Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with vietnam www.salem-news.com 2010 Monsanto, the U.S. corporation controlling an estimated 90 percent of the world’s seed genetics, is gearing up for a return to Vietnam. Monsanto isn’t a household name in Vietnam. But one of it’s former products, the killer Vietnam War-era military defoliant Agent Orange, remains infamous. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/monsanto-vietnam-pw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/monsanto-vietnam-pw.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:32:00 PST What explains the tendency of 'full-bird' colonels in the Marine Corps to commit suicide when they are at the pinnacle of a spotless career? These bizarre deaths create a number of haunting questions that should be studied- the results should be widely published. There aren't very many Marine colonels in the first place. http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/marine-colonel.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/marine-colonel.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:22:00 PST Vietnam veterans who never had boots-on-ground Vietnam, who are sick from presumptive exposure to agent orange dioxin poisoning are tied up in paperwork. The burden of proof is placed solely upon the veteran. Burden of proof is mainly directed to those service members who never had boots-on-ground. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/agent-orane-jb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/agent-orane-jb.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:53:00 PST Over 77 million litres of herbicide were dispensed over southern Viet Nam by the US military through the code-named ‘Operation Ranch Hand’. The Vietnamese reported early in operation that human health was being adversely affected by widespread dispersal of defoliants. Agent Orange. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/ao-controversy-wd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/ao-controversy-wd.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:13:00 PST On several occasions recently, TV hosts have conducted random street interviews revealing that the average American is incredibly uninformed. For instance, when one passerby was asked “Which state does KFC come from,” he answered, “What, the chicken? I don’t know. I really don’t know.” http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/street-smarts-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/street-smarts-pb.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:00 PST January 30th marks the forty-fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Tet Offensive, a defining event in the Vietnam War. I was a U.S. Army Transportation officer stationed in Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/remembering-vietnam-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292012/remembering-vietnam-rs.php Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:24:00 PST The infamous Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, 44 years ago, marked the turning point in a long U.S. military struggle to help the South Vietnamese win a decisive victory against the Communist North. Both sides had strong determination, and the Americans fought for years with the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) with many victories to their credit. http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/tet-44-years.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/tet-44-years.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:57:00 PST A booby trap is a device set up to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim. As the word trap implies, they often have some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. However, in other cases the device is triggered when the victim performs some type of everyday action e.g. opening a door, picking something up or switching something on. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/vietnam-booby-traps-gc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/vietnam-booby-traps-gc.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:00 PST The article 'Blackwater's Black Ops' - by Jeremy Scahill, carried by The Nation, was republished by a number of groups that took the additional step of concluding that Blackwater was purchased by Monsanto, the driving force behind both Agent Orange, and Genetically Modified Food (GMO). As it turns out, Monsanto did not purchase Blackwater (XE), however there is no question that the groups have done their share of dancing. http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/monsanto-xe-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january172012/monsanto-xe-jc.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:08:00 PST Sorry not to have received a reply to my letter to you of 10th December, so I assume you did not visit the children at the Hoa Binh Village at Tu Du Hospital. I find this worrying that you a Vietnamese, as are some of your staff, could not find time to see children affected by Agent Orange a product made by the company you work for... http://salem-news.com/articles/january132012/monsanto-tet.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january132012/monsanto-tet.php Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:23:00 PST Beginning in the late 1960s, following a period of heavy use of Agent Orange by the United States military, Vietnamese hospitals saw a huge increase in the number of seriously deformed babies being born to parents exposed to the now-infamous herbicide. And to this day, obstetricians in Vietnam continue to deliver so-called Agent Orange children, who suffer from all manner of horrific birth defects, physical handicaps and mental deficiencies. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/ny-times-lanka-tourism.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/ny-times-lanka-tourism.php Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:22:00 PST National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan yesterday thanked Bob Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, for his valuable support for Viet Nam, particularly in connection with the spraying of Agent Orange during the American War. Ngan said that since Viet Nam and the US normalized relations 16 years ago, there had been great achievements in politics, security and defense, economics, trade, education and training, science and technology, and humanitarian co-operation. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/agent-orange-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/agent-orange-cp.php Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:24:00 PST In an effort to help tip the scales for the United States during the Vietnam War, Agent Orange was developed by biotechnological companies in order to help clear dense fields, giving soldiers a clearer vision of their targets. Along with the loss of vegetation, the was an additional hope that Vietnamese farmers would relocate to U.S. occupied cities, and no longer be able to grow and provide for the Vietnamese troops. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/ao-legacy-kh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/ao-legacy-kh.php Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:20:00 PST The same forces that dragged us into a war with Iraq resulting in over one million deaths are now hard at work desperately trying to immerse the US in yet another catastrophic war. This time the target is Iran, and tragically they are having great success, for we are getting ever closer to the impending war. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/warmongers-near-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/warmongers-near-jc.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:22:00 PST Considered by world nations to be a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (WMD), a key chemical in Agent Orange, 2, 4-D, may be dropped on US farmland in a few months time. According to an article published on Tuesday, the US govt. may soon approve the petition of the Dow AgroSciences Chemical Company to unleash Agent Orange on agricultural land across the United States. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/agent-orange-farms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/agent-orange-farms.