After all this time, from Gulf War I, maybe the thousands that have been suffering, some dying, and children born with deformities, may Finally have some answers and Maybe, just Maybe a Nation that will come to their Aid! {I don't hold my breath on my last statement, as a 'Nam Vet my brothers Still aren't getting the Help they Deserve, from this Nation as to Agent Orange and the other defoliant's used than}.
And lets not even go Near PTSD, or should we, while we have Two Theaters of Operations and Extened tours adding to Multiple tours!
But this is about Sarin and Gulf War I.
Study: Sarin at root of Gulf War syndrome
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Tuesday May 29, 2007
As benefits administrators, officials and politicians argue the worthiness of studies on Gulf War syndrome, researchers say they have no doubts that they’ve found the root of the problem.
Sarin gas.
And they have advice for as many as 300,000 troops exposed to small doses of sarin in 1991: Don’t use bug spray, don’t smoke and don’t drink alcohol.
Makes ones eyes open abit wider, read on:
Research released in early May showed that 13 soldiers exposed to small amounts of sarin gas in the 1991 Gulf War had 5 percent less white brain matter — connective tissue — than soldiers who had not been exposed. A complementary report showed that 140 soldiers who were exposed had the fine motor skills of someone 20 years older — what researchers called a “direct correlation” to exposure.
And what exposed them to the Sarin, why Friendly Fire, their own destructive orders given without thought:
Her study was noteworthy because it was funded by the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments, and used Pentagon data to triangulate the locations of troops who were in the path of a huge sarin plume unleashed when U.S. forces destroyed an Iraqi chemical weapons dump in Khamisiyah in March 1991. The study also used new technology to look at troops’ brains.
I've cut some till this:
She called the study’s findings “overwhelming,” but noted that the VA’s response, once again, was merely: “We’re going to study this.
And some more cutting till this:
The debate over this issue goes back 16 years to when U.S. forces blew up the chemical munitions dump in Khamsiyah and released a plume of sarin gas to which thousands of U.S. troops were exposed — something the Pentagon denied until 1997.
Why that should not surprise anyone who has served say since Korea and many even in WWII, i.e. Atomic Vets!
the Pentagon knew that as many as 300,000 service members had breathed in small doses of the toxic fumes.
“That’s why, in the last few years, you’ve seen all the sarin, depleted uranium and pyridostigmine bromide research,” Sullivan said. “It’s a bittersweet victory because people waited so long.”
Golomb said she found a link between symptoms of Gulf War veterans and their exposure to sarin, pyridostigmine bromide (PB) and bug repellent, all of which overstimulate muscles by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, a chemical that signals muscles to stop moving. The tongue, being a big muscle, eventually cuts off a person’s ability to breathe if it is overstimulated.
It goes on about 'bug repellent' and pyridostigmine bromide.
Than we come to this, another case of 'Friendly Fire' or more to the point Self Inflicting.
Yet according to the Pentagon, about 250,000 troops were given PB during the Gulf War.
Read the rest of this report at above link.
A list of units exposed to sarin in the 1991 Gulf War can be found at
Distinct Army & Air Force Units in Khamisiyah 2000 Hazard Area March 10-13, 1991
Updated: November 21, 2000
Note: Asterisks (*) behind a unit name indicates Air Force personnel were co-located with the Army unit. There were no U.S. Navy and Marine Corps (USMC) units located within the hazard area.
Component Key: Active = Active Army Units
ARNG = Army National Guard
USAR = U.S. Army Reserve
Status Key: Both = Unit in 1997 and 2000 Hazard Area
2000 = Added in 2000
The list of Units is by State at the site, as I'm in North Carolina I'll post those up, but others just click on link and scroll to your states units in which you might have served or known someone who did.
