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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | French Soldiers Free Of Gulf War Illnesses
French soldiers free of gulf war illnesses Paul Brown, environment correspondentTuesday February 12, 2002 The Guardian French forces who served in the Gulf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,648709,00.html

Extractions: Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK Business Online ... Quiz French forces who served in the Gulf war were not given the vaccines and anti-biological warfare measures administered to UK and US veterans and are free from the illnesses that beset their allies, the US Congress has been told. Evidence to the subcommittee on national security shows the effort made to protect service personnel from biological and chemical weapons is most likely to have damaged their health.
Guardian | French Soldiers Free Of Gulf War Illnesses
French soldiers free of gulf war illnesses Paul Brown, environment correspondentTuesday February 12, 2002 The Guardian. French forces
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4354174,00.html

Extractions: The Guardian French forces who served in the Gulf war were not given the vaccines and anti-biological warfare measures administered to UK and US veterans and are free from the illnesses that beset their allies, the US Congress has been told. Evidence to the subcommittee on national security shows the effort made to protect service personnel from biological and chemical weapons is most likely to have damaged their health. The French were issued with protective suits and not given the cocktail of drugs that British and US servicemen took. Only 140 of the 25,000 French Gulf veterans have reported illnesses related to Gulf war service, compared with more than 5,000 of the 52,000 British troops deployed, and 137,862 of the 697,000 US service personnel. The French also made no use of organophosphorous pesticides, now known to be very dangerous to humans, and used bottled water, unlike US and UK forces. There were the 14 inoculations given to British troops. In addition the immune system of the troops was tested with the first ever issue of nerve agents pre-treatment tablets as an antidote against chemical weapons, and the use of pesticides including organophosphates to prevent fly-borne diseases. US and UK forces were in total exposed to 33 toxins.
Iraqi Rocket Fuel May Have Caused Gulf War Illnesses
advertisement. Iraqi Rocket Fuel May Have Caused gulf war illnesses By FrankSietzen, Jr. Washington Bureau Chief posted 0717 pm ET 18 August 1999.
http://www.space.com/news/scudfuel_818.html

Extractions: WASHINGTON A rocket and missile fuel oxidizer used to power the Iraqi Scud missiles may be behind illnesses suffered by U.S. and coalition forces during the Gulf War, according to a study released this week by the Pentagon. Military personnel exposed to the rocket fuel during the 1991 Persian Gulf War may have mistakenly thought they were under chemical weapon attacks. Exposure to the rocket fuel would include encounters with fumes, vapor, or residue from missile fuels and oxidizers on the battlefield during the conflict. Images Effects from Iraqi rockets and rocket propellants on troops have been under review and analysis for several years; the report is the most recent compilation of data on the subject. Iraq used the oxidizer called red fuming nitric acid, combined with a form of kerosene in combustion to create the thrust needed to launch a rocket or a missile. Iraq used the combination in the Scud, Silkworm, Kyle, and Guideline missiles.
Study Of Gulf War Illnesses Criticized - Washington Post
$3 Million Study of gulf war illnesses Criticized. Pentagon Bypassed CompetitiveProcedures in Picking Researcher Who Sees Several `Syndromes'. By David Brown.
http://prop1.org/2000/du/97du/971108wp.htm
Depleted Uranium Not The Cause Of Gulf War Illnesses - AP
8/5/99 Associated Press. Depleted uranium not the cause of Gulf Warillnesses. SUSANNE M. SCHAFER. WASHINGTON Depleted uranium from
http://prop1.org/2000/du/98du/980805ca.htm
Gulf War Illnesses
GulfLink Office of the Special Assistant for gulf war illnesses. Gulf WarVeteran Resource Pages. gulf war illnesses. 1997 Congressional
http://www.firebase.net/gulf_war_illnesses.htm

