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What IS a Gulf War illness?


4 posted on 10/04/2009 5:36:47 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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As far as I know, no one has ever pinned down the cause hence the research - but see:
Gulf War syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_syndrome

Since the first Gulf War produced these illnesses, but the Second - the invasion of Iraq - did not, what was different? During the First Saddam burned the oil fields throwing up huge clouds of raw petroleum products that covered a good portion of the war area, and second, Saddam may have used chemical weapons.

But that's the mystery. 200,000 cases are not a small sample. Something happened; however, it is likely that any Iraqi who knew the truth is long dead.

Canceling these funds will likely condemn these relatively young vets to a long and painful life with no hope of change. More of the war on vets and the military by Dems.

6 posted on 10/04/2009 6:10:44 AM PDT by PIF
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