11,000 US Soldiers Now
Dead From DU Poisoning
Heads roll at Veterans Administration
Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal
blamed
By Bob Nichols
Project Censored Award Winner - SF Bay
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Global Research.ca
2-28-5
- Considering the tons of depleted uranium used by the
U.S., the Iraq war can truly be called a nuclear war.
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- Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter charged Monday that
the reason Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi stepped down
earlier this month was the growing scandal surrounding the use of
uranium munitions in the Iraq War.
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- Writing in Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter No. 169,
Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional
Law in New York, stated, "The real reason for Mr. Principi's departure
was really never given, however a special report published by eminent
scientist Leuren Moret naming depleted uranium as the definitive cause
of the 'Gulf War Syndrome' has fed a growing scandal about the continued
use of uranium munitions by the US Military."
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- Bernklau continued, "This malady (from uranium
munitions), that thousands of our military have suffered and died from,
has finally been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating
the guessing. The terrible truth is now being revealed."
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- He added, "Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in
GW1 (the first Gulf War), of them, 11,000 are now dead! By the year
2000, there were 325,000 on Permanent Medical Disability. This
astounding number of 'Disabled Vets' means that a decade later, 56% of
those soldiers who served have some form of permanent medical problems!"
The disability rate for the wars of the last century was 5 percent; it
was higher, 10 percent, in Viet Nam.
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- "The VA Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact as
far back as 2000," wrote Bernklau. "He, and the Bush administra11,ooo US
soldiers dead from DU.ems tion have been hiding these facts, but now,
thanks to Moret's report, (it) ... is far too big to hide or to cover
up!"
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- "Terry Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of
Veterans Affairs, at the VA Central Office, recently reported that 'Gulf
Era Veterans' now on medical disability, since 1991, number 518,739
Veterans," said Berklau.
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- "The long-term effects have revealed that DU (uranium
oxide) is a virtual death sentence," stated Berklau. "Marion Fulk, a
nuclear physical chemist, who retired from the Lawrence Livermore
Nuclear Weapons Lab, and was also involved with the Manhattan Project,
interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers (from the 2003
Iraq War) as 'spectacular -- and a matter of concern!'"
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- When asked if the main purpose of using DU was for
"destroying things and killing people," Fulk was more specific: "I would
say it is the perfect weapon for killing lots of people!"
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- Principi could not be reached for comment prior to
deadline.
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- References
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- 1. Depleted uranium: Dirty bombs, dirty missiles,
dirty bullets: A death sentence here and abroad" by Leuren Moret,
http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml.
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- 2. Veterans for Constitutional Law, 112 Jefferson
Ave., Port Jefferson NY 11777, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director,
(516) 474-4261, fax 516-474-1968.
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- 3. Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter. Email Gary
Kohls, [EMAIL PROTECTED], with Subscribe" in the subject
line.
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- Email Bob Nichols at
<[EMAIL PROTECTED].
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- globalresearch.ca/articles/NIC502A.html
- http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml
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