41. DefenseLINK News: GULF WAR ILLNESSES TEAM EXPANDS -- NEW SPECIAL ASSISTANT NAMED (703)6975737(public/industry). November 12, 1996. IMMEDIATE RELEASE. gulf war illnesