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 8 months ago

A team of Texas A&M University researchers will soon be recovering artifacts from a 200-year-old shipwreck that lies more than 4,000 feet beneath the Gulf of Mexico, making it the deepest such recovery effort ever attempted in the gulf. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

More than 10,000 camels from across the Gulf will be competing for millions of dollars in prize money at a beauty pageant for the "ship of the desert" in Abu Dhabi next week. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Within five to seven years fast growing trees and grasses might become economically viable alternatives to corn as a source of renewable fuel ethanol, reducing the need for pollutants that now cause a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Three seal hunters died on Saturday after a fishing vessel capsized in the icy waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, marking the first accident of Canada's 2008 seal hunt season. picked by chinook 7 months 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 1 year ago

Famed undersea explorer Robert Ballard is leading a team of scientists heading into the Gulf of Mexico for a week long examination of Texas' ancient shoreline to see if anybody may have lived there. picked by Neiako 2 years ago

82 deaths, yet only level 4! UGH!
Harder than any game you have played, or will play.


*Note the DEATHS instead of LIVES picked by lunasol 4 months ago

Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

“It’s unethical, illegal, immoral, unsustainable and they’re simply doing it to make the fat cats richer faster,” said Derrick Evans, executive director of a Gulfport, Miss., community group that plans to fight the proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. I post this with my mouth agape, aren't the Army Corps of Engineers the ones that screwed up the levees in the fir... read full post picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

...and all they got was a lousy t-shirt. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

The Tybee bomb in 2manyusernames post was just one of many instances of "misplaced" or "mishandled" nuclear weapons. We're lucky to still be here. picked by tigertony 8 months ago

U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes. picked by MandolinOrange 8 months ago

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the US navy fabricated evidence that a convoy of its ships was harassed by Iranian speedboats in Gulf waters on Sunday. picked by unzercharlie 9 months ago

A cargo ship chartered by the U.S. Defense Department was traveling in international waters when two unidentified small boats approached on Thursday. After the boats refused to respond to radio calls a burst of warning shots were fired. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

On Feb 5th, 1958 during a practice exercise, a B-47 and a F-86 collided causing the jettisoning of a Mark-15 Hydrogen Bomb into the ocean off of Savannah, Georgia. Despite extensive searching it remains missing to this day. Additional info in a more neutral tone is here picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

A powerful earthquake jolted southern Iran on Wednesday, killing five people, and damaging scores of homes on a resort island in strategic Gulf waters.
The US Geological Survey said the 6.1 magnitude quake hit at 1100 GMT about 53 kilometres (33 miles) southwest of the port of Bandar Abbas, which is home to an oil refinery and the country's main naval base. picked by bingo 1 month ago