Never mind the damned U.S and NATO vollunteer soldiers, who deliberatley and on purpose spread D.U. into the air, water and soil of the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and even Vieques Island, Peurto Rico! The stuff is *supposed* to kill people and that's exactly what it's doing!. At the most, these soldiers were exposed to there effects of their own terror weapons for a few weeks or months at most! Why no mention of, or shedding of tears in the bourgeios press for the civilian populations of these countries who *have* to live there and will be exposed to radiation from D.U. for generations???
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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 01:08:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gulf War Syndrome In Balkans: Canada Says Soldier's Death
Possibly Linked To Bosnia Service
http://www.ab.sympatico.ca/news/Fullstories/n071444.html
Sympatico NewsExpress
The Canadian Press
July 15, 2002
Veterans Affairs says soldier's death possibly linked
to Bosnia service
By MURRAY BREWSTER
-"Somebody is finally realizing that these guys we
sent over to Bosnia are coming back ill," she said
from her home in Fredericton. "They go over healthy
but come back sick."
HALIFAX (CP) - Veterans Affairs has determined that a
soldier whose illness and death sparked a military
inquiry could have contracted his condition while
serving in Bosnia.
The position appears to contradict the findings of a
military investigation into the living conditions
faced by Canadian peacekeepers serving in the war-torn
region in the mid-1990s. In a letter to his widow,
Mary Ann Peace, pension officials said there is "a
reasonable doubt" that warrant officer Michael Peace
became sick as a result of his duty in Visoko. Peace
died of a brain tumour two years ago.
"A review of the service records reveals your late
husband did have some vague complaints, i.e.
headaches, while serving in Bosnia," said the letter
dated June 20, 2002.
"As well, on all reports concerning the claimed
condition he consistently gave a history of his first
symptoms beginning while serving in the former
Yugoslavia.
"Having weighed all the evidence presented, a
reasonable doubt has been established regarding the
origin of the claimed condition and that doubt has
been resolved in your favour."
The decision means that Mary Ann Peace will be awarded
a full survivor's pension.
"Somebody is finally realizing that these guys we sent
over to Bosnia are coming back ill," she said from her
home in Fredericton. "They go over healthy but come
back sick."
Before passing away in October 2000, Peace asked his
superiors to investigate why he and some of his
comrades had become sick after serving in Bosnia.
The military convened a board of inquiry which found
that while more than 34 soldiers developed mysterious
ailments, none could be directly linked to their tours
in the region.
A spokeswoman for Veterans Affairs cautioned against
reading too much into the decision.
Janice Summerby said she couldn't talk specifically
about the Peace case, but in issuing the letter, the
department is saying "we're not sure what caused your
disability."
When faced with soldiers who develop debilitating
illnesses, such as cancer or multiple sclerosis,
pension officials must err on the side caution, she
said.
"When you serve in an area like that, you go in
healthy and come back with an illness, we can grant
you benefit of the doubt," Summerby said from Ottawa.
"We can't say it's due to your service or not due to
your service, but because you were healthy before,
we're going to give you benefit of the doubt."
The military wasn't available to comment.
In an April 2000 letter to his commanding officer at
Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, Peace
said he believed the fumes from special modifications
to armoured vehicles were to blame for his tumour.
The modifications took place on Peace's second
peacekeeping tour in the former Yugoslavia between the
fall of 1994 and spring 1995.
The so called "add-on armour" consisted of specialized
ceramic tiles that had to be cut and pasted on to the
vehicles.
The work took place in the basement of the Royal
Canadian Regiment's living quarters and, according to
the army's own reports, dust from the process was
spread throughout the building.
The board reviewed medical records and toxicology
reports and deemed that the tiles were not toxic and
posed no health risk.
During its investigation, the board discovered another
34 soldiers were sick, many of them reporting ailments
that resemble Gulf War syndrome.
The health complaints raised by the soldiers ranged
from persistent headaches, vision and memory problems
to mysterious bleeding.
However, the board found no evidence that the troops
had been exposed to a variety of chemicals, or dust
from spent depleted uranium ammunition.
It attributed many of the illnesses to stress brought
on by combat situations.
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