Salon has removed this article from its site and regrets the errors. In his last column, David Horowitz wrote that 10 percent of the female sailors on a ship named the Aurora became pregnant en route to the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm. The ship was actually the Acadia, and 36 women were sent home because of pregnancy at some time during its seven-month stint in the Gulf, not en route to the conflict. The Navy has long disputed the 10 percent figure, explaining that 14 of the women were pregnant when they were assigned to the repair ship, and that 450 women, not 360 as widely reported, served on the Acadia during its seven months in the Gulf. The 22 pregnancies that actually began while the ship was on duty came to 5 percent, according to the Washington Times.
Salon regrets the errors.
Fox has since informed us that his statements were originally made in a book review that appeared in the Independent. The article has been updated to reflect this information. Salon regrets the error. This is incorrect. Some companies have privately made deals to offer heavy discounts on their drugs, but they have not agreed to allow production of generic versions of the drugs.