After years of denial, in 1997 the Pentagon and CIA admitted that based on computer models, at least 100,000 troops were exposed to some fallout from these detonations. * Wholesale destruction of Iraqi weapons caches, many of which contained chemical nerve agents, by advancing U.S. * Smoke and pollution from over 700 oil field fires set by retreating Iraqis in Kuwait, which burned for as long as eight months after the United States launched its air war. What some have called “Gulf War Syndrome” most likely was brought on by exposing Gulf service personnel to a synergistic mix of multiple toxins, including: More importantly for veterans, these scientists haven’t been able to offer meaningful treatment protocols or credible explanations for what ails them. Medical evaluations by both Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and military medical personnel have typically resulted in the conclusion “undiagnosed illness.” Government scientists can’t decide whether the health problems suffered by Gulf War vets constitute a previously unidentified medical condition, or a combination of illnesses. air war began over Kuwait and Iraq on January 17, 1991, tens of thousands of sick Gulf War vets await treatment and/or compensation for chronic health problems brought on by their military service.īy the end of 2000, 186,000 Gulf vets and active duty GIs have sought government evaluation and treatment for a variety of symptoms they’ve exhibited since returning home from Gulf duty: neurological problems, chronic skin rashes, respiratory problems, chronic flu-like symptoms including severe body aches, immune system disorders, severe fatigue, joint pain, gynecological infections, bleeding gums and mouth lesions and unexplained rapid weight loss. THE DEMON IS back: Ten years after the U.S. “The Last Superpower: Exorcising the demon of Vietnam in the burning oil fields of Kuwait.” –Photo caption, Time magazine, Gulf War special, February 1991 Delia Aguilar interviews Vicvic Justiniani India's Communalist Violence Against Women.The Struggle to Stop Female Genital Mutilation. Mark Brenner interviews Amsatou Sow Sidibe
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