UK 'should admit Gulf war syndrome exists'

[Dover]

UK 'should admit Gulf war syndrome exists'


14:58 17 November 04

NewScientist.com news service

The British government should acknowledge that 6000 British veterans of the 1990 Gulf war were physically disabled due to their wartime service, an independent inquiry concluded on Wednesday. It also said the government should pay the veterans more compensation.

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) acknowledges that twice as many Gulf veterans are ill compared to other soldiers, with a range of symptoms including depression, pain, arthritis and dizziness. But it has always refused to acknowledge the existence of a “Gulf war syndrome”.

It pays 6000 Gulf veterans disability pensions because it cannot prove their disability did not result from military service.

“What the veterans now want above all else is a clear recognition by the MoD that they are ill because they served in the Gulf,” said Lord Lloyd of Berwick, a retired judge of England’s high court, who led the inquiry. “It is not acceptable for the MoD to say, 'Yes, you are ill; but since we do not know which of the possible causes has caused your particular illness we are not going to admit that your illness is due to your service'." ...cont'd

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996687

[bullimiami]

1. The US just decided that maybe.....just maybe...

its not just in their heads. They are going to look into it again....right....

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2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x997702