Extractions: GulfLink: Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages Gulf War Illnesses 1997 Congressional Report on Gulf War Syndrome Radioactive Battlefields of the 1990s A report prepared by the Depleted Uranium Citizens' Network, which is affiliated with the Military Toxics Project, a citizen's group working to control and limit pollution from military activities CDC Persian Gulf War Study Fact Sheet From January 3, 1997, provides information on certain medical and psychiatric conditions showing up in Gulf War veterans. About Medications For Combat PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 1 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 2 On-Line Medical Dictionary ... Up Send mail to Michael Buie with questions or comments about this web site.
Report Attacks Probe Of Gulf War Illnesses
Article cites congressional report by the General Accounting Office criticized thePresidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses for virtually
http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/gulf_war_syndrome/GWS_Probe_Attacked_by_GAO.

Extractions: IN THE NEWS THE APOCALYPSE PREVENTION PROJECT Investigators Conclude Russian Defector is Lead Suspect in Anthrax Mailings Case Socio-Economic and Political Correlates and Antecedents to Epidemic Autism BBC Broadcasts Americas Bioweapons Culpability But Omits British Ties to the Anthrax Mailings ... "Public Health Expert May Have Solved Anthrax Mailing Mystery" Join Our By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuter) - A congressional report Monday criticized the Defense Department and a White House panel looking into the ills of Gulf War veterans, warning that Iraqi chemical and biological agents cannot yet be discounted as possible culprits. The report by the General Accounting Office, the investigating arm of Congress, also said there was ``substantial evidence'' that fertilizer compounds used in the Gulf could be associated with problems similar to those of the veterans. The report criticized the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses for virtually discounting any link between biological agents and troop complaints.
Gulf War Syndrome
of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, on which Congressman Sanders hasbeen very actively pursing the truth about gulf war illnesses, held numerous
http://bernie.house.gov/vets/gulf.asp

Extractions: Gulf War Syndrome Many years have passed since the Gulf War, and close to 100,000 of America's Gulf War veterans, including hundreds in Vermont, have become ill - experiencing a wide variety of medical symptoms which are now referred to as "Gulf War Illness." While the years have gone by, and many have suffered, the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense have been extremely ineffective in diagnosing or treating these illnesses. The Human Resources Subcommittee of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, on which Congressman Sanders has been very actively pursing the truth about Gulf War illnesses, held numerous hearings into Gulf War illnesses and issued two reports on the subject over the last few years. The subcommittee Chairman, Representative Chris Shays of Connecticut, and Congressman Sanders sponsored legislation intended to correct the serious inadequacies in current U.S. policy discovered through those hearings. This legislation was passed during the 105th Congress and were signed into law by the President. In addition to this legislation, Congressman Sanders has been working with the Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief of Medical Research to begin the first two treatment trials for Gulf War illnesses. These are the first treatments for Gulf War veterans sponsored by the United States government. Both the treatments for which the VA has approved trials have been used by private medical doctors treating ill Gulf War veterans with positive results.
New Treatment For CFS, Fibromyalgia Syndrome And GUlf War Illnesses
New Treatments for Chronic Infections Found in CFS, Fibromyalgia Syndromeand gulf war illnesses. courtesy of American Academy of
http://www.jersey.net/~joebur/cfstreat.htm

Extractions: and Professor of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Although most mycoplasmas are not considered important human pathogens, some species, such as M. fermentans, M. penetrans, M. pneumoniae, M. genitalium, and M. hominis, among others, have been American Academy of Environmental Medicine Newsletter, p.2 closely associated with various human diseases [1]. In a majority of CFS and FMS patients examined we and others, principally Dr. Daryl See of the University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, are finding strong evidence for mycoplasmal blood infections that can explain their chronic conditions. In our studies on GWI, a CFS/FMS-like condition [2], we have found mycoplasmal infections in approximately one-half of patients, principally one species, M. fermentans [3, 4]. Moreover, in approximately one-half of the civilians with CFS, FMS or arthritis we are finding a variety of pathogenic mycoplasmas, such as those listed above, in the leukocyte fractions of blood samples. The tests that we use to identify mycoplasmal infections, polymerase chain reaction and nucleoprotein gene tracking [5], are very sensitive and highly specific. These tests are a dramatic improvement over the relatively insensitive serum antibody tests that are routinely used to assay for systemic mycoplasmal infections.
Gulf War Illnesses Appear Contagious
gulf war illnesses appear contagious, A recent New York Times story1 revealed that the UN disclosed that clouds of chemical weapons
http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/sw/sw35/GWS-contagious.html

