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APRIL 7, 2009

Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others.

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JULY 3, 2018

government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Frustrated with the U.S.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region. Birds of Cyprus” (BOC – left) vs. “Collins Bird Guide” (CBG – right). Colin Richardson is an ornithologist with a particular interest in bird migration in the Middle East. winter, 1st-w and the wing pattern.

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