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It Was, It Was Not challenges Gulf War images

Essays, poetry and artwork critically re-examine the "official" version of the Gulf War in a book edited by ESL Instructor Mordecai Briemberg.

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eople who live in cities often believe that clearcut logging and pulp mill Peiuent are two of the province’s major environmental concerns, but urban areas like the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria are responsible for many of B.C.’s environmental problems.

&S "A lot of our environmental problems come from cities. It’s interesting to compare the two areas," says Douglas College Biology Instructor Val Schaefer. "They have very different problems. In Vancouver, it’s air quality, water quality, green space. In Victoria, it’s liquid and solid waste management."

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elpless is how many Canadians felt when the U.S.-led offensive began in the Gulf War last year.

Imagine how Iraqi civilians must have felt, and are still feeling a year later. As Douglas College ESL Instruc- tor Mordecai Briemberg points out, the horrific images have faded for us, but for many people in the Middle East, the effects of the war are anything but over.

"Once we disconnect from the TV, the war is over for us, but generations of people were directly affected," says Briemberg. "Five million people were made refugees."

Briemberg has edited a book called It Was, lt Was Not- Essays and Art on the War Against Iraq. Royalties from the book, published by New Star Books in Vancouver, will go to humanitarian aid for Iraqi civilians in the form of medicine.

"It’s intended for people who are | troubled by what they saw, and who are interested in seeing that there are peaceful solutions to conflict in the Middle East."

Briemberg is on the Board of Direc- tors of the Near East Cultural &

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