North Carolina
Active Company B, 50th Signal Battalion Both
Active 129th Adjutant General Company - Postal Both
Active Company A, 313th Military Intelligence Battalion Both
Active Company C, 313th Military Intelligence Battalion Both
Active 21st Chemical Company Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division * Both
Active 82nd Military Police Company Airborne Division Both
Active Company A, 82nd Signal Battalion Both
Active Company B, 82nd Signal Battalion Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 82nd Signal Battalion Airborne Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (504th PIR) Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (325th AIR) Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (505th PIR) Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 82nd Division Artillery Both
Active Company A, 307th Engineer Battalion Both
Active Company C, 307th Engineer Battalion Both
Active Company C, 307th Medical Battalion Both
Active Battery A, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Both
Active Battery B, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery 2000
Active Battery C, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery 2000
Active Headquarters, Headquarters & Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery 2000
Active Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company A, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company B, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company A, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company A, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
North Carolina (Continued)
Active Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company D, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company A, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company B, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company C, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company D, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company B, 782nd Combat Support Battalion Both
Active Company C, 782nd Combat Support Battalion Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 18th Airborne Corps * Both
Active Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Both
Active 100th Engineer Company 2000
Active 107th Finance Services Unit Both
Active 5th Medical Hospital MASH Both
Active 32nd Medical - MEDSOM Both
Active 714th Medical Detachment 2000
Active 257th Medical Detachment - Dental Both
Active Company C, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion EW Both
Active 18th Finance Group - Airborne Both
Active 546th Transportation Company Both
Active 9th Psychological Operations Battalion Both
Active 82nd Airborne Division Band Both
Active 10th Military Police Detachment 2000
Active Company A, 528th Special Forces Battalion Both
Active Company B, 528th Special Forces Battalion Both
Active Company C, 528th Special Forces Battalion Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 528th Special Forces Battalion Both
Active 330th Transportation Center, Movement Control, COSCOM Both
Active 514th Signal Company Both
Active 36th Medical Company Both
Active 259th Combat Support Company Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 46th Combat Support Both
North Carolina (Continued)
Active Company C, 426th Signal Battalion Both
Active 188th Ordnance Company Both
Active 945th Medical Detachment 2000
Active 6th Psychological Operations Battalion 2000
Active 16th Military Police Brigade Both
Active Company A , 37th Engineer Battalion Both
Active Company B, 37th Engineer Battalion Both
Active Company C, 37th Engineer Battalion Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 37th Engineer Battalion Both
Active Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces ODA 572 2000
Active Company B, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces ODA 585 2000
Active Company C, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces ODA 593 2000
Active Company D, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces ODB 590 2000
Active Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces C Detachment 2000
Active Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Both
Active Company B, 3rd Battalion, 73rd Armored Both
Active Company B, 407th Combat Support Battalion Both
Active Company C, 407th Combat Support Battalion Both
Active Company A, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company B, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company C, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Company D, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Both
Active 94th Psychological Operations Company 2000
Active Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces ODB 330 2000
Active Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces ODA 331 2000
Active Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces ODA 333 2000
Active Company A, 112th Signal Battalion 2000
Active Company B, 112th Signal Battalion 2000
Active Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment, 112th Signal Battalion 2000
ARNG 121st Transportation Detachment Both
USAR 385th Transportation Detachment 2000
USAR 227th Transportation Company 2000
USAR 431st Quartermaster Detachment Both
USAR Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 171st Combat Support Both
Just Remember....
If you were paying attention, much of this was already suspected, and not just as 'Gulf War Syndrom' in Military Troops.
A number of NGO's were working in Iraq, on a number of causes during the Sanctions, most Important were the Health Care NGO's.
This foolish destruction at the chemical munitions dump in Khamsiyah, with absolutely no thought of the consequences, unleased the Poisons into the air of That Country and Region, now once again ask the 9/11 question "Why Do They Hate Us?", answer: just one of Many, going back Decades, of the Stupidity of the U.S. Foreign Policies!!
Think any NGO's will be welcome back into country after the recent Debacle?
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