[911TruthAction] DU Dealth Toll Tops 11,000

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DU Death Toll Tops 11,000

 

Nationwide Media Blackout Keeps U.S. Public Ignorant About This

Important Story

 

By James P. Tucker Jr.

 

The death toll from the highly toxic weapons component known as

depleted uranium (DU) has reached 11,000 soldiers and the growing

scandal may be the reason behind Anthony Principi's departure as

secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department.

 

This view was expressed by Arthur Bernklau, executive director of

Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York, writing in Preventive

Psychiatry E-Newsletter.

 

" The real reason for Mr. Principi's departure was really never

given, " Bernklau said. " However, a special report published by

eminent scientist Leuren Moret naming depleted uranium as the

definitive cause of `Gulf War Syndrome' has fed a growing scandal

about the continued use of uranium munitions by the U.S. military. "

 

The " malady [from DU] that thousands of our military have suffered

and died from has finally been identified as the cause of this

sickness, eliminating the guessing. . . . The terrible truth is now

being revealed, " Bernklau said.

 

Of the 580,400 soldiers who served in Gulf War I, 11,000 are now

dead, he said. By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on permanent

medical disability. More than a decade later, more than half (56

percent) who served in Gulf War I have permanent medical problems.

The disability rate for veterans of the world wars of the last

century was 5 percent, rising to 10 percent in Vietnam.

 

" The VA secretary was aware of this fact as far back as 2000, "

Bernklau said. " He and the Bush administration have been hiding

these facts, but now, thanks to Moret's report, it is far too big to

hide or to cover up. "

 

Terry Johnson, public affairs specialist at the VA, recently

reported that veterans of both Persian Gulf wars now on disability

total 518,739, Bernklau said.

 

" The long-term effect of DU is a virtual death sentence, " Bernklau

said. " Marion Fulk, a nuclear chemist, who retired from the Lawrence

Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, and was also involved in the

Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the

soldiers [from the second war] as `spectacular'—and a matter of

concern.' "

 

While this important story appeared in a Washington newspaper and

the wire services, it did not receive national exposure—a compelling

sign that the American public is being kept in the dark about the

terrible effects of this toxic weapon. (Veterans for Constitutional

Law can be reached at (516) 474-4261.)

 

 

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