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Between Iraq And A Hard Place
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Author : John Norman
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2022-11-03
Between Iraq And A Hard Place written by John Norman and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched an invasion of Kuwait that ransacked the country, killed scores of innocent people, and destroyed the country's petroleum infrastructure. Eventually bringing together an allied coalition to turn back Saddam's forces and free Kuwait. But how many people actually know the events occurring in Iraq in the year preceding the invasion from inside the ruling party? I worked as a civilian contractor for close to a year directly for the Revolutionary Command Council, leading a team of Western technicians to modernize banking in the country. On the day of the Kuwait invasion, I, along with hundreds of others were taken hostage as collateral by the Iraqi government. Fearing my own death as well as my immediate colleagues, I led an escape across two deserts five days later to safety in Jordan. I had no previous military training; only the sheer will not to perish as a result of the US government nor forfeit my life for corporate bosses who failed to intervene in any way to help us. This is the story of what I saw in the year preceding Desert Shield that you never heard nor read about, as well as events that followed at the conclusion of Desert Storm. What life was like for a then peaceaEUR"loving people, the regime and how it operated, the betrayals, the "Super Gun", Uday Hussein, the gassing of the Kurds at Halabja, the WMD and the destruction of this stockpile by the US military that caused Gulf War syndrome, and the after effects on our troops which the US government denied for years and years. Thousands and their offspring suffer from these results today and will for generations to come. I never returned to Iraq, but shortly after Desert Storm I did go to perform a similar assignment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia while the oil wells were still on fire in the desert. There, I was also an "insider" to the workings of the government, the attempt to recover the stolen gold, the corruption in the ruling family, the hypocrisy of the country, and the plight of the Palestinian people working and living in the kingdom for backing Iraq in its war with the allies. Although I waited a quarter of a century to publish this book for fear of retribution for the material in it, I hope this story sheds light on a war and the destruction of a nation and its people that really did not have to be fought at all. I am still traumatized both mentally and physically from the experience and likely will be for the remainder of my natural life. Believe me, it's a lot easier to do in the movies, and it pays a whole lot better! But it also taught me a valuable life lesson: if you think time heals all wounds, it doesn't. That is why they call a scar a scar!
Living Between Iraq And A Hard Place
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Author : Martin Feess
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-09-18
Living Between Iraq And A Hard Place written by Martin Feess and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-18 with Social Science categories.
Journey with us to the small villages of rural Jordan where we listened to the villagers' thoughts. Join in the wedding celebrations and feasts. Come with us also to Roman ruins, medieval castles, holy places, and wonders of the words. And join us in our quest for understanding which will bring peace to the world.
Between Iraq And A Hard Place
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Author : Kirk Legacy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Between Iraq And A Hard Place written by Kirk Legacy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with Religion categories.
This is the true story of God doing the impossible. A young couple leaves Silicon Valley to learn Kurdish in Berlin. They have a passion to share the love of Jesus with the world, particularly those who are oppressed, unloved, and disenfranchised. As the First Gulf War ends, they are called to lead a team of relief workers in the mountains of eastern Turkey and Iraq to assist the hundreds of thousands of Kurds who have fled for their lives. Their faith is stretched further as they attempt to adopt two starving Kurdish sisters. Finally, God asks them if their faith is big enough to trust Him -even if they lose these precious children. It is a story of two fragile people, facing formidable challenges, with scant human resources, under extreme conditions. Read about faith when confronted by fear, hope when all seems lost, and peace in the midst of life's greatest struggles. Between Iraq and a Hard Place tells the saga of a couple under intense pressure, of two children facing certain death, and a people facing genocide.
Living Between Iraq And A Hard Place
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Author : Martin Feess
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-24
Living Between Iraq And A Hard Place written by Martin Feess and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-24 with categories.
Living Between Iraq and a Hard Place is a real life twenty-first century adventure. Martin and Karen Feess, an American couple, spent two years immersed in Arab-Muslim culture, participated in village life, and formed close friendship, while Martin's thinking evolved with regard to the problems of the Middle East. His observations are at time surprising, often humorous, and always thought provoking.
Another Year In Oman
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Author : Matthew D. Heines
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2010-10-08
Another Year In Oman written by Matthew D. Heines and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-08 with Travel categories.
