Gulf War I vets sue 11 companies and 33 banks

Lawsuit for Gulf War veterans targets WMD businesses

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/082603Wokusch/082603wokusch.html

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At the time, Reagan's Middle East envoy was one Donald Rumsfeld, hard at work opening doors for Hussein's regime to purchase millions in aircraft, hardware and other potential weaponry.

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Unfortunately, most Gulf War troops didn't realize that in destroying Hussein's WMD, they would also be endangering their own lives.

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Today, it is estimated that up to half of the 697,000 Gulf War veterans are sick, many suffering from a variety of symptoms collectively known as Gulf War Illness. The US Department of Defense (DOD) has been repeatedly criticized for mishandling the veterans' health complaints, often citing lack of diagnosis as justification for withholding treatment and compensation.

However, recent medical research has established causal links between exposure to chemical warfare agents, Gulf War Illness and birth defects among veterans' children.
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crimes of the bloody hands bushgang

in political issues, for those of us who
were opposed to Gulf War two this poisoning
of our troops in Gulf War one is one of
the top reasons. We honor our troops by
not sending them to unnecessary wars and
by doing our best to see that when we do
they are as protected as they can be.
We learn much by listening to soldiers who
served in the past and are now trying to help
whose who serve in the future from being
exploited like they were.

God bless our troops!

According to: Steve Robinson, of the National Gulf War Resource Center
~697,000 served in the first Gulf War;

~320,000 veterans who deployed in the first Gulf War have sought medical treatment from the VA;

~214,000 veterans who deployed to the first Gulf War have filed for disability;

~167,000 veterans who deployed to the first Gulf War have had their claim approved;

~40,000 veterans who deployed have had their claim denied;

~22,000 veterans have a claim pending

GAO Report, Gulf War Illness
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-833T

British Syndrome Journals
http://www.returningsoldiers.us/syndrome.htm

As of May 2002, the (VA) reported that an additional 8,306 (updated;9,600) soldiers had died and 159,705 were injured or ill as a result of service-connected exposures suffered during the war. That raises the fatality rate of the first Iraq war to a staggering 30%