Extractions: Gulf War Illnesses appear contagious A recent New York Times story revealed that the U.N. disclosed that clouds of chemical weapons may also have been released from a second large Iraqi ammunitions depot destroyed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, exposing many additional U.S. troops. This on top of the revised Pentagon estimates to the exposure from the Kamisiyah depot. The latest computer models show that the plume of the nerve gas sarin had passed over as many as 98,000 troops, or about one in seven of the U.S. troops who served in the war. It was just one year ago that the Pentagon insisted that there was no evidence to suggest that U.S. troops had been exposed to chemical weapons. Now the number of troops exposed is well over 100,000 for the U.S. with evidence that British troops, previously thought to have escaped, were also exposed when the U.S. blew up the depot to destroy the evidence. One such medical professional who strongly believes that biologics are involved is Garth Nicolson, a biochemist formerly at Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, now with The Institute for Molecular Medicine. He founded the institute to investigate GWS and other chronic conditions. The inspiration for starting the institute was his daughter-in-law, member of 101st Airborne Division who became ill after her unit was involved in the Iraq war. "Practically everyone in her unit came down with Gulf War illness," said Nicolson. "We found out a lot of people in the service were becoming sick, and we'd seen similar illnesses before."
KCL: Results Of UK Gulf War Illnesses Research Published: Evidence Of Ill Health
For King's staff and students. Results of UK gulf war illnesses research publishedevidence of ill health in those who served. 15 January 1999 PR 99 / 2.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/news/ni/gulwarill.html

Extractions: PR 99 / 2 In today's Lancet (15 January 1999) the King's Gulf War Illness Research Unit report results of a major epidemiological study, the first of its kind in the UK, on the health of a random sample of around 3000 British servicemen who served in the 1991 Gulf War and who completed a detailed health questionnaire. The study was led by Professors Anthony David and Simon Wessely, from the School of Medicine, King's College London. Professor David said, "It is probably impossible to prevent all ill health after active combat duties, but we must do a better job in preparation, support and subsequent monitoring." Professor Wessely added, "Our study provides the first clear proof that going to the gulf has affected the health of our soldiers, even if we cannot identify any specific illness or specific cause." Further clinical studies, including neuromuscular and immunological tests, are currently underway at King's College Hospital, London, to determine the causes of the reported ill health, using both ill and well servicemen. Notes to Editors 1 The study was funded by the US Department of Defence after a public "call for proposals" in 1995, and following competitive peer review. The conduct of the study and publication of results is completely independent. The UK Ministry of Defence assisted in the mailing of a questionnaire to servicemen but otherwise has remained uninvolved.
Gulf War Illnesses Affect 300,000 Vets
gulf war illnesses Affect 300,000 Vets. Col. Dian Lawhon, of the department'sOffice of the Special Assistant for gulf war illnesses.
http://www.ushostnet.com/gulfwar/300000_vets.htm

