A new probe finds the Pentagon has failed to act on claims by more than 600 U.S. service members who have reported being exposed to chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003. The numbers came to light through an internal Pentagon review after a New York Times report last month found the Bush administration concealed the discovery of chemical weapons in Iraq that had been developed with U.S. support in the 1980s — and then denied medical care to the wounded U.S. soldiers involved. The initial report put the number of injured soldiers at 17, but the Pentagon’s own records now reveal that 629 service members described suspected exposure to chemical agents on post-combat health surveys. According to the Times, after years of failing to properly track or treat the victims, the Pentagon will now launch outreach efforts, including a hotline.
Friday, November 7, 2014
US fighting men exposed to Chemicals in Iraq when GWB was President..
I can appreciate concern over such an event wherein US soldiers in Iraq were exposed to chemicals;
However, at the same time I do not forget the millions in Vietnam upon whom, under LBJ the US rained tons of Dioxin. And this same Dioxin is still in the drinking water of this unfortunate nation.
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