Depleted Uranium (DU): Main Cause of the Gulf War Syndrome

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Depleted Uranium (DU): Main Cause of the Gulf War Syndrome

Depleted Uranium (DU): Main Cause of the Gulf War Syndrome

 

 

 

" Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi has just tendered his

resignation earlier this month, under great pressure. James Nicholson,

former Ambassador to the Vatican, is slated to and has taken over the

reins of the very troubled Department of Veterans Affairs. "

 

 

 

The real reason for Mr. Principi's departure was really never given,

however a special report published by eminent scientist Leuren Moret'

naming DEPLETED URANIUM as the definitive cause of the " Gulf War

Syndrome " . This malady, that thousands of our military have suffered

and died from, has finally been identified as the cause of this

sickness, eliminating the guessing. The terrible truth is now being

revealed.

 

 

 

American troops (and also British, and other allied troops) in " Gulf

War I " ( " GW1 " ) served for about two months in Iraq and even though

only 467 American soldiers were wounded, and very few actually killed,

a Gulf War I Veteran study group shows that 67% of their post-war

babies were born with severe birth defects. Sadly, and significantly,

it may be too late for many now fighting some 14 years later, in Gulf

War II. The vast amount of DU buried in soil and sands of Iraq, has

literally turned the nation into a toxic wasteland.

 

 

 

The following quote is real: " Military men are just dumb stupid

animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy. " Who said it? Former

Secretary of State (under Nixon) HENRY KISSINGER, as quoted in " Kiss

The Boys Goodbye; How The United States Betrayed Its Own POW's In

Vietnam " (URL: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/06/266114.shtml)

 

Dated August 25, 2004. " Vietnam was a chemical war for oil,

permanently contaminating large regions and countries downriver, with

Agent Orange and environmentally, the most devastating war in history. "

 

 

 

Since 1991, the United States " staged " FOUR nuclear wars, utilizing DU

weaponry (which like AO meets the US government's definition of

" Weapons of Mass Destruction " ). Vast regions of the Middle East and in

Central Asia has been permanently contaminated with radiation. It is

known that (at least) 375 TONS of DU has been used in the 1991 Gulf

War I. Far more has been used and is still being used in today's Gulf

War II.

 

 

 

Out of the 580,400 soldiers (all branches) who served in GW1, of them,

11,000 are now dead! By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on PERMANENT

medical disability. This astounding number of " Disabled Vets " means

that a decade later, 56% of those soldiers who served, have some form

of on-going (permanent) medical problems!

 

 

 

THE VA Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact as far back as

2000. He, and the Bush administration have been hiding these facts,

but now, thanks to Dr. Moret's report, the proverbial " stuff " has hit

the fan! The report is far too big to hide or to cover up!

 

 

 

Terry Jamison (80F), public affairs specialist (Alt), Office of the

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 908, Department of

Veterans Affairs, at the VA Central Office, recently reported that

" Gulf Era Veterans " now on medical disability, since 1991, numbers

518,739. With only 7035 reported as " wounded " in Iraq in that same 14

year period, and eight-out-of twenty (8:20) men who served in the same

unit in 2003, FORTY PERCENT of these soldiers in that unit, has

developed malignancies in just a 16 month period.

 

 

 

Since these soldiers were exposed to VACCINES and to DU only, this is

strong evidence for researchers and scientists working on this issue,

that DU is the definitive cause of the Gulf War Sickness. Vaccines are

NOT known to cause cancer!

 

 

 

One of the first published researches on Gulf War Syndrome ( " GWS " ),

who himself also served in Iraq in 1991, Dr. Andras Korenyi-Both, is

in agreement with Barbara Goodno from the Department of Defense's

Deployment Health Support Directorate, that " in this war, soldiers

were not exposed to chemicals, pesticides, bio-agents, oil fires, or

other suspect causes this time to confuse the issue. "

 

 

 

The powerful new evidence is blowing holes in he cover-up perpetrated

by the Pentagon, and three presidential administrations (Bush I,

Clinton and Bush II), ever since DU was first used in 1991's Persian

Gulf War, and continuing some 14 years after the introduction of DU on

the battlefield. The long-term effects have revealed that DU is a

virtual " death sentence " .

 

 

 

Scientists have determined while studying the biological effects of

Uranium in the 1960's, that it targets the human DNA, the building

blocks of the human body!

 

 

 

Marion Fulk, a nuclear physical chemist, who retired from the

Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, and was also involved with the

Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the

soldiers (from the 2003 war) as " spectacular … and a matter of concern! "

 

 

 

This evidence show that of the three effects which DU has on the

biological systems: radiation, chemical, and particulate. Particulate

is the effect that nano-size particles (the most dominate) has on the

" master code " of the DNA, immediately after exposure.

 

 

 

This is the BAD news: this explains why DU causes a myriad of

diseases, many of which are nearly impossible to define. Simply put,

DU " trashes " the human body!

 

 

 

When asked if the main purpose of using it was for " destroying things

and killing people " , Fulk was more specific: " I would say it is the

perfect weapon for killing lots of people! "

 

 

 

Soldiers developing malignancies so quickly since 2003 can be expected

to develop multiple cancers from independent causes. This phenomenon

has been reported by doctors in hospitals treating civilians following

NATO bombing with DU, in Yugoslavia in their 1998-99 war., and in the

US led invasion of Iraq, using DU for the first time in 1991. Medical

experts report that this phenomenon of multiple malignancies from

unrelated causes, has been UNKNOWN until now; it is a new syndrome

associated solely with internal exposure to DU.

