Lt. Burke Jensen has been ordered to Kuwait, leaving behind a pregnant wife, a young son and a 2.5-acre lot with not a spot of landscaping. But he's been told to get lawn and an irrigation system -- or else! "I really don't give a [expletive] where he is or what his problem is," says the subdivision developer.
(theme pic not related) picked by arsphidius 1 year ago

Regular customers recalled seeing "obscene" covers of music CDs and "indecent" pictures in magazines blackened out, indicating that store was being monitored. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

I have a greater respect for JJ Abrams and the cast of the new Star Trek. They all went to Kuwait and spent Easter with the troops as well as showing the new Star Trek movie weeks before those in the US are able to see it. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

This history of the Gulf War by William M. Arkin draws on declassified documents and inside information It was published on the Website of the magazine Stars and Stripes (a privately-owned magazine, not the US military newspaper of the same name). At some point the Website disappeared and with it, unfortunately, went this important piece of work. The Memory Hole is pleased to resurrect it. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Iraqi security forces today showed off a Picasso they seized from a former soldier in Saddam's military who had looted the painting in 1990 during the occupation of Kuwait. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

There’s an oil boom going on right now. Not in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or any of those places picked by chappy 1 year ago

A puppy found hobbling in the Kuwait desert is fitted with a new kind of prosthetic leg that is grafted directly to the bone, a process that may one day be used on humans, too. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

A small cardboard shrine is dedicated to Norris at a U.S. military helicopter hub in Baghdad, and comments lauding the manliness and virility of the actor have been left on toilet walls across Iraq and even in neighboring Kuwait, soldiers say. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

"When Meghan Saccaro's fiance, Noal, who is a Naval gunner's mate, was suddenly re-activated and sent to Kuwait, two travel companies said "too bad" about the long-planned honeymoon in Rome he wouldn't get to take..." picked by rachelsometimes 3 years ago

See Nasa'a satellite image of a dust strom that swept over the Persian Gulf, forming an arc over Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and Iraq. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago