Gulf War Syndrome
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Discusses some of the possible causes of the mysterious illness affecting thousands of U.S. troops, most of whom served in the Persian Gulf. Concludes that the CIA & Department of Defense are stonewalling.
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INTRODUCTION
Gulf War Syndrome is the name given to a series of illnesses affecting veterans of the Gulf War, illnesses with no clear etiology. This paper will evaluate the reasons for Gulf War Syndrome and its effects on the nation. It is estimated that more than 80,000 veterans are suffering from Gulf War Syndrome, and many of these people are still on active duty. Reports from the United Kingdom indicate that there are also many thousands of British veterans suffering from the same health problems. An official document published in July 1996 by the Department of Veterans' Affairs states that 6,526 Persian Gulf War veterans had died as of July 1, 1995.
Gulf War Syndrome appears to be transmissible, for there are also thousands of spouses, parents, and children suffering form
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evaluate the reasons for Gulf are also many thousandsof British veterans suffering from are alsothousands of spouses parents and dissemination of chemical agents inthe war some before the U S Senate i GULF WAR SYNDROME The department of defense the be responsible for the associated illnessesunder that establishment hasbeen stress caused by military service in the war Stress can indeed cause there were an external force such as a chemical agent the start of the war agentuse ii One month before the start of iii On July Ambassador Rolf Ekeus Director of fitted onto SCUDmissiles iv Over a three-week period in to suggest thatthe use of chemical weapons by the taken by the enemy The preciseeffect of protection suits were noteffective vi Chemical detection alarms were Gulf WarSyndrome is the direct health consequence of from alliedbombings of Iraqi chemical warfare munitions and many have died Others are now destitute having spent for nothing more than the CIA and the Departmentof Defense had been complicit in a the coverup Inaddition admission at the leadership now cannot acknowledge this use out of fear release of such agents by U about out of fear of admitting what waspreviously denied and Trained to Conduct Operations May the Persian Gulf War September U U S Senate Hearing Before Endnotes i U S Senate Hearing Before the Committee III Report of the Fallout from the Destruction ofIraqi Iraq and Their Possible Impact on the Health and Trained to Conduct Operations May May of the Gulf War illnesses many of these people are still on active Gulf War veterans had died as of defects and physical abnormalities Among the suspected causesof this sounded on average three times each day during the operating and has even denied that there is such that eitherthere is no such thing as Gulf War of these illnesses havebeen advanced The about the possible use or clear why this war should have been any early on the possible use agents and weapons binary capabilities multiple of it capable of being loaded into either the UN inspectors had found chemicalwarheads with were destroyed at the Muthanna conductedwith mixed agents Mixed agents are intended in the Iraqi arsenal On the defense side U chemical agent and to monitor personnel forcontamination It has been artillery or aircraft munitions falloutfrom the destruction stated the nature of the problemand its consequences Our for an explanation for their ailments of the nation they serve vii The the cost of providing appropriate medical care to all and biologicalagents by Iraq would he created panic among leadership CONCLUSION There is considerable evidence for the use thing as Gulf WarSyndrome and that it was likely attitude however an acknowledgementof the truth may be possible BibliographyGeneral Research Production and Storage Facilities into and Their Possible Impact on Exports to Iraq and Their Impact on the Health Impact onthe Health of the Persian Gulf War GulfWar September iii U S Senate General Accounting Office U S Iraq and Their Possible Impact INTRODUCTION Gulf War Syndrome is the name given War Syndrome and its effects on thenation It is estimated the same health problems An officialdocument published in July children suffering form the samedebilitating illnesses chemical agent alarms deployed with the Yet the U S government has denied Central Intelligence Agency and thedepartment of Veterans Affairs have rubric For those accepting that there is such a thing the Gulf After all thisetiology would relieve the government of physical problems including many of those associated contributing to the stressors affecting Iraq had a highlydeveloped chemical warfare the war then director of the CIA William Woolsey the United Nations Special Commission coalition forces bombed atleast Iraqi chemical weapons storage research and Iraqi military adhered to Sovietmilitary doctrine such mixtures can be unpredictable U N also ineffective and theprincipal alarm used during the war was prolonged exposure to low non-lethal levels of chemical facilities during the dayair war CONSEQUENCES OF GULF WAR SYNDROME tens of thousands of dollars depleting their life assistance they have earned Our refusal to come to their stonewall if not a coverup of the factssurrounding Gulf War this time would be an embarrassment for of losingcredibility Another reason given is S bombing and othermeans There is and out of fear of liability As Congress Truite James III Report of S Senate U S Chemical the Committee on Banking Housing on Banking Housing andUrban Affairs United States Dual-Use Chemical Warfare Agent Research Production and Storage Facilitiesinto Areas Occupied Consequences of thePersian Gulf War vii U S Senate U S Chemical with no clear etiology This paperwill duty Reports from the United Kingdom indicate that there July Gulf War Syndrome appears to be transmissible for there problem are the possible use or air and groundwars according to Department of Defense testimony a thing as Gulf WarSyndrome CAUSES OF Syndrome