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Gulf War Illness - Essay

Gulf War Illness

During the Gulf War, Americans were entranced by the overwhelming military superiority exercised by the United States during Desert Storm. After long weeks of waiting to find out how high the casualty figures would climb during the opening round of the New World Order, relatives and friends breathed a sigh of relief when the Iraqi armies were stomped by a margin of about a thousand to one. The troops would come back alive.
They wouldn't come back healthy. In the years following, veterans have died or are dying from illnesses known commonly as (GWI). Researchers are still trying to pin down the exact causes of Mycoplasma Incognita (GWI), but they aren't getting very far, thanks to ...

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such as oil-well fire smoke, vaccines, or chemical agents. Originally, the cause of these various symptoms was assumed to be post-traumatic stress, but the persistent and varied nature of the symptoms resisted that label. Pressure from veterans has prompted the government to investigate further the possible causes of the illness: were the troops exposed to Iraqi chemical and biological weapons? Or were experimental drugs the cause? Or is the Vietnam Agent Orange and the Atomic fallout issue all over again? Is the government cooperating or covering up? The results so far are surprising and often conflicting.
So what is this mysterious illness? GWI is a infectious, moderately contagious and potentially lethal disease, resulting from a laboratory modified germ warfare agent called Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus). There was actually up to 15 such agents used in Desert Storm by Iraq, only three of which have been identified. GWI spreads far more easily than AIDS, by sex, by casual ...

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Added: 2/22/2007 03:08:25 PM
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