Extractions: Riley, who served as a captain in the United States Air Force and flew on C-130 missions in support of Operation Desert Storm, never served in the Gulf. Yet, she says, she became ill in 1991 with symptoms like those of Gulf veterans. She and others charge they were ``guinea pigs'' for experimental uses of vaccines. The Department of Defense acknowledges some 90,000 veterans have symptoms ranging from headaches and joint pain to more serious problems, according to Lt. Col. Dian Lawhon, of the department's Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. About 20,000 veterans in this group have undiagnosed illnesses.
UC Berkeley. Public Health Library. Gulf War Internet Resources
include Pesticide Use During the Gulf War A Survey of Gulf War Veterans, A Reviewof the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to gulf war illnesses Volumes 19
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/GulfWar.html
Bring Your Gulf War Illnesses Issues To The New VA Panel
Bring your gulf war illnesses issues to the new VA panel. By Michael Woods, President,NGWRC Document Dated Mar08-2002. A call for comments and volunteers.
http://www.gulfweb.org/doc_show.cfm?ID=752
Anthrax And The Persian Gulf War
6. Where can I get more information about reputable studies of GulfWar illnesses? The Special Assistant for gulf war illnesses, Dr
http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/resource/qna/gulfwar.asp

Extractions: 1. Is the anthrax vaccination program a result of lessons we learned from the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War? Yes. Building upon the lessons of past wars and leveraging superior technologies available today and in the future, the AVIP is one of the cornerstones of Force Health Protection. Additionally, the current world threat environment and the unpredictable nature of terrorism make it prudent to include biological warfare defense in all our force protection planning. We also learned that we need to put more effort into documentation of vaccinations in Service Members' medical records. This is the reason for the new immunization tracking systems operated by each of the military services.
EPA: Federal Register: Meeting To Discuss Gulf War Illnesses
Meeting to Discuss gulf war illnesses. Federal Register September21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 182) Notices Page 51101 From
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-MEETINGS/1999/September/Day-21/m24478.htm
Persian Gulf War Illnesses
Persian gulf war illnesses. Illnesses of Persian Gulf War veterans arelumped together by the media and termed Persian Gulf Syndrome.
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Extractions: Al Eskan Disease, reported first in 1991/1992, compromises the bodys immunological defense and is a result of the pathogenic properties of the extremely fine, dusty sand located in the Central and Eastern region of the Arabian peninsula. Signs and symptoms of Al Eskan Disease have been lumped together by the media and termed Persian Gulf Syndrome.
U.S. Medicine Information Central
WASHINGTONThe Department of Veterans Affairs recently pledged to make as much as$20 million available to fund research of gulf war illnesses in fiscal year
http://www.usmedicine.com/article.cfm?articleID=558&issueID=45
Soldiers Online - Feature Stories
The Office of the Special Assistant for gulf war illnesses was establishedunder the deputy secretary of defense in autumn 1996.
http://www.army.mil/soldiers/feb2000/features/gulfillness1.html

Extractions: Features Guarding Peace in Kosovo Kosovo C*A*S*H Building up the Base Camps Bringing in the Big Guns ... Housing Allowance U.S. soldiers and other service members played a vital role in the Gulf War. The men and women in uniform were welcomed back as heroes. But in the following months and years some of these service members began reporting that they were not feeling well. They were reporting joint pain, sleep disorders, rashes, hair loss and cramps. Doctors were generally at a loss as to what could be causing the reported symptoms. The Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses was established under the deputy secretary of defense in autumn 1996. The office is staffed by 180 military and civilian personnel. The office has a threefold purpose. First, it tries to ensure that Gulf War veterans receive appropriate medical care. Second, it is responsible for making sure that the Department of Defense is doing everything possible to understand and explain Gulf War illnesses. Finally, it works to modify DOD's doctrine and policy, based on lessons learned, to reduce the probability of similar problems in the future. To accomplish its mission, the office uses outreach teams that travel to military installations, where they share recent findings, provide current information, listen to veterans' concerns, and help veterans receive re-evaluations or medical care.
Disaster News Network: Studies Track Gulf War Illness
The power of PON. Scientific studies of gulf war illnesses have been expandingconsiderably in the last few years, and received a big boost Oct.
http://www.disasternews.net/news/news.php?articleid=1688

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