Monday, November 17, 2008

Iraq & Afghanistan: Burn Pits {UpDated}


Senior Airman Frances Gavalis tosses unserviceable uniform items into a burn pit at Balad Air Base, Iraq.



The Army Times Site Video {which wouldn't embed so brought over to the blip site player}

Burn pit at Balad raises health concerns
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
An open-air at the largest U.S. base in Iraq may have exposed tens of thousands of troops, contractors and Iraqis to cancer-causing dioxins, poisons such as arsenic a...


Senator wants answers on dangers of burn pits
Sun, Nov 9, 2008
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., has written to Gen. David Petraeus, the new chief of U.S. Central Command, demanding to be informed about any pending investigations into health problems for troops expo...


Burn pit fallout
Sat, Nov 15, 2008
Disabled American Veterans has issued a call to all service members and veterans who think they may have illnesses related to burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq: Contact DAV so they can collect data...


And just like what 'Agent Orange' not only did to our soldiers in 'Nam it did to the Citizens of Vietnam, continuing to today, it is and Will Continue to do to the Citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan near where these contaminated garbage pits not only were burned but that contaminated garbage is buried!

UpDate With Breaking Report 11-17-08

Gulf War illness is real,

new federal report says



An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness.





CNN Video Report

The Gulf War Syndrom Report

RAC Report This link takes you to the site page with the two below.


RAC-GWVI media release, Nov. 17, 2008 DOC


Full report of RAC-GWVI -- Nov. 17, 2008 PDF {The PDF is abit over 6MB download}

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