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| Soldiers PTSD is brain damage 12 June 2016 | |
| WWII Black soldiers used as guinea pigs 29 June 2015 | |
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DANIEL ROQUE HALL IS FREE AND GOING HOME! 8 February 2013 Vigil outside Appeal Court in London 8 January 2013 Daniel Roque Hall supporters to handle petition 25 October 2012 Daniel 'groomed and manipulated' Winvisible Letter in the Ham & High 4 October 2012 Daniel Roque, disabled man, 'at risk' in prison (The Guardian) 18 September 2012 Letter to the Guardian signed by several organisations 9 September 2012 Appeal by WinVisible 24 August 2012 |
| 500 UK troops a month seek mental help 7 July 2012 | |
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US UK War Crimes: More leukemia in Iraq than after Hiroshima
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as a result of the
US-UK use of depleted uranium, white phosphorus and nerve gas in its
weaponry.
Parliamentary
Motion in Scotland
22 September 2010 |
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| Sex, violence, and drugs land ex-servicemen behind bars There is a marked increase in the proportion of military veterans convicted of violent offences, raising concerns about the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder...The most common offences were violence against the person (33 per cent) and sexual offences (25 per cent) 19 September 2010 | |
| Veteran Affairs Department To Review Gulf War Claims VA Secretary says the decision is part of a “fresh, bold look” the department is taking to help veterans who have what’s commonly called “Gulf War Illness”. 05 April 2010 | |
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Science Triumphs For Gulf War Veterans In Their Battle With The VA Scientific Breakthrough for Gulf War 1 Veterans fighting to receive government compensation 10 March 2010 |
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Suicide Rate Surged Among
Veterans
Suicides among United States
military veterans ballooned by
26 percent from 2005 to 2007,
according to new statistics
released by the Veterans Affairs
(VA) department.
13th January 2010 |
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A fifth of Britain's infantry is
unfit for to serve on the front
line, MoD reveals
Some
4,764 infantrymen - or 20.7 per
cent of the total number of
22,987 - are 'not fully
deployable', according to the
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Suicide claims more US military
lives than Afghan war
A 2009 survey found that at
least 15 percent of former soldiers in the 20 to 24 age bracket were
unemployed.....450 of the 800 homeless in Brevard County were Iraq
or Afghanistan veterans. Shelters in California are reporting twice
as many requests for assistance from new veterans compared with
2007....they will eventually outnumber the more than 100,000
homeless Vietnam vets. 6 January 2010 |
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Dahr
Jamail | Iraq War Veteran on a Mental-Health Mission
"I
see the ugly....I see soldiers beating their wives and trying to
kill themselves all the time, and most folks don't want to look at
this, including the military." 21 November 2009 |
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Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja Iraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities 13 November 2009 |
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Gulf War Syndrome petition: We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give our Families the truth behind Gulf War Syndrome and give the ill veterans the right healthcare treatment and support they so rightly deserve. |
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| Vietnam: Chemical companies, US authorities knew the dangers of Agent Orange. “This material is exceptionally toxic; it has a tremendous potential for producing chloracne and systemic injury... Under no circumstances may this letter be reproduced, shown, or sent to anyone outside of Dow.” 10 August 2009 | |
| The Primacy of Healing: Politics and Combat Stress in America. Iraq War combat veteran US Marine Dave McBee holds his two-year-old son Aiden McBee. Tyler E. Boudreau writes: "combat stress is, in its own way, a political statement. 28 April 2009 | |
| US battles against veteran suicide rate. The Veterans Affairs Department has estimated that 18 veterans a day, or 6,500 a year, take their own lives. 16 July 2008 | |
| In 2005 alone there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day (CBS report) 13 November 2007 | |
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Pension
victory
for Gulf War veteran On 26 September, after a 10-year battle, veteran Alex Izett, 36, forced the Ministry of Defence to concede that he is suffering from Gulf War Syndrome. 17 October 2006 |
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| 'You can teach a man to kill but not to see dying' Ex-soldier speaks frankly 10 October 2007 | |
| MoD ignores ruling on Gulf war syndrome Thousands of war veterans will lose the right to claim additional money for Gulf war syndrome because the Ministry of Defence has decided to ignore a landmark decision which ordered it to recognise the condition. 13 June 2006 | |
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Gulf War Syndrome – Refusing To Be
Disabled There is no such a thing as an unwounded soldier. While the US claimed 760 casualties in the 1991 Gulf War, by 2002 another 8,300 had died and 168,000 had been disabled by the effects of experimental vaccines, depleted uranium (DU), oil well fires, etc., and thousands of their children were born with disabilities. UK veterans suffered similarly... January 2006 |
