, depleted uranium, oil-well fires and smoke, petroleum products, psychologic and physiologic stress. More than a hundred federally funded studies and many privately funded studies of "Gulf War Syndrome" have been launched, at a total cost of over $100 million. In December 1996, after reviewing all of the available data, the Presidential Advisory Committee concluded:
8. Gulf War Syndrome -- Studies
   In October of 1995 Loewenstein-Lichtenstein and his colleagues from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, reported on an individual who had undergone treatment with pyridostigmine during the gulf war and had suffered neurological problems. Further studies showed that the individual was homozygous for a Butyrylcholinesterase mutation thereby rendering the Butyrylcholinesterase inactive. Since the Butyrylcholinesterase is responsible for 'mopping up' the effects of Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors such as pyridostigmine, these Butyrylcholinesterase mutations could lead to adverse effects in soldiers exposed to pyridostigmine during the gulf war. This study is therefore a clear indication that soldiers who served in the gulf war could have been geneticallty predisposed to adverse effects from the treatment of pyridostigmine.
9. Gulf War Syndrome -- Pentagon
   A physician in Northern California was being trained in the Pentagon with other physicians months before the 2003 Gulf War started. They were told to diagnose and treat soldiers returning from the 2003 war for mental problems only. Medical professionals in hospitals and facilities treating returning soldiers were threatened with $10,000 fines if they talked about the soldiers or their medical problems. They were ... threatened with jail[1] terms.
10. Gulf War Syndrome -- Report
    Recent releases include news of a UC Berkeley business school class on philanthropy and an Institute of Medicine report that causes of the Gulf War Syndrome remain unclear. But the effectiveness of AScribe in getting stories in the press remains unclear. That's because it is difficult to determine whether reporters were tipped off by AScribe or the original news source.

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