New Revelation Surfaces about Gulf War II Mystery Illness

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[Conspiranoia!] New Revelation Surfaces about Gulf War II

" Mystery Illness "

 

 

 

Joyce Riley vonKleist & Dave vonKleist

www.gulfwarvets.com

www.thepowerhour.com

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Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:55 PM

 

 

American Gulf War Veterans Association

 

Joyce Riley vonKleist, RN,BSN spokesperson

 

P.O. Box 85, Versailles, Missouri 65084

 

(573) 378-6049 (573) 378-5998 fax

 

www.gulfwarvets.com, gulfwar@d...

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

AUGUST 8, 2003

 

 

 

NEW REVELATION SURFACES ABOUT

GULF WAR II " MYSTERY ILLNESS "

 

 

 

The American Gulf War Veterans Association (AGWVA), an independent

Gulf War Veterans' support organization, has long searched for

answers to explain why nearly half of the 697,000 Gulf War I Veterans

are now ill and why over 200,000 of those servicemen/women have

requested disability, but have received no adequate diagnosis or

treatment, from either the Department of Defense (DOD), or Veteran's

Affairs. Though there have been over 125 studies done by the

government at the cost of over $300,000,000 to the taxpayer, we still

have no answers as to what caused so many of our soldiers to become

ill. Meanwhile, the suffering veterans are receiving little, if any,

medical treatment for this illness. It seems that whenever veterans

become ill, the term " mystery illness " seems to be the first and

often the only diagnosis that is ever made. Veterans are then left

to fend for themselves, sick and unable to work, with little hope of

a normal life again.

 

 

 

The AGWVA is now again asking questions, this time, about the newest

" mystery illness " to hit the military. After being pressured by a

few independent news reporters who have not permitted this " mystery "

to continue unabated, The DOD recently has been forced to announce

the " mystery " deaths of Gulf War II soldiers and that at least 100

other men and women have become ill. Again, however, there were no

adequate answers, but, only that the " mystery illness " diagnosis had

reared its ugly head again. According to a family member of one of

the military victims, the DOD recently, has changed its label of the

illness and is now calling it " pneumonia " in sharp contrast to what a

physician on the scene reported. Due to continuing pressure for

sound answers, the DOD was again forced to send an investigative team

to Iraq, however the convenient, repeated lack of diagnosis,

unfortunately translates into lack of treatment, and lack of

compensation for the veteran. The jury is still out, however, if the

DOD will be forthcoming with the truth this time.

 

 

 

Contrary to the " pneumonia " and " mystery illness " labels,

enlightening information surfaced today on " THE POWER HOUR " radio

show (www.thepowerhour.com) in an interview with Mark Neusche, father

of Josh Neusche, one of the GW II troops to lose his life from the

" mystery illness " while serving in Iraq. The father stated that his

20-year-old healthy son, a former track star and non-smoker, had

written home on June 26th explaining that he would be going on a 30-

hour " hauling " mission, but that he could not disclose what they

would be hauling. The son had stated that he had been to the Palace

of Sadaam Hussein, and it was later learned that he was " hauling " at

the Baghdad Airport.

 

 

 

Marsha Paxson also appeared on the show, as she is the journalist who

broke the U.S. story for the Lake Sun Leader (www.lakesunleader.com).

Although the " facts " behind this story are continually changing, Ms.

Paxson is one of the few journalists who is remaining true to the

facts of the original story. Ms. Paxson revealed in her articles that

the father reported that his son was not the only ill soldier.

Neusche stated that while his son was in a coma at Landstuhl

Hospital, the father overheard the nurses say that they were

expecting numerous sick troops to be brought in all at one time. In

fact, the father actually witnessed approximately 55 other troops

being received by the hospital after they were transported by a

military ambulance (bus). According to the father, the transported

troops were exhibiting varying degrees of the illness. Some walked,

some were in wheelchairs and others were on respirators. In the

commotion, a doctor reported to the father that his son was suffering

from a " toxin. " No mention of pneumonia was made, nor was it ever

reported in the medical record.

 

 

 

Paxton and the AGWVA now question the diagnosis, the actual number of

troops that were reported ill, and the date when the DOD first became

aware of this incident.

 

 

 

One of the most surprising statements to come from The Power Hour

interview conducted on " The Genesis Network " was that while the son,

Josh Neusche, was a healthy young soldier on June 26, 2003, when he

reported that he was going to serve on the secret hauling mission, by

July 1, 2003, he was in a coma, and that day was suddenly classified

by the military, as medically retired from the Army without Josh or

his family's consent. Josh did not die until July 12, 2003. Among

other problems that this new classification created was that the DOD

was no longer obligated to assist the family in getting to Germany to

be with their son as he lay in a coma. Because the DOD would not

provide even so much as plane or taxi fare for the Neusche family,

all 650 members of the 203rd Engineer Battalion each contributed

$10.00 to make the family's final visit possible.

 

 

 

The AGWVA is demanding answers in a timely fashion and according to

spokesperson Joyce Riley, " We cannot tolerate another whitewashing of

a tragedy against our veterans. It has happened too many times before

with our failure to safeguard our troops, adequately diagnose and

effectively treat the victims of Agent Orange spraying, Project Shad

shipboard-experimentation, and Gulf War Illness I. This time someone

has to be held accountable. " Ms. Riley closed by saying, " Speaking

out for our past and present sick veterans is the best way for

Americans to support our troops! "

 

 

 

The interview with Mark Neusche and Marsha Paxson can be heard at:

www.thepowerhour.com click on the " GWII mystery illness interview. "

 

 

 

For more information on Gulf War illnesses, go to www.gulfwarvets.com

 

For more information on Project Shad, go to www.projectshad.org

 

 

 

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Joyce Riley vonKleist & Dave vonKleist

www.gulfwarvets.com

www.thepowerhour.com

 

 

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