[Lancer409]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3748844.stm

a clip..
The report said the troops' problems were definitely caused by exposure to toxic chemicals rather than stress or psychiatric illness.

Potential sources include Iraqi nerve gas and drugs given to the troops to protect them from chemical weapons.

"Gulf war veterans really are ill at an elevated degree and several studies bring consistent findings that about 25%-30% of those who were deployed are ill," Professor Golombe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.



and .. no i'm not pro war or pro bush .... please dont let this turn into a political thread... just ... thoughts ... as my sociology teacher has told me in the past that this may not be a real illness but a sociological thingy instead...

[MacGorilla]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was caused by a combo of chemical and vaccine shots.

[olePigeon]

Wouldn't surprise me. Even recently when the troops were vaccinated against Anthrax, some of the vaccines were still active. Some troops were infected by accident.

[Zimphire]

But. but those chemicals didn't exist..

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
But. but those chemicals didn't exist..

They existed before and during the war. They were destroyed after the war.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
They existed before and during the war. They were destroyed after the war.

You mean we think.

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
You mean we think.

I dunno the UN disarmament team oversaw the destruction of tons of the stuff, so I guess we can be pretty sure they were real. OH you mean about being destroyed after the war? ya, who knows?