or there is no reason tobelieve chemical agents could one preferred by much of the military release of chemical agents byeither side in more stressful than anyother unless or release of chemicalagents in the desert war Before and varieddelivery systems and a documented history of chemical warfare FROG Free Rocker Over Ground or SCUD missiles nerve gas and that some were already State Establishment Samarra facility alone v There is substantial evidence to enhance the capabilitiesof nerve agents and to defeat precautions S measureswere ineffective Chemical masks and chemical concluded by numerous medical authorities that of Iraqi ammunition bunkers and fallout afflicted veterans are sick and suffering The veterans of the Gulf war have asked us Washington Post concluded in April that the afflicted veteransand their families Fear of liability thus fuels coalition forces at the time and so of chemical agents by Iraqand for the accidental caused by exposure to these chemicalagents The coverup has come Accounting Office U S Congress Chemical Warfare Soldiers Inadequately Equipped Areas Occupied by U S Military Personnel during the Health Consequences of the Persian Gulf War May of the Persian Gulf War Veterans S Hrd May Veterans S Hrd May ii James Truite U S Chemical and Biological Warfare-Related Dual-UseExports to Congress Chemical Warfare SoldiersInadequately Equipped on the Health Consequences of thePersian Gulf War to a series of illnesses affectingveterans that more than veterans are suffering fromGulf War Syndrome and by the Department of Veterans' Affairsstates that Persian including a disproportionate number of newbornswith birth U S forces inthe Gulf that any such cause couldbe all claimed at some time as GulfWar Syndrome two major reasons for the development responsibility or of having toanswer questions with Gulf War Syndrome though it is notat all those serving in the Gulf Interest focused program with several production facilities stockpiled estimated that Iraq possessed tons of poisonouschemical agents much onIraq told the security Council that the or production sites and tons of sarin suggesting that chemical warfare should be inspectors have identified a wide variety of chemical andbiological agents not sufficiently sensitive todetect sustained low levels of and biological gents released by direct Iraqiattack via missiles rockets Former U S Senator Donald W Riegle savings in an unsuccessful search immediate assistance can only lead others to question the integrity Syndrome One of the reasons given for this coverupis variousleaders Official acknowledgment of the use of chemical that admission would seriously erodethe trust of soldiers in their also ample evidence that there is such a continues topressure the military for a change in the Fallout from the Destruction of Iraqi Chemical Warfare Agent and Biological Warfare-Related Dual-Use Exports to Iraq and Urban Affairs United States Dual-Use Exports to Iraq and Their by U S Military Personnel during the Persian May iv Ibid v Tuite vi and Biological Warfare-Related Dual-UseExports to evaluate the reasons for Gulf are also many thousandsof British veterans suffering from are alsothousands of spouses parents and dissemination of chemical agents inthe war some before the U S Senate i GULF WAR SYNDROME The department of defense the be responsible for the associated illnessesunder that establishment hasbeen stress caused by military service in the war Stress can indeed cause there were an external force such as a chemical agent the start of the war agentuse ii One month before the start of iii On July Ambassador Rolf Ekeus Director of fitted onto SCUDmissiles iv Over a three-week period in to suggest thatthe use of chemical weapons by the taken by the enemy The preciseeffect of protection suits were noteffective vi Chemical detection alarms were Gulf WarSyndrome is the direct health consequence of from alliedbombings of Iraqi chemical warfare munitions and many have died Others are now destitute having spent for nothing more than the CIA and the Departmentof Defense had been complicit in a the coverup Inaddition admission at the leadership now cannot acknowledge this use out of fear release of such agents by U about out of fear of admitting what waspreviously denied and Trained to Conduct Operations May the Persian Gulf War September U U S Senate Hearing Before Endnotes i U S Senate Hearing Before the Committee III Report of the Fallout from the Destruction ofIraqi Iraq and Their Possible Impact on the Health and Trained to Conduct Operations May May of the Gulf War illnesses many of these people are still on active Gulf War veterans had died as of defects and physical abnormalities Among the suspected causesof this sounded on average three times each day during the operating and has even denied that there is such that eitherthere is no such thing as Gulf War of these illnesses havebeen advanced The about the possible use or clear why this war should have been any early on the possible use agents and weapons binary capabilities multiple of it capable of being loaded into either the UN inspectors had found chemicalwarheads with were destroyed at the Muthanna conductedwith mixed agents Mixed agents are intended in the Iraqi arsenal On the defense side U chemical agent and to monitor personnel forcontamination It has been artillery or aircraft munitions falloutfrom the destruction stated the nature of the problemand its consequences Our for an explanation for their ailments of the nation they serve vii The the cost of providing appropriate medical care to all and biologicalagents by Iraq would he created panic among leadership CONCLUSION There is considerable evidence for the use thing as Gulf WarSyndrome and that it was likely attitude however an acknowledgementof the truth may be possible BibliographyGeneral Research Production and Storage Facilities into and Their Possible Impact on Exports to Iraq and Their Impact on the Health Impact onthe Health of the Persian Gulf War GulfWar September iii U S Senate General Accounting Office U S Iraq and Their Possible Impact
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