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Pressure on MoD as ruling backs Gulf war syndrome case After years of controversy, Gulf war syndrome was officially recognised yesterday as a distinct set of symptoms suffered by British army veterans sent to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in 1991. 1 November 2005 |
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Iraq
veterans sue over war trauma Thirty Iraq War veterans are taking legal action against the British Army because they were thrown out of the ranks after ruining their mental and physical health. 20 march 2005 |
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Press
release: Gulf War Syndrome exists - this recognition is long overdue |
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| Aussage von Gina
Izett fűr die unabhăngige Untersuchung der Golfkriegskrankheiten Doch ich glaube das ich die Kraft haben werde und wenn ich denke ich schaffe es nicht denke ich stets daran: Er war nicht immer so und er ist tief im Herzen auch nicht so sondern so gemacht worden. Statement from Gina Izett to the Independent Inquiry into Gulf War Illnesses (London) I believe that I will have the strength and when I think that I won't cope, I always think that he was not always this way and he still is not deep down in his heart but he has been made to change like this. 13 October 2004 |
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Alex Izett, hunger striker, testifies at Inquiry into Gulf War Syndrome |
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of the
Independent Inquiry into Gulf War illnesses - London,
July / September 2004 1. Vaccinations, organophosphates, NAPS, burnt-oil smoke, blowing up of Iraqi chemical weapon depots 2. Depleted uranium 3. Symptoms and effects on veterans 4. The battle for benefits 5. Symptoms and effects on women and children 6. The medical profession 7. Lies, statistics and repression October 2004 |
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Gulf War soldier on hunger strike "I was willing to fight and die for my country. Now I am willing to die to make that country come clean and tell the truth of not only my suffering, but that of thousands of my fellow sufferers of Gulf War Syndrome." 4 September 2004 |
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Payday
submission to the Independent Inquiry into Gulf War illnesses . . . all those affected should get financial compensation for the years of delay by the Ministry of Defence in admitting and dealing with the truth. . . 5 August 2004 |
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Testimonianza di Payday
all’Inchiesta Pubblica sulle malattie della Guerra del Golfo . . . tutti quelli colpiti devono ricevere un risarcimento economico per gli anni di ritardo impiegati dal Ministero della Difesa . . . 5 agosto 2004 |
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Depleted
uranium - a key cause of Gulf war syndrome Since 1991, the U.S. has staged four nuclear wars using depleted uranium, vast regions in the Middle East and Central Asia have been permanently contaminated with radiation (...) 8 out of 20 US soldiers who served in one unit in Iraq now have malignancies. August 2004 |
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US
scientist challenges UK on Gulf war illness Mr Perot urged the British government to " retire the clique of stress researchers here in the UK who have only refused the issues, and start a new research funding initiative, this time supporting a new group of neuroscience researchers who can contribute constructively to our understanding of the problem." 4 August 2004 |
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Ex-Minister
Warns over Gulf War Syndrome Claims He added: “Governments are very reluctant to admit responsibility for something which is going to involve them writing large cheques, none more so than the MoD.” 3 August 2004 |
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'End
Fair Deal Delays for Sick Gulf Veterans' - Ex-Commander General Sir Peter de la Billiere said he wanted to see a proper and thorough investigation of complaints, for the sake of both past and future personnel. 21 July 2004 |
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MoD gags Gulf war research Scientists paid to research illnesses in veterans of the first Gulf war have been asked by the Ministry of Defence not to reveal ongoing findings to the unofficial independent inquiry into the health of former troops. 16 July 2004 |
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Official
rebuff for Gulf inquiry Veterans of the first Gulf war and their supporters accused ministers of "chickening out" of helping to establish possible causes for ill-health suffered by ex-service personnel. 14 July 2004 |
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Hearing
told of vaccine warnings They are among possible suspects for illnesses reported by more than 6,000 of the 53,000 soldiers sent to the Gulf or prepared for service there. More than 630 have died. 13 July 2004 |
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Judge
pledges success of gulf war syndrome inquiry A former Lord Justice of Appeal yesterday pledged that an independent inquiry he heads into Gulf war syndrome would succeed whether or not government departments gave evidence. 7 July 2004 |
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VA
Warns Doctors About Lariam The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning doctors to watch for long-term mental problems and other health effects from an anti-malaria drug given to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. 25 June 2004 |
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Independent
inquiry into Gulf war illnesses The suggested causes have ranged from the pre-conflict injections which Lord Morris has referred to as "a veritable blitzkreig on the immune system". 14 June 2004 |
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Ministry
of Deceit Sick Gulf War veterans were told a blatant LIE when the Ministry of Defense insisted they were not given a dangerous cocktail of vaccines. 13 June 2004 |
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50,000 troops
in Gulf illness scare All 50,000 troops who served in the first Gulf war might have been exposed to low levels of chemical warfare agents during the fighting and its aftermath, a US investigation has suggested. 11 June 2004 |
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Vaccines
warning ignored by MoD NEW evidence has come to light that scientists warned the MoD of their concerns about giving soldiers pertussis and anthrax vaccines before the first Gulf War. 31 May 2004 |
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Gulf
War soldier on hunger strike A former soldier has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to secure a public inquiry into Gulf War Syndrome. 4 May 2004 |
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Seventh
Iraq War Veteran Kills Himself |
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GI
Denied Health Care After Speaking Out It appears that some of his superiors on stateside may be penalizing him for reporting his superior officer in Iraq 2 March 2004 |
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Maimed
in Iraq, then mistreated, neglected, and hidden in America The news media had accepted that the military high command kept the number of wounded from the American public. Undated |
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Disabled
Vets Fire Back at Rumsfeld An army of U.S. veterans more than twice the size of Operation Iraqi Freedom have lost their health insurance benefits since Bush took office. As many as half a million vets are homeless. Undated |
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10%
of soldiers at hospital had mental problems About 1,000 soldiers were evacuated for mental problems. 19 February 2004 |
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Troops
accused on Iraq killings One family was offered about $1,000 (Ł530) for the death of Waleed Fayayi Muzban 21 February 2004 |
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Dusting
downer A former soldier won a landmark ruling, becoming the first veteran to win a war pension appeal after suffering Depleted Uranium (DU) poisoning. 6 February 2004 |
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Washington
conceals US casualties in Iraq Estimates on the number of US soldiers, sailors and Marines medically evacuated from Iraq by the end of 2003 range from 11,000 to 22,000. 4 February 2004 |
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Stress
Epidemic Strikes Military psychiatrists have been warned to expect post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to occur in 20 per cent of the servicemen and women in Iraq. 25 January 2004 |
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Mystery pneumonia toll
may be much higher Mysterious pneumonia-like illnesses are striking U.S. troops -- including more deaths, according to soldiers and their families. 16 September 2003 |
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Marine gets 7 months in jail for
refusing anthrax vaccine In a random survey of 1,253 guard and reserve pilots and aircrew, the General Accounting Office found 84 percent suffered minor reactions [to the anthrax vaccine] and at least 24 percent major multiple "systemic" reactions, the latter more than 100 times higher than the estimate by the manufacturer. 9 July 2003 |
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US
admits to 50 secret tests of bio weapons on troops The tests were done between 1962 and 1973 and involved 5,842 service members. Many were not told of the tests, some of which involved releases of deadly nerve agents in Alaska and Hawaii. 1 July 2003 |
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The war against ourselves:
An interview with major Doug Rokke Doug Rokke has a PhD in health physics and was originally trained as a forensic scientist. When the Gulf War started, he was assigned to prepare soldiers to respond to nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare, and sent to the Gulf. What he experienced has made him a passionate voice for peace, travelling the country to speak out. Spring 2003 |
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Gulf
War Syndrome "People are sick over there already," said Dr. Doug Rokke, former director of the Army's depleted uranium (DU) project. "It's not just uranium. You've got all the complex organics and inorganics [compounds] that are released in those fires and detonations. And they're sucking this in.... You've got the whole toxic wasteland." 9 April 2003 |
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Depleted
Uranium - An expert's view The worse part is the betrayal by my own government April 2003 |
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The
Real Casualty Rate from America's Iraq Wars In 1991, U.S. forces fired a staggering 944,000 DU rounds in Kuwait and Iraq. The Pentagon admits that it left behind at a bare minimum 320 metric tons of DU on the battlefield. One study of Gulf War veterans showed that their children had a higher possibility of being born with severe deformities, including missing eyes, blood infections, respiratory problems, and fused fingers. Dr. Rokke fears that because the military relied more heavily on DU munitions in the second Iraq War than in the first, postwar casualties may be even greater. 2 May 2003 |
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No
Money for Vets "We are outraged by this appropriation bill since VA projects that 1.1 million veterans will either be pushed out or not even bother trying to access VA health care," said Sisk (from Veterans of Foreign Wars) "Already, we have hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting six months or more for medical appointments. This bill will compound the problem." 7 July 2003 |
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Marine Gets 7 Months In Jail For
Refusing Anthrax Vac In a random survey of 1,253 guard and reserve pilots and aircrew, the GAO found 84 percent suffered minor reactions and at least 24 percent major multiple "systemic" reactions, the latter more than 100 times higher than the estimate by the manufacturer. 9 July 2003 |
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Gulf
War Veterans Sue Corporations According to the filing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined that more than 100,000 veterans of the first Gulf War have at least a 10 percent impairment from chemical exposure. 20 August 2003 |
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Gulf
War Syndrome Made Him A Rapist His lawyers argued that he suffered from Gulf War Syndrome, which made him violent and drove him to rape and murder a young servicewoman. 10 April 2003 |
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Gulf
War Syndrome, The Sequel What Rokke and other outspoken Desert Storm veterans fear is today's troops are being exposed to many of the same battlefield conditions that they believe are responsible for Gulf War Syndrome. These illnesses have left 221,000 veterans on medical disability and another 51,000 seeking that status from the Veterans Administration as of May 2002. 8 April 2003 |
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A
Vet
Speaks
From the New Jersey If they tell you you should go There is one thing you should know They wave the flag when you attack When you come home they turn their back. 2 March 2003 |
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Birth
defects tied to
GWS Sixty-seven percent of babies born to the 400,000 vets who suffer from Gulf War Syndrome have birth defects. Undated |
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A little bit of help, for
some Between 1961 and 1971, US military forces dropped about 72 million liters of herbicidal agents on the Republic of Vietnam, including more than 45 million liters of dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange. 11 July 2003 |
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Court
finds for Gulf illness veteran An ex-soldier today won a landmark legal battle against the Ministry of Defence after the high court ruled he was suffering from an illness linked to his service in the first Gulf war. 13 June 2003 |
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Troops
start trend with sperm banks "Most of the time, it's the wife or girlfriend who gives us the call," he says. "They want to bank the sperm before the smallpox and anthrax vaccinations. And they're concerned because they've heard stories of men coming back from the Gulf and not being 100%, whether due to the vaccinations or to chemical and biological agents they were exposed to." 26 January 2003 |
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Soldiers
back from Iraq in dismal health Now a new study from the Department of National Defence shows that these soldiers, mostly men in the prime of life, are in worse health than the general population. In interviews done when they were back in Canada, about 30 per cent said their health is somewhat worse or much worse than it was one year ago. Undated |
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Soldier
wins Gulf War Syndrome case "The tribunal finds that the appellant was vaccinated with a concoction of drugs prior to planned deployment in the Gulf War. The concoction of drugs caused osteoporosis" said the ruling, the publication of which was delayed until after the latest war in Iraq. 5 May 2003 |
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Putting
soldiers' lives at risk Up to 55 per cent of all soldiers have had to buy their own kit because supplies are inadequate. 20 January 2003 |
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“What have I
done!" - a hundred soldiers treated for "Intifada Syndrome” They joined the most elite of units, full of motivation. They served terms of three years and more, fought in the hardest battles of the Intifada, but also had to face the civilian Palestinian population. Now that they had been discharged the difficulties are exposed, the personal problems and crises. Dozens of them went on backpacking trips to the Far East where they became drug addicted to heroine, cocaine and other hard drugs. Some tried to commit suicide. 11 May 2002 |
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The
forgotten army "Edward Denmark landed in the Falklands as a young gunner on May 21 1992. (. . .) The pain was just unbearable. I felt lost to life. I had night terrors and couldn't sleep. I left the army 12 months later. I spent the next two years getting absolutely drunk, my family disowned me, I was out on the streets." 16 January 2002 |
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Vaccination
offers no protection Just before his Christmas leave, he was offered various inoculations, including one for anthrax. He was told, if he wanted to have these jabs, he had to sign a disclaimer saying that, if he had illness in the future, he couldn't claim compensation. 24 January 2003 |
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New
toxins threat to UK troops Paul Tyler, head of an all-party parliamentary group investigating Gulf War Syndrome, will reveal new official evidence this week linking organophosphate pesticides to chronic fatigue syndrome, depression and muscle pain - several of the conditions affecting veterans. 2 February 2003 |
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