[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [GROW] 11, 000 US soldiers dead from DU poisoning

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>February 2005
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>11,000 US soldiers dead from DU poisoning
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>Heads roll at Veterans Administration Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU)
>scandal blamed
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>by
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>Bob Nichols Project Censored Award Winner 2/2/05 S.F. Bay View
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><http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml
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>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>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,
><mailto:gkohls at cpinternet.com>gkohls at cpinternet.com, with Subscribe" 
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Paul Etxeberri

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