Desert Storm question

Adam Stevens a_ste at uclink4.berkeley.edu
Mon May 10 16:25:43 PDT 1999


At 06:56 PM 5/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>> Can anyone reccomend a good book on the Persian Gulf war?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Adam
>
>Andrew and Patrick Cockburn's new book, Out of the Ashes: the resurrection
>of Saddam Hussein (click on http://www.counterpunch.org/books.html) is one
>of the best accounts of the ongoing war against Iraq. Did you realize that
>since the bombing of Yugoslavia began, the US/Brit attacks on Iraq have
>more than doubled the bomb/missile tonnage dropped during the latest named
>assault, the lamentably titled Operation Desert Fox?
>
>JSC

Thanks for the reccommendation. No, I didn't know the bombing of Iraq had increased since the Yugoslav campaign-- actually I would have guessed the opposite. I'll definitely check out the Cockburns' book. Thanks again.

Adam



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