Army Investigating Overpayments to U.S. Contractor Oct 11, 2008
performs vehicle maintenance, computer repairs and security work at Camp Doha, Camp Arifjan and other Army sites in Kuwait ... In July 1999, Combat Support Associates was selected for a Camp Doha support contract, a 10-year deal potentially worth $547 million. (Fox News)
Rose-Tinted Lens Oct 3, 2008
These explanations are all true, but our disaster can also be attributed to the things I saw that February day at Camp Doha. There are two lessons I want my country to learn from this misadventure. (The American Conservative)
Knowns And Unknowns May 25, 2008
His main character, a young soldier named Robin Perry, goes from the rather cushy Camp Doha in Kuwait as the world waits for the U.S. invasion in 2002, to the messy and increasingly dangerous Baghdad streets, to even more chaotic missions in Fallujah and elsewhere. Perry, or Birdy to his comrades, provides the ideal vessel for seeing through the haze of combat: He's a member of the Civil Affairs unit, commissioned to win hearts and minds through interacting with Iraqi civilians after the initial... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
U.S. Firm: Send The Check To The Caymans May 8, 2008
Combat Support Associates was created in 1998 to compete for a contract at Camp Doha in Kuwait ... In July 1999, Combat Support Associates was selected for a Camp Doha support contract, a 10-year deal potentially worth $547 million. (CBS News -- US)
Contaminated sand set to move Idaho dump site May 2, 2008
The sand coming to Idaho from Camp Doha, a U.S. Army Base in Kuwait, was contaminated with uranium after military vehicles and munitions caught fire during the first Iraq war in 1991. Depleted uranium, twice as dense as lead, has been used as a component in armor plating to protect tanks and for armor-piercing projectiles. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Contaminated sand from Gulf War to pass through Longview Apr 16, 2008
The sand in Kuwait became contaminated following a fire at Camp Doha in Kuwait in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm ... American Ecology already disposed of contaminated metal from the Camp Doha site in 2005, Hyslop said. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Next Stop: Tehran Feb 15, 2007
As Kuwait s government, host to the sprawling U.S. base Camp Doha and a prime target for Iranian retaliation, has been in the loop for planning vis-;-vis Iran, the suggested date has a high level of credibility. As for casus belli, an attack might be preceded by a Gulf of Tonkin type incident in which Iran fires on or otherwise interferes with a U.S. warship. (The American Conservative)
