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| | Drug Control: U.S. Heroin Control Efforts in Southwest Asia and the Former Soviet Union |
 | | We identified U.S. drug control efforts and obstacles to their implementation in Southwest Asia, Russia, and Central Asia by reviewing planning and program documents, including cables, correspondence, and official reports from the Department of State, DEA, and ONDCP and supplemented this information in discussions with agency officials. | | | To obtain information on the Southwest Asian heroin threat to the United States, we reviewed DEA and Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) reports on the prevalence of heroin from this region in the U.S. market and discussed this data with appropriate agency officials. | | | India's inability to control diversion of its licit opium crop continues to be a drug control concern, according to the Department of State and the Drug Enforcement Administration. |
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http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/GOVPUBS/gao/gao42.htm
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| | Asia Times |
| | PARIS - An Islamic scholar born in Egypt tells Asia Times Online that as soon as US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a living portrait of moderation, pronounced the deadly magic words "material breach", the Arab world had to swallow its bitter impotence and admit that war against Iraq was practically inevitable. | | | This may not be an Axis of Good, as compared to the current Axis of Evil, but it could certainly be an Axis of the World. | | | It is widely recognized that the US, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, would never say a single word about the state of Israel's illegal colonization and slow-burning ethnic cleansing policies in Palestine - practices widely condemned by UN member states. |
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL25Ak03.html
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| | `The Keys To Peace' for Southwest Asia, by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (Apr. 30, 2004) |
| | Southwest Asia is dominated by Arabs (although it's not entirely Arab); this area has to have its own policy. | | | Kerry, who's a guy I don't dislike, he's got certain qualifications, but he's frankly been a disaster on the issue of Southwest Asia, the Iraq crisis, and on the economy. | | | Because nobody else has the credibility to do what has to be done—that is, no candidate, no other spokesman for the United States—has the credibility to make that proffer, and no one can be trusted to carry it through. |
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http://www.larouchepub.com/lar/2004/webcasts/3119apr_30_full.html
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| | The HIV AIDS Epidemic in Asia and the Pacific: Issues for Policy Makers and Programmers – 1, | | | The HIV AIDS Epidemic in Asia And The Pacific: Issues for Policy Makers and Programmers – 2 | | | UNDP South East Asia Project on HIV and |
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http://aidsouthasia.undp.org.in/public_defnew.htm
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| | An MBendi Profile: Asia - Asia Continental Profile |
| | Asia continues to be an area rife with religious conflicts, namely: Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in the Middle East, Fundamentalist vs. moderate Muslims in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan quarrelling over Kashmir, while in Southeast Asia the Moro people in the Philippines have an ongoing fight with the government. | | | Countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates are largely urbanised, while the Philippines and Malaysia also have large urban populations. | | | Asia, the largest of the earth& seven continents, accounts for almost a third of the earth& land and around 60% of the population. |
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http://www.mbendi.co.za/land/as/p0005.htm
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| | The Henry L. Stimson Center - South West Asia Homepage |
| | On February 2, 2006, the Southwest Asia Project organized its first "America and Iraq: Choices and Consequences" workshop. | | | The team will continue to work with Iraqi non-governmental organizations willing to contribute independent and rigorous policy expertise to the political, economic and social rebuilding of Iraq. | | | Our work examines security in all its dimensions, from strategic issues in the region and beyond, to managing security at the national level and also considers human security issues that have important implications for political stability. |
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http://www.stimson.org/swa?SN=SW20040330629
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| | Chapter Seven |
| | North Africa/SW Asia is often called the “Arab World” but significant population groups in this realm are not of Arab ancestry. | | | Currently oil and the state of Israel keep this region in the forefront of world affairs. | | | The North Africa/SW Asia realm is the source of several world religions, including Islam, Christianity and Judaism. |
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http://www.accd.edu/sac/earthsci/sgirhard/1303.090/chap7.htm
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| | Hokanson's World Geography Southwest Asia |
| | Today Israel is a democratic republic with the most modern economy in Southwest Asia. | | | Persian Gulf countries have strong economies based on oil. | | | The city of Jerusalem is a holy place for people of three religions: Jews, Christians, and Muslims. |
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http://www.svjhs.lcsd2.org/nhokanson/socialstudies/geography/16.html
