Farewell Camp Victory – Baghdad’s Boomtown, Death Star and OK Corral rolled into one.
By Dominic Di-Natale, World Affairs Contributor There was no better way to arrive at Camp Victory than by the Rhino, an armored bus lined with Kevlar so thick the vehicle’s suspension coils would pop quicker than prom queen’s garter. The Rhino would run from the Green Zone (before it was renamed the IZ) through Baghdad’s affluent neighborhoods and down the airport road that during the height of the violence was ... read more
























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Jonathan Serrie
June 2, 2011 11:32 AM
AIDS at 30: Progress and New Concerns
It was 30 years ago today that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on a then-new and deadly syndrome that would later be known as AIDS. Since then, effective treatments have helped improve and prolong the lives of those infected. "But as these improvements have taken place, our nation's ... read more