 

 

 

Not only were the soldiers exposed to DU on and off the battlefields

of Iraq, but they brought it home with them! The DU which has

concentrated in the semen of the soldiers has internally contaminated

their wives, their girl friends, and partners. Tragically, some women

in their 20's and 30's who were sexual partners with some of the

returning exposed soldiers, developed endometriosis, forcing many to

have hysterectomies far too young in their lives, due to medical

problems. Studies in reverse, showing returning female soldiers

transferring the effects to their home partners (of either gender)

were not available.

 

 

 

In a group of 251 soldiers in one study group in Mississippi, all of

whom had normally birthed babies prior to their participation in

either of the two Gulf Wars, 67% of their post-war offspring were born

with severe deformities, including but not limited to, birth defects;

many were born with limbs missing, missing or damaged organs, missing

eyes, or had blood related or immune system diseases. In some

veteran's families, the only " normal children " are those conceived and

born before their participation in either of the Iraqi Wars, and of

course, the Department of Veteran Affairs has stated that they do not

keep records of birth defects occurring in families of Veterans.

 

 

 

Before any new weapons system can be used, it MUST be tested. The

blueprint for DU Weapons is a 1943 declassified document from the

Manhattan Project!

 

 

 

Harvard President and physicist James B Conant, who developed poison

gas in World War One, was brought into the Manhattan Project by its

leader, the father of John Kerry, the former 2004 Democrat

presidential candidate. Kerry's father served at a very high level in

the Manhattan Project, and was a CIA agent.

 

 

 

Conant was chair of the S-1 Poison Gas Committee, which recommended

developing poison gas weapons from radioactive trash of the WW2 atomic

bomb project. At that time, it was known that radioactive materials

dispersed in bombs from the air, from land vehicles, or on the

battlefields produced very fine radioactive dust which would penetrate

all protective clothing, any gas mask, or filter, and of course,

directly into the skin. By contaminating the lungs and blood, it could

kill or cause illness very quickly.

 

 

 

Military research report summaries detail the testing if DU from 1974

to 1999, at military testing grounds, bombing and gunnery ranges, and

at civilian labs, under contract. Today, 42 states are contaminated

with DU from manufacture, testing and deployment.

 

 

 

Women living around these facilities have reported increases in

endometriosis, birth defects in (their) babies, leukemia in children,

and cancers and other diseases in adults.

 

 

 

Thousands of tons of DU weapons tested for decades by the Navy on four

bombing and gunnery ranges in and around Fallon, Nevada, is no doubt,

the cause of the fastest growing leukemia cluster in the United

States. The military denies that DU is the cause. The medical

profession has also been active in this cover-up, just as they were

involved in the hiding of the effects from the American public, of

low-level radiation from atmospheric testing and nuclear power plants.

 

 

 

A medical doctor in northern California reported being trained by the

Pentagon with other doctors, months before the 2003 war even started,

how to diagnose and treat soldiers returning from the war, for mental

problems only.

 

 

 

The simple bottom line is, the VA and Secretary Principi had full and

previous knowledge of what the real cause of the " Gulf Sickness " was

four years ago! Both he, and his boss, President George W. Bush kept

it a secret, while sending our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines

into " harm's way " , to fight a war for profit and oil!

 

 

 

We were all led to believe the false premise that Iraq had " weapons of

mass destruction " , and was " responsible " for the attack on the World

trade Center on September 11, 2001. Suffice it to say, can we ever

trust this administration again, to tell us the truth about anything?

Will we ever learn from our mistakes?

 

 

 

George Bush has given himself another mandate to continue his

nightmarish attacks, having been elected for a second term, because of

our fear! It seems America fears Ellen DeGeneres, gays and abortions

more than they fear the slaughter of the their own children and

grandchildren in a senseless war.

 

 

 

Dr Doug Rokke, PhD (Major, US Army) wrote the US Army training manual

on DU that was later banned and hidden, by the military because they

didn't want the troops to know just how dangerous it was! DU has been

called the " Trojan Horse " of the Iraqi Wars, a weapon that keeps on

killing!

 

 

 

On detonation, DU armaments release a spray of radioactive dust which

can be carried in the air over long distances, and which when inhaled,

goes directly into the body and stays there forever! The dust remains

radioactive for 4.5 billion years! That's billion, with a capital " B " !

 

 

 

When the 1991 war started, Dr. Rokke, a Vietnam Veteran, was recalled

from academia and sent to the Gulf as part of the Army's Depleted

Uranium Assessment Team.

 

 

 

" The Army made me their expert! " Rokke said, " I went into the project

with the total intent to ensure they could use DU in war, because I am

a warrior. What I saw as director of the project led me to one

conclusion: uranium munitions must be banned from the planet, for

eternity, and medical care must be provided for everyone, those on the

firing end and those on the receiving end! "

 

 

 

Many in Rokke's Gulf Team are now dead. Dr Rokke himself suffers from

serious health problems including brain legions, lung and kidney

damage. When government doctors finally agreed to test him in November

of 1994, three and half years after he fell ill (while serving as the

director of the Pentagon's DU project), he was found to have FIVE

THOUSAND TIMES the permissible levels of radiation in his body, enough

to light up a small village!

 

End.

 

 

 

Written by Arthur N. Bernklau

 

Executive Director

 

Veterans For Constitutional Law, Ltd

 

112 Jefferson Avenue

 

Port Jeff. L.I. NY 11777