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| | Southwest Asia |
| | The people of this region have uniformly benefited from the export of petroleum. | | | Southwest Asia is dominated by the Islamic religion with the exception of Israel, which is Jewish, and Lebanon, which is Christian. | | | Southwest Asia is known as the "Arab World" and "Islamic World." These are the realm's two biggest cultural links. |
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http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/Notes/Notes_Exam2/SWA.html
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| | The ANF reports that drugs are being smuggled in the cargo holds of dhows to Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates via the Arabian Sea. | | | The total amount of money seized from this investigation was approximately $350,000 in India and $400,000 in the United States. | | | Under the control of regional gangsters (frequently warlords who also control the illicit arms trade and trafficking in persons) opium is traded freely to the highest bidder and is subject to taxation by the gangster. |
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http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2006/vol1/html/62109.htm
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| | IRI Report: Drought in SW Asia |
| | The principal conclusions of this report are as follows: | | | The target audience for this report includes national, regional and international policymakers, humanitarian relief agencies, members of the research community as well as others with a general interest in Central and Southwest Asia and the causes and consequences of the persistent drought in the region. | | | The target audience for this report includes national, regional and international policy makers, humanitarian relief agencies, members of the research community as well as others with a general interest in Central and Southwest Asia and the causes and consequences of the persistent drought in the region. |
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http://iri.columbia.edu/outreach/publication/irireport/SWAsia
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| | SAMSUNG's Digital World |
| | Our goal is to be India's number-one hand phone seller by the end of 2004 and I am confident that we can achieve that," he said. | | | "The Southwest Asian region will play a key part of SAMSUNG's global business over the next several years and India has been identified as one of four global strategic markets," said Kwang-Soo Kim, CEO of SAMSUNG Southwest Asia. | | | Kwang-Soo Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer, SAMSUNG Southwest Asia. |
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http://www.samsung.com/ie/presscenter/pressrelease/pressrelease_20040209_0000032664.asp
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| | Crop Domestication in Southwest Asia |
| | You can preview 3 sections of this article, but in order to preview this Section you must first login. | | | In Southwest Asia, the transition from foraging to cultivation and systematic animal husbandry that resulted in the establishment of farming communities, domesticated plants, and animals is a process that began some 11,600 years ago and lasted for a few millennia. | | | Keyword(s): Southwest Asia ; Holocene ; Natufian ; Neolithic ; Domestication ; Villages ; Agriculture |
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http://www.dekker.com/sdek/268188908-6763426/abstract~db=enc~content=a713575971~words=
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| | Southwest Asia |
| | Jewish Virtual Library - Lots of links to Israel and other nations of SW Asia | | | Syria.com - Nations of Southwest Asia information can be found here. | | | Asia Studies Network Information Center - University of Texas site, extensive resources and links. |
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http://www.d230.org/stagg/LiskaLinks/southwest_asia.htm
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| | Left I on the News |
| | Reader Bob analyzes the press coverage, which universally echoes the military's claim that the plane went down in "southwest Asia", without even speculating what country between Afghanistan and the UAE might be the one in question (hint: it starts with "I-r-a" and doesn't end in "q"). | | | A U2 spy plane crashed (killing its pilot) after completing a mission in Afghanistan, on its way back to its base in Afghanistan. | | | In what is presumably an update of the story, the San Francisco Chronicle carries this note: |
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http://lefti.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_lefti_archive.html
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| | Southwest Asia |
| | This is a presentation of the research on the first complex societies. | | | Southwest Asia was the center for the development of one of the planet's first civilizations. | | | Towns became widespread on the plains of Mesopotmia and in the highlands of Iran and Anatolia by 7000 B.C. Some of these became the centers of ranked chiefdoms. |
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http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/OldWorld/Deh_Luran/I/Southwest_Asia.html
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| | MSN Encarta - Asia |
| | Its peoples account for three-fifths of the world’s population; in 2005 Asia had an estimated 3.91 billion inhabitants. | | | Most geographers regard Asia as bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the Bering Strait and the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the southwest by the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea. | | | The fifth realm consists of the area of Russia that lies east of the Ural Mountains (Russian Asia) and the states of Central Asia that were formerly part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761574726