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:51:00 PST EcoKnights recently caught up with the 2010 KLEFF winner for the Best International Film, Vietnamese-born American John Trinh; he shares his first experience at the his winning film “Agent Orange: 30 Years Later” and his future plans in the world of film making. Trinh made a visit to Malaysia for the first time in 2010 when he was invited by the Eco Film Festival Secretariat. http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/john-trinh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/john-trinh.php Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:09:00 PST While in Ho Chi Minh City on 12th December I decided to deliver by hand a letter to the office of Monsanto. On arrival was told that the director was away on business out of the country, this was the same excuse given a few years earlier. However I explained to the young Vietnamese lady my disappointment and asked that I would like to have a reply. http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/agent-orange-vn-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/agent-orange-vn-cp.php Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:41:00 PST A new rehabilitation center was inaugurated on Monday and put into operation to provide shelter, healthcare, and treatment for victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. Located on an area of 900 square meters in Nghia Thang Commune of Tu Nghia District, the well-equipped facility is able to offer treatment and training for the victims, who stay as day boarders. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/quang-ngai.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/quang-ngai.php Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:49:00 PST I returned to London on 16th December and while in Ho Chi Minh City along with others that included an Member of Parliament, representatives of the Foreign Office and the BBC World Service, we visited Children at the Tu Du Hospital affected by Agent Orange. Dow Chemical was one of the companies that manufactured Agent Orange and has been given the contract for the Olympic Stadium that we are campaigning on to get cancelled. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/dow-olympics-la.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/dow-olympics-la.php Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:44:00 PST A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Phu Cat airbase yesterday morning for a 5,400 cubic metre landfill site which will be used to isolate dioxin. Phu Cat airbase was used to launch herbicide spraying missions during the American War, making it one of three contaminated hotspots along with the airports at Bien Hoa and Da Nang. http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/base-cleaning-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/base-cleaning-cp.php Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:41:00 PST In early 1991, something happened at the El Toro Marine air base that was so bad, so shameful, that it will not go away. It's the highly controversial death of Marine Colonel James Sabow. A fighter pilot, a hero of the Vietnam War, a man considered by those who knew him, to be 'general material'. http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/jim-sabow-video-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/jim-sabow-video-tk.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:45:00 PST In a groundbreaking study published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry last month, researchers found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide “Roundup,” is flowing freely into the groundwater in areas where it is being applied. The researchers found that 41% of the 140 groundwater samples taken from Catalonia Spain, had levels beyond the limit of quantification – indicating that, despite manufacturer’s claims, it does not break down rapidly in the environment, and is accumulating there in concerning quantities. http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/agent-orange-sj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december162011/agent-orange-sj.php Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:49:00 PST Making their way through Vietnam’s dense jungles, U.S soldiers heard a cacophony of squawking birds, chattering monkeys, and insects buzzing like high voltage wires. http://salem-news.com/articles/december122011/agent-orange-fw-bw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december122011/agent-orange-fw-bw.php Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:05:00 PST West Coast Leaf- winter edition, just published the results of a two-year clinical trial about cannabis for PTSD comparing about 40 victims receiving cannabis with about 40 who did not. This work was done at Bat-Yam in Israel and reported at the Cannabinoid Conference 2011 in Bonn, Germany. The Israeli Army has been using cannabis successfully for its soldiers for since it was officially announced by the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) but this seems to be the first clinically controlled study. http://salem-news.com/articles/december122011/ptsd-israel-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december122011/ptsd-israel-pl.php Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:10:00 PST A new step forward is achieved for the Blue Water Navy of the Vietnam War. Vietnam Navy veterans who are infected with presumptive exposure of Agent Orange Dioxin soon may realize benefits from Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation for agent orange disability. Those Navy veterans, known as Blue Water sailors, who never had boots-on-ground, hopefully will see day light at the end of the tunnel. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/blue-water-jb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/blue-water-jb.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:58:00 PST This sermon is based upon two sources; Time Magazine has a major article on Dec. 5 2011 with the title 'Anxiety or more explicitly, the two faces of Anxiety'. I didn't know that there were two faces and further, I didn't know that there was a comparison like 'anxiety, anxianter and axientiest, which is the same as the comparison between good, better and best', which seems to be the basis of this article. http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/pearl-harbor-ptsd-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/pearl-harbor-ptsd-pl.php Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:06:00 PST Some Vietnam veterans who have had or now has diseases brought on by Presumptive Exposure to Agent Orange Dioxin are not alone. Many children of Vietnam Veterans conceived during and after the War are also infected by Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the second generation. Will there be a third generation? Some members of the Armed Forces are recognized by the Veterans Administration (VA). http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/agent-orange-jb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072011/agent-orange-jb.php Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:10:00 PST As you prepare to study the various resolutions for the coming annual general meeting of your company, being held in St Louis 24th January 2012, I ask you to take into consideration the history of your company and the policies you have supported at various annual general meetings. It is a record that very few can be proud of. http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/monsanto-letter.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/monsanto-letter.php Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:34:00 PST Through a coincidence of timing and chance I recently met a retired USAF officer who has never forgotten the aviators’ duty to take care of one’s aircrew. http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/c123-locator-et.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/c123-locator-et.php Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:51:00 PST Jamal Khan is an Afghan journalist who fled his country because of Taliban persecution and now lives in Germany. We met in the apartment of a mutual friend from the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft, the German Peace Society. http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/comparing-evil-wh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/comparing-evil-wh.php Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:48:00 PST