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To: Mind-numbed Robot
The main reason that pesticides have been implicated is that their effects are very similar to nerve agents, and we can documents where they were applied.

We believe that at least one bunker of nerve agents was hit and explodes, but cannot documents where the cloud passed over or its’ toxicity.

And that they military or its’ PR arm declined to publicize the sins of Saddam. Not sure why, but there seemed to be a lot of folks that had secret and not so secret dealings with Iraq that we wanted to forget.

Agent Orange has been implicated in numerous illnesses among Vietnam vets, and I believe that the VA will provide a disability payment for exposure and effects. Perhaps a more knowledgeable FReeper can fill us in.

14 posted on 10/04/2009 2:32:23 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: texas booster
And that the military or its’ PR arm declined to publicize the sins of Saddam. Not sure why, but there seemed to be a lot of folks that had secret and not so secret dealings with Iraq that we wanted to forget.

Russia, France and Germany, or at least some of the leaders, were making a killing from Saddam by violating the oil embargo. It seems we didn't want to admit it because of the difficulty of dealing with it.

Agent Orange has been implicated in numerous illnesses among Vietnam vets, ...

I know it was implicated but I figured that much of that was highlighted and pushed by those against the war anyway. Just wondered if any definitive link between agent orange and the illnesses was ever established.

16 posted on 10/04/2009 3:07:44 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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