11,000 Gulf War 1 vets are now dead, 56% on permanent medical disability

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Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in GW1 (the first Gulf War), 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 permanent medical problems!

 

 

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Heads roll at Veterans Administration

Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal blamed

by Bob Nichols

 

Project Censored Award Winner

 

Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter charged Monday that the reason Veterans

Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi stepped down earlier this month was the

growing scandal surrounding the use of uranium munitions in the Iraq War.

 

Writing in Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter No. 169, Arthur N. Bernklau,

executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York, stated,

“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’ has fed

a growing scandal about the continued use of uranium munitions by the US

Military.â€

 

Bernklau continued,

This malady (from uranium munitions), 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.

 

He added, “Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in GW1 (the first Gulf

War), 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

permanent medical problems!†The disability rate for the wars of the last

century was 5 percent; it was higher, 10 percent, in Viet Nam. “The VA

Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact as far back as 2000,†wrote

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

but now, thanks to Moret’s report, (it) ... is far too big to hide or to cover

up!â€

 

“Terry Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, at the VA Central

Office, recently reported that ‘Gulf Era Veterans’ now on medical

disability, since 1991, number 518,739 Veterans,†said Berklau.

 

“The long-term effects have revealed that DU (uranium oxide) is a virtual

death sentence,†stated Berklau. “Marion Fulk, a nuclear physical chemist,

who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, and was also

involved with the Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies

in the soldiers (from the 2003 Iraq War) as ‘spectacular … and a matter of

concern!’â€

When asked if the main purpose of using DU was for “destroying things and

killing people,†Fulk was more specific: “I would say it is the perfect

weapon for killing lots of people!â€

 

Principi could not be reached for comment prior to deadline.

 

References

1. Depleted uranium: “Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets: A death

sentence here and abroad†by Leuren Moret,

http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml.

2. Veterans for Constitutional Law, 112 Jefferson Ave., Port Jefferson NY

11777, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director, (516) 474-4261, fax

516-474-1968.

3. Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter. Email Gary Kohls,

gkohls, with “Subscribe†in the subject line.

Email Bob Nichols at bobnichols.