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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 10 Num. 22
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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MYSTERY SURROUNDS GULF WAR ILLNESS(ES)
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Writing in the May 25, 1994 issue of the Journal of the American
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Medical Association (JAMA), Paul Cotton notes that supposed
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"efforts" by governmental agencies to uncover the cause(es) of
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Gulf War Illness(es) (GWI) "have created a candy store for
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conspiracy buffs." A workshop at the National Institutes of
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Health (NIH) was, in fact, told by several who testified that
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they saw a conspiracy behind the mysterious illness(es). Yet
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other participants in the panel suggested that GWI is
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stress-related, brought on essentially as a result of stress
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experienced by Gulf War veterans during that conflict.
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Supposedly, "several months of stress in isolated and austere
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conditions... created perhaps a unique situation that could
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affect the way illness appears."
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Yet if stress is the cause, why the "surprisingly low rate of
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psychiatric problems in the Gulf, and a 'paucity' of
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posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?" Well, claims one MD-PhD,
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maybe PTSD manifests differently in Gulf vets than it did with
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the Vietnam vets. Right.
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The JAMA article is balanced and apparently presents all sides of
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the question. The panel was hampered by lack of information, in
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part due to Pentagon stonewalling; in part due to a shocking lack
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of detailed studies. Among information that was lacking:
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** Apparently no tests of semen have been done. Wives of
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veterans complain they have acquired "mysterious maladies"
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since their spouses returned from the Gulf War.
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** Apparently no studies were done related to effects of
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pesticides routinely sprayed on uniforms before they were
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given to soldiers.
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** Apparently no data is available on which of the soldiers
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were given pyridostigmine, a cholinesterase inhibitor that
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blocks the receptor site for nerve gas.
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** Apparently data was withheld regarding dust from
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depleted uranium used in tank-piercing shells. Data also
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was apparently withheld regarding use of microwaves and
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vaccinations against anthrax and botulin.
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Allegations made to the panel include:
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** Some veterans believe they were exposed to chemical
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warfare during the Gulf War. Some say "they tasted a bitter
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almond taste after Iraqi SCUD-B missile attacks and saw
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whole herds of dead camels and goats that appeared to have
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dropped where they were standing." Bitter almonds? Could
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that have been cyanide? Recall from CN 10.21 how,
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allegedly, "warfare-grade 'free' cyanide was dumped" near
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the PIT plant. "Kawaja... received inquiries from people
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who claim to live and work south of the PIT plant who
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either have or know of persons now in hospitals, 'brain
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dead' and dying from cancer."
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** Testimony regarding mass burials of Iraqi corpses
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allegedly contaminated by chemical or biological weapons.
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How might that have affected those who were doing the
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burying?
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** Repeatedly, stories were told of "whole herds of camels
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and goats that had apparently just dropped dead in place
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and were mysteriously untouched by flies."
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** Missing medical records, some for entire units. Claims
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by some that they saw medical records being burned.
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** "Julia Dyckman, RN, MPH, a Naval Reserve captain, says
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more than half of those to whom she administered anthrax
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vaccinations in the field experienced adverse reactions,
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including 'huge' swelling and high fever. But she claims
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that those vaccinations were not recorded in individual
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medical files, and that reports she says she filed on the
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adverse reactions have disappeared." Allegations were made
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by some that these vaccinations were "experimental
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recombinant DNA products" used "without informed consent in
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the Gulf." Hence the title of the JAMA article, that
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"Veterans... Suspect They Were Goats in Gulf War." Were
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veterans used as "guinea pigs" without their informed
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consent? One researcher thinks so. Patricia Axelrod, "who
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has been using a $60,000 grant from the John D. and
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Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study Desert Storm
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complaints, contends that 'a full spectrum of experimental
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drugs' was given to troops. She alleges that the military
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"does not want it known that Desert Storm was a living
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laboratory. Americans were exposed to toxic environmental
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circumstances, including chemical and biological warfare
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agents. They have used these people as guinea pigs."
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(See: "Veterans Seeking Answers to Syndrome Suspect They Were
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Goats in Gulf War," by Paul Cotton. JAMA, May 25, 1994, pp.
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1559-1561.)
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