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Depleted Uranium Has Killed 11,000 US Military Vets
Depleted Uranium Has Killed 11,000 U.S. Military Veterans
Source: NewsTarger
November 3, 2006
Highly toxic depleted uranium has created a death toll reaching the 11,000-
soldier mark, and the continuing scandal is thought to have been the main
reason behind the recent departure of Anthony Principi -- the secretary of the
Veterans Affairs Department.
Arthur Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New
York, said "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 'Gulf War Syndrome' has fed a
growing scandal about the continued use of uranium munitions by the U.S.
military."
Over 11,000 of the 580,000 soldiers who served in the first Gulf War are now
deceased, according the Bernklau. In addition, Bernklau indicated that by 2000,
325,000 additional Gulf War veterans had gone on permanent medical disability,
and more than half of the soldiers who served in the first Gulf War now have
permanent medical problems.
Bernklau went on to point out that "The VA secretary was aware of this fact as
far back as 2000 … he and the Bush administration have been hiding these
facts, but now, thanks to Moret’s report, it is far too big to hide or to cover up."
He went on to indicate that exposure to depleted uranium is a virtual death
sentence.
Bernklau added that "Marion Fulk, a nuclear chemist, who retired from the
Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab and was also involved in the
Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers
now returning as 'spectacular' -- and a matter of concern.'"
Although pieces of this development have been published in a Washington
newspaper and have appeared on wire services as well, the story has not been
covered by the national media.
Source: NewsTarger
November 3, 2006
Highly toxic depleted uranium has created a death toll reaching the 11,000-
soldier mark, and the continuing scandal is thought to have been the main
reason behind the recent departure of Anthony Principi -- the secretary of the
Veterans Affairs Department.
Arthur Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New
York, said "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 'Gulf War Syndrome' has fed a
growing scandal about the continued use of uranium munitions by the U.S.
military."
Over 11,000 of the 580,000 soldiers who served in the first Gulf War are now
deceased, according the Bernklau. In addition, Bernklau indicated that by 2000,
325,000 additional Gulf War veterans had gone on permanent medical disability,
and more than half of the soldiers who served in the first Gulf War now have
permanent medical problems.
Bernklau went on to point out that "The VA secretary was aware of this fact as
far back as 2000 … he and the Bush administration have been hiding these
facts, but now, thanks to Moret’s report, it is far too big to hide or to cover up."
He went on to indicate that exposure to depleted uranium is a virtual death
sentence.
Bernklau added that "Marion Fulk, a nuclear chemist, who retired from the
Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab and was also involved in the
Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers
now returning as 'spectacular' -- and a matter of concern.'"
Although pieces of this development have been published in a Washington
newspaper and have appeared on wire services as well, the story has not been
covered by the national media.