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BOSTON--More than 200 demonstrators, some sporting American Legion caps and others decked out in camouflage clothing, gathered downtown here Saturday afternoon for a rally and march to show their support for U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf...
...response to one of the headlines in your January 18th issue. On the front page, under the main heading "War Provokes Campus Rallies," you juxtapose two articles: one reporting on the rally held by people currently supporting the military action of U.S. and allied armed forces in the Persian Gulf and the other reporting on the rally held by people currently protesting the said military action. The former article is titled "Protestors Support Troops." We find your choice of this headline irresponsible...
Simple arithmetic, if nothing else, gives African Americans a special stake in Operation Desert Storm: they make up 12% of the U.S. population, but represent nearly 25% of the fighting forces in the Persian Gulf. When the air war finally shifts to a grinding ground confrontation, therefore, they are likely to spill a disproportionate amount of blood onto the desert sands. That has only fueled uneasiness among those blacks who feel that their friends and loved ones are being asked to do more than their fair share of dying for a nation that gives them less than their share...
...military lexicon needs a new term: "eco-war." What better way to describe the acts of environmental carnage committed last week in the Persian Gulf, where the air is thick with the smoke from burning oil wells and a wide swath of crude petroleum is fouling the water and devastating wildlife? If these disasters brought to mind the Exxon Valdez, the news of air attacks on nuclear- and chemical-weapons facilities raised the specter of Chernobyl and Bhopal. The environment itself has become both a weapon and a victim...
What is certain is that the oil spill has delivered a devastating blow to the ecology of the Persian Gulf. "Massive oil spills could turn this body of water into a virtual dead sea," says Brent Blackwelder, vice president of Friends of the Earth. Hundreds of oil-soaked marine birds are already washing up on the shores of northern Saudi Arabia...