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| | Southwest Asia (from Asia) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Travel guide to this Arab nation of Southwest Asia. | | | Most of the people in South and Southwest Asia are descended from Indo-European groups that colonized these areas, though some groups in South Asia also have roots in Africa. | | | Find out what the major industries are in the southwest region of the United States. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-196765
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| | Drug Policy Perspectives -- Central and Southwest Asia |
| | The governments' response to the regional narcotics problem in Southwest Asia has been a low priority for political and economic reasons. | | | Nation-states had never before in history existed in Central Asia, and their establishment was completely new. | | | The disintegration of the FSU led to a situation in which historical conflicts between ethnic groups and former Soviet republics began to manifest themselves in an open forum. |
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http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/publications/policy/voabk.html
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| | Asia Minor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Alexander the Great incorporated the region into his empire, and after his death it was divided into small states ruled by various Diadochi (rulers). | | | B.C. Greek colonies were established on the coast lands, and the Greeks thus came into contact with Lydia, Phrygia, and Troy. | | | Near the southern coast of Asia Minor are the Taurus Mts.; the rest of the peninsula is occupied by the Anatolian plateau, which is crossed by numerous mountains interspersed with lakes. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/as/AsiaMino.html
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| | Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia |
| | Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia [JTF-SWA] was composed of units from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia [France withdrew in the late 1990s]. | | | Iraq's bombing and strafing attacks against the Shi'a Muslims throughout the remainder of 1991, and well into 1992, clearly indicated that Saddam had no intention of complying with the resolution. | | | Its mission is to monitor and control airspace south of the 33rd parallel in Iraq, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (known as Operation JURAL in the United Kingdom, and Operation ALYSSE in France). |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/dod/jtf-swa.htm
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| | ABC News: U.S. Spy Plane Crashes in Southwest Asia |
| | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | | | The Central Command's statement used the term southwest Asia, which can be used as a substitute for describing the Middle East. | | | BAGHDAD, Iraq Jun 22, 2005 (AP)— A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane has crashed in southwest Asia, the U.S. military announced Wednesday, and one official said the location has not been released because "host nation sensitivities" are involved. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=870907&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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| | CBC News: U.S. spy plane crashes in southwest Asia |
| | The air force's U-2 crashed as the plane was returning to its base in the United Arab Emirates. | | | EDT Tuesday in "southwest Asia," saying the exact location would not be released due to "host nation sensitivities." | | | A U.S. spy plane involved in a mission over Afghanistan crashed in southwest Asia on Tuesday, killing the pilot, the U.S. military said. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/06/22/spy-plane050622.html
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| | Drought Assessment and Potential for Mitigation in Southwest Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan and India) |
| | This limits its application in areas of frequent climatic extremes, like southwest Asia, where large areas are dominated by monsoon climate, for example. | | | EDI as the measure of drought has been suggested recently and has not yet received much attention in the context of southwest Asia. | | | This may be a serious limitation for the use of SWSI over the entire region of Southwest Asia, which hosts a variety of climates - from the monsoon-dominated areas to arid zones with limited lengths of historical hydrometeorological time series. |
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http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/droughtassessment/index.asp?nc=4617&id=843&msid=138
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| | RAND Conference Proceedings Terrorism and Asymmetric Conflict in Southwest Asia |
| | Although the United States and Europe share similar interests in relation to Southwest Asia, they have adopted divergent tactics toward the region. | | | The 2002 workshop's agenda focused on terrorism and asymmetric conflict in Southwest Asia, from both a regional and global perspective. | | | Continued instability in Southwest Asia has required a series of costly U.S. military interventions and is likely to pose a security problem in the future, as the United States becomes increasingly dependent on the region's supply of cheap oil. |
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http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF181/index.html
