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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon must stop forcing servicemen and women to take the anthrax vaccination against their will, unless President Bush signs a special order, a judge ruled Monday. Millions of shots have been given and hundreds of service members have been punished for refusing them since the mandatory vaccinations started in 1998. The judge ruled that the anthrax vaccinations fell under a 1998 law prohibiting the use of certain experimental drugs unless people being given the drug consent or the president waives the consent requirement. Congress passed the law following fears that the use of such drugs may have...

Military Vaccine Woes Mount HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 10, 2003 (Photo: CBS/AP) "It's harder to live with these illnesses than if I was shot in combat." Former Navy Nurse Julia Dyckman Dr. Nass' letter to JAMA criticizing military study JAMA's rejection letter to Dr. Nass">Army immunologist letter admitting problems in care for a soldier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Vaccine Woes MountMore Smallpox Vaccine ConcernsQuestions Mount Over Anthrax Shots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LinksNational Gulf War Resource Center (CBS) Dennis Drew was prepared to fight the enemy in Iraq, but never got the chance. After his military vaccinations, his immune system completely unraveled. "Severe pneumonia and myocarditis,...

War vaccines poisoned us By Rebecca Mowling, Evening Standard 27 May 2003 Four British soldiers who received jabs for the Iraq conflict are to sue the Ministry of Defence claiming they are suffering from a new form of Gulf War Syndrome. The revelation comes as a veterans' support group predicted today that thousands of UK servicemen will come forward with mystery illnesses linked to "vaccine overload". Tony Flint of the National Gulf Veterans and Families' Association, confirmed he now anticipates a fresh wave of health cases. "We are expecting at least 6,000 new cases as a result of the Iraq...

Gulf War Syndrome does not exist, an official scientific report has concluded. The Medical Research Council study found "little evidence" that multiple vaccinations were the cause of Gulf veterans' illnesses and declared: "There is no unique Gulf War Syndrome." The report reviewed all scientific research into the condition and found no evidence of a link between the illnesses and the use of depleted uranium shells or nerve agents. It is the second blow in a week for the veterans who recently lost a court claim for compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder. Last night, the veterans condemned the findings as "absolute...

Remains of toxic bullets litter Iraq(depleted uranium) The Monitor finds high levels of radiation left by US armor-piercing shells. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD - At a roadside produce stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, business is brisk for Latifa Khalaf Hamid. Iraqi drivers pull up and snap up fresh bunches of parsley, mint leaves, dill, and onion stalks. But Ms. Hamid's stand is just four paces away from a burnt-out Iraqi tank, destroyed by - and contaminated with - controversial American depleted-uranium (DU) bullets. Local children play "throughout the day" on the...

The war is winding down, with remarkably few coalition casualties. Yet soon somebody will try to start another casualty list, that of a second Gulf War Syndrome (GWS). The only way to stop it is to finally acknowledge that, in any meaningful sense, no such thing as GWS exists. Gulf war vets are actually a remarkably healthy bunch. Over a decade of published scientific studies have shown that while naturally some of the 700,000 Gulf vets have died in the 12 years since the war and others have acquired various illnesses, on the whole they are at least as healthy...

Vet Groups Decry U.S. Force Protection Dave Eberhart, NewsMax Monday, Mar. 3, 2003 The National Gulf War Resource Center and the Vietnam Veterans of America say that public laws designed to protect soldiers on the battlefield are being ignored, thereby setting the stage for mystery illnesses to again present themselves after a war with Iraq. The vet groups’ complaint, spelled out in a recent letter, obtained by NewsMax, to Congress, the Association of Governors and National Guard Headquarters, maintains that the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Congress are not following their own recommended Force Health Protection...

This report was made by a person, who like us has an opinion, This is for your information and or action. VA Data Confirms Massive Delayed Gulf War I Casualties By Denise Nichols DSNurse@AOL.com 303-424-6235 The National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition announces its analysis of the latest Department of Veterans Affairs Release of Data entitled "May 2002 Gulf War Veterans Information System" in this point paper presentation. The data released is startling in the numbers of Gulf War casualties twelve years after Operation Desert Storm. The analysis leads to a call for urgent action as our troops again...

Toxic Tugs - Public Poisons by J.B. Stone - 04/17/02 What do Maryland, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, and the Marshall Islands have in common? BioChemical warfare tests were conducted in all of them behind a blinding haze of Cold War secrecy. And hardly a word of warning was ever issued, before during, or afterward the test conductors, subjects, or citizens living in surrounding areas. Marine jets and Army artillery sprayed "harmless simulants" and live biological and chemical agents on unsuspecting citizens for 15 years on land and sea during Operation Deseret. The randomly selected human test rats onboard ships...

<p>It was, the doctor at the Long Beach Veteran's Administration Hospital said, an incidental finding. A little gray smudge on the X-ray, a blob next to the pituitary gland.</p> <p>Six months later, University of California at Los Angeles surgeons worked six hours to sever a tumor from the brain of a muscular, 25-year-old ex-Special Forces Ranger and Gulf War veteran. The costly surgery was performed at UCLA, the patient said, because VA doctors denied that the "incidental finding" caused his excruciating, unremitting headaches.</p>

The Hidden Casualties of Gulf War I By David H. Hackworth Back in 1990, a few months before the bombs started dropping on Baghdad, an Army pal slipped me a Pentagon study based on World War II experiences estimating that U.S. forces would suffer 50,000 casualties during the projected six-month campaign. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf's staff later predicted a still-staggering 20,000 dead or wounded. Because Stormin' Norman's forces brilliantly zapped Saddam Hussein's mob in a record-breaking 100-hour ground war, actual U.S. casualties were a mere fraction of these two estimates – 147 KIA and 457 WIA. At least at first look....

DefenseWatch (sftt.org) September 18, 2002 The Hidden Casualties Of Gulf War I By David H. Hackworth Back in 1990, a few months before the bombs started dropping on Baghdad, an Army pal slipped me a Pentagon study based on World War II experiences estimating that U.S. forces would suffer 50,000 casualties during the projected six-month campaign. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf's staff later predicted a still-staggering 20,000 dead or wounded. Because Stormin' Norman's forces brilliantly zapped Saddam Hussein's mob in a record-breaking 100-hour ground war, actual U.S. casualties were a mere fraction of these two estimates – 147 KIA and 457 WIA....

Oops, more unexpected casualties Posted: September 17, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2002 David H. Hackworth Back in 1990, a few months before the bombs started dropping on Baghdad, an Army pal slipped me a Pentagon study based on World War II experiences estimating that U.S. forces would suffer 50,000 casualties during the projected six-month campaign. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf's staff later predicted a still-staggering 20,000 dead or wounded. Because Stormin' Norman's forces brilliantly zapped Saddam Hussein's mob in a record-breaking 100-hour ground war, actual U.S. casualties were a mere fraction of these two estimates – 147 Killed In Action and...