THE 2014 UPDATED EDITION HAS A LIGHTHOUSE ON THE COVER.The second of a three book series describing his life in the Middle East after the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, the author finds he is alone again in the remote regions of Arabia. Rather inadvertently,the author becomes even further immersed in the Arab and Muslim culture of the Sultanate of Oman. Through his experiences, the author is able to describe to the casual reader the roles of women, especially their limitations and value in Arab and Muslim society. Through a number of sometimes humorous and other times, tragically pathetic schemes to maintain a sense of belonging in a world where he doesn't really belong in the first place, the author finds himself in the middle of a surrealistic liaison that no one can be sure is real, not even him! To make matters worse, the U.S. is gearing up for an invasion of Iraq to the north and everyone is looking at him (the only American in the region) with even greater suspicion. He also finds that there are a number of Iraqis who cannot wait for the U.S. to invade and free them from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein. He finds that in a world of lies, deceit and hatred, there are still people, specifically the people of Oman, who are kind and caring and who have come to consider him a part of their family... ...But is it real, or is it just a dream?
Living Between Iraq And A Hard Place
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Author : Martin Feess
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-06
Living Between Iraq And A Hard Place written by Martin Feess and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06 with Social Science categories.
Living Between Iraq and a Hard Place uses the writing and photography of an American couple that journeyed to Jordan as Peace Corps volunteers and served in a small village for two years in the mid 2000s. Martin and Karen Feess, the author and photographer, through their recollections, bring to life the people among whom they served. The reader will join them in celebrating villagers' weddings and other feasts. The narrative recounts their visits to the wonders of this often-misunderstood place--the Roman ruins, medieval castles, and holy place. By coming to appreciate the rich lives of the Jordanian people, the reader may cultivate the beginnings of an approach both to fathoming the intricacies of the Middle East's obstacles to peace and to appreciating how the seeds of solutions to the region's problems with conflict lie among the people who live there. If you watch or read the news and find your thoughts filled with questions about the realities of the lives of the people existing quietly beneath the headlines, then Living Between Iraq and a Hard Place will help you to find answers to those questions ... and the hints about how peace might take root and flourish.
Freedom Express
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Author : David Allen (Colonel.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Freedom Express written by David Allen (Colonel.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Civil-military relations categories.
This war journal by COL David Allen was written during his 2007-2008 deployment to Iraq with the 358th Civil Affairs Brigade.
Between Iraq And A Hard Place Us Policy Toward Iraq
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Between Iraq And A Hard Place Us Policy Toward Iraq written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
The US is in the midst of an extraordinary national debate concerning the appropriate policy mix with which to address the challenges posed by Iraq. The iterative presentation of the US Administration's approach to "settling" the Iraq question lends itself to measurement against a decision model that factors in policy ends, means, ways, constraints, opportunities, costs, and risks to determine if all critical variables have been considered and properly weighted in the US decision process. Using such a decision template, this paper will propose that the US approach to Iraq should focus primarily on curtailing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program through a sequential mix of coercive diplomacy and limited military force as required. Such an approach is most likely to achieve relevant US national security objectives while minimizing the US cost in lives and treasure.
Between Iraq And A Hard Place
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Author : Carol Coffey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07-24
Between Iraq And A Hard Place written by Carol Coffey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with categories.
The daily diary of a civilian contractor working on a Department of Defense Contract in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
War Reporting For Cowards
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Author : Chris Ayres
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
War Reporting For Cowards written by Chris Ayres and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Iraq War, 2003- categories.
Chris Ayres is a self-confessed coward, born of a proud line of shirkers and well-versed in taking the cushy option. After a bad start in New York during 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, life seemed to be improving when, as a young reporter, he was promptly promoted to Los Angeles correspondent. The thrill of foreign reporting couched in the comforts of the Golden State. What could go wrong? But everything goes wrong. One day his boss calls to offer him an assignment as a war reporter, 'embedded' with US Marines on the front line of the Iraq War. Too cowardly to say no, Chris soon finds himself camped in the desert, blinded by sandstorms, caught in the crossfire, surrounded by military machismo on all sides. He decides he wants out - proud to be the first embedded reporter to bottle it. But this, his greatest act of cowardice, will almost kill him... War Reporting for Cowards is an extraordinary true story and the debut of a brilliant new voice - wry, intelligent, honest and deeply human. Hilarious, like a latter-day Scoop, it offers a seditious insight into the political events that have defined the century.