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| | Southwest Asia Service Medal |
| | This manual established the two campaigns for Southwest Asia. | | | Three campaigns have been designated - - "DEFENSE OF SAUDI ARABIA" for the period 2 August 1990 through 16 January 1991, "LIBERATION AND DEFENSE OF KUWAIT" for the period 17 January 1991 through 11 April 1991, and "SOUTHWEST ASIA CEASE- FIRE" for the period 12 April 1991 through 30 November 1995. | | | In October 1990, the Deputy Director of Personnel and Administrative Services, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), requested that The Institute of Heraldry provide proposed designs of a service medal for Southwest Asia. |
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http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/sasm.shtml
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| | Southwest Asia Service Medal |
| | It is awarded to all members of the Armed Forces of the United States serving in Southwest Asia and contiguous waters or airspace thereover on or after 2 August 1990 to a date to be determined. | | | Members of the Armed Forces of the United States serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan (including the airspace and territorial waters) between 17 January 1991 and 11 April 1991, will also be eligible for this award. | | | The Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) was established by Executive order 12754, 12 March 1991. |
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http://www.americal.org/awards/swasm.htm
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| | DefenseLINK News: AAFES Calling-Card Best Value for Troops in Southwest Asia |
| | Just about any calling card will work for servicemembers calling the United States from Southwest Asia, Judd Anstey, public affairs specialist for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, told American Forces Press Service. | | | This compares to as much as 40 cents per minute charged by some phone-card companies after converting calling units to actual calling minutes, Anstey said. | | | The big question, he said, boils down to which card offers the lowest per- minute talking charges. |
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2004/n10142004_2004101401.html
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| | Deployment - Deployment Globe: Southwest Asia - HOOAH4HEALTH.com |
| | SWA is one of the hottest places on earth during the summer months. | | | Southwest Asia (SWA) is a harsh and unfamiliar environment to American soldiers. | | | Deploying soldiers, sailors, and airmen in Southwest Asia will confront a very harsh climate, exposure to diseases, military and psychological stresses. |
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http://www.hooah4health.com/deployment/swasia.htm
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| | Southwest Asia Service Medal |
| | The Southwest Asia Service Medal (at right in photo) was established 12 March 1991 by Executive Order 12754 from President George Bush. | | | The medal is awarded to any member of the armed forces for service in prescribed geographical parts of the Middle East during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. | | | A listing of eligible periods of service is found in the |
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http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/swasia.htm
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| | Africa and Southwest Asia Activity September 2001 |
| | This activity looks at the geographic patterns of landforms, vegetation and climate in Africa and adjacent areas of Southwest Asia. | | | Be sure to put you name on the completed Scantron form and hand it in to the lab instructor. | | | To gain insight into the characteristics of these vegetation/precipitation zones you will be viewing photographic images of the areas. |
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http://geography.fullerton.edu/webmaps/africaswasiajava_1/africaswasiadoc.html
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| | Desert Storm - Gulf War - Southwest Asia Defense |
| | Individuals serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria and Jordan (including the airspace and territorial waters) directly supporting combat operations between 17 January 1991 and 11 April 1991 are also eligible for this award. | | | Desert Storm - Gulf War - Southwest Asia Defense | | | If you would like to see an example order form that may be printed out, please click HERE. |
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http://www.combatgraphix.com/asia.htm
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| | Terrorism - Southwest Asia: Forces in the Area |
| | Internal unrest and violent protests in April 2002 against the U.S. Embassy have underscored the sensitivities of American presence in the country. | | | JTF-SWA is a multinational, multiservice air group that maintains the patrols of the southern no-fly zone up to the 33rd Parallel in Iraq. | | | He is located at his headquarters at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) outside of Riyadh, and heads the Joint Task Force South West Asia (JTF-SWA). |
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http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/swasia_forces.cfm
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| | Southwest Asia Service Medal |
| | Individuals serving between January 17, 1991, and November 30, 1995, in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan (including their air space and territorial waters) are also eligible; however, they must have directly supported combat operations (e.g., embassy guards are not eligible). | | | The Southwest Asia Service Medal was established by Executive Order 12754 signed by | | | The Fleet Marine Force combat operations insignia may be worn on the Southwest Asia Service Medal by Navy personnel who meet the appropriate requirements. |
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http://foxfall.com/csm-common-swasm.htm
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| | Current Events |
| | LOGCAP now supports Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Central and Southwest Asia as a major part of America's War on Terrorism. | | | CENTCOM operational Area of Responsibility (AOR) is Southwest Asia (SWA), which is depicted on the following world map extract at Illustration # 1. | | | Past LOGCAP AOR support for ARCENT was a prelude for LOGCAP current operations in SWA. |
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http://www.amc.army.mil/LOGCAP/SWA1.html
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| | Defense Distribution Center Kuwait, Southwest Asia |
| | DDKS is the Defense Distribution Center's only distribution facility in Southwest Asia and was established based on a request from the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). | | | The primary mission will provide forward stock positioning support and enhanced physical distribution services to the Armed Forces located in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility (AOR). | | | The Defense Distribution Depot Kuwait, Southwest Asia (DDKS) was established on August 30, 2004. |
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http://www.ddc.dla.mil/sites/ddks.asp
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| | Program on Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization - The Fletcher School |
| | The primary goal of this program is to imbue students with a multi-disciplinary approach in analyzing the political, economic, cultural and social conditions of Southwest Asia in order to prepare Fletcher graduates to successfully assume leadership positions in both the public and private sectors in this ever changing region of the world. | | | This eclectic mix certainly make discussions in and out of the classroom rewarding and extremely thought provoking, thus ultimately providing students with a "Global Perspective." | | | This professional approach to education coupled with additional activities outside of the classroom that include guest lectures, intellectual discussions, trips and diplomatic training programs continue to make the program one of the most informative, academically stimulating and popular at the Fletcher School. |
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http://fletcher.tufts.edu/swaic
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| | Deployment Information - Southwest Asia |
| | Operation Southern Watch includes forces from the United States, France, Great Britain and Saudi Arabia. | | | Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) performs the Operation Southern Watch mission of monitoring and controlling airspace south of the 33rd parallel in Iraq. | | | The air war began on began on January 16, 1991, and opened a phase of the conflict known as Operation Desert Storm. |
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http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/past_deploy/mid_east/past_mid_east.shtml
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| | Late Prehistory of Southwest Asia: Course Description 2001-2002 |
| | This year we focus on the Epipalaeolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic of Southwest Asia. | | | Zohary, D. 1989 Domestication of the Southwest Asian Neolithic Crop Assemblage of Cereals, Pulses, and Flax: The Evidence from Living Plants. | | | Byrd, B. From Early Humans to Farmers and Herders-Recent Progress on Key Transitions in Southwest Asia.î\ Journal of Archaeological Research 2: 221-251. |
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http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~banning/ANT4060/ANT4060.htm
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| | International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) - Working Groups- ASWA |
| | The Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas (ASWA[AA]) Working Group was formed during the 1990 ICAZ International Conference in Washington D.C. Its purpose is to promote communication between individuals working on faunal remains from sites in western Asia and adjacent areas (e.g., northeast Africa, eastern Europe, central Asia, and south Asia). | | | It carries out its mandate by sponsoring biennial international conferences. |
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http://www.nmnh.si.edu/icaz/workaswa.htm
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| | The primary goal of the course is to give the student a framework in which to understand our rapidly changing world. | | | The regions of the world that we will be studying include Subsaharan Africa, North Africa and Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Latin America. | | | In addition to lectures, we will be using Virtual Field Trips (accessed from my website) to enrich the class. |
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http://users.nsula.edu/sinclaird/syla1020.htm
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| | Pilot dies after U-2 Dragon Lady crashes in Southwest Asia |
| | The pilot completed flying a mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and was returning to base when the crash occurred. | | | 6/22/2005 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- The pilot of an Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady died when his plane crashed at a forward-deployed location here in the early hours of June 22. | | | Pilot dies after U-2 Dragon Lady crashes in Southwest Asia |
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