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In a message dated 9/15/02 11:39:40 AM Central Daylight Time, akagan at uiuc.edu 
writes:

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Excellent article- As mentioned before this is what it has always been 
about-control of oil and strategic location.  The Gulf War was also a set up 
that just was incomplete and now must be completed. Unfortunately the 
casualty count amongst U.S. and coalition military personnel, Iraqi military 
personnel, and most important noncombatants keeps growing keeps increasing. I 
fear that if we launch the next phase of the Persian Gulf War that this 
casualty count will not just increase but increase exponentially. 


Reference:  http://www.ngwrc.org/Facts/index.htm


2001 Gulf War Statistics
Compiled by the National Gulf War Resource Center as of September 5, 2001
Download the VA's Gulf War Briefing document on claims filed (acrobat reader 
required).

View VA report on Khamisiyah deaths(423 Kb -- requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as of March 1, 2001

- 696,661 U.S. troops served in the Gulf War between August 2, 1990 and July 
31, 1991 -- these are considered "Gulf War Conflict" veterans by the VA;

- Of the 696,628, 504,047 are separated from service and eligible for 
benefits through the VA;

- As of December 1999, more than 263,000 sought medical care at the VA;

- Of the 504,047 eligible veterans, 185,780 (36%) filed claims against the VA 
for service-related medical disabilities;

- Of the 171,878 VA claims actually processed, 149,094 (80%) were approved in 
part (note -- most claims are made up of multiple issues, if any one issue is 
granted, VA considers it approved);

- Of the 504,047 eligible for VA benefits, 149,094 (29%) are now considered 
disabled by the VA eleven since the start of the Gulf War; and

- Another 13,902 claims against the VA still pending.

- More than 9,600 Gulf War veterans have died.

- Conflict veterans are 51% more likely to have their claims denied than 
"theater" veterans (those who served in the Gulf since August 1, 1991)

- Veterans who served at Khamisiyah and Al Jubayl are 37% more likely to have 
one or more service connected conditions than era veterans.  Conflict 
veterans are 8% more likely than era veterans to have one or more service 
connected conditions.  Theater veterans – those who served in the region 
since August 1, 1991 – are 16% less likely than era veterans to have service 
connected conditions.


 

According to the Department of Defense, by 1999, the military revealed

- As many as 100,000 U.S. troops were exposed to repeated low-levels of 
chemical warfare agents, including sarin, cyclosarin, and mustard gases;

- More than 250,000 received the investigational new drug pyridostigmine 
bromide (PB pills) the Pentagon "cannot rule out" as linked to Gulf War 
illnesses;

- 8,000 received the investigational new botulinum toxoid (Bot Tox) vaccine;

- 150,000 received the hotly debated anthrax vaccine;

- 436,000 entered into or lived for months within areas contaminated by more 
than 315 tons of depleted uranium radioactive toxic waste possibly laced with 
trace amounts of highly radioactive Plutonium and Neptunium, almost all 
without any awareness, training, protective equipment, or medical 
evaluations; and

- Hundreds of thousands lived outdoors for months near more than 700 burning 
oil well fires belching fumes and particulate matter without any protective 
equipment.

- Each of these exposures took place while troops were either engaged in 
combat, serving in a war zone, or stationed in the volatile region for a 
number of months.

Other Important Statistics

- More than 1,200,000 civilians in Iraq have died since the start of the Gulf 
War, when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990 (Source: United Nations and 
Iraq).

- An estimated 100,000 Iraqi soldiers died during Operation Desert Storm 
between January 17, 1991 and February 28, 1991 (Source: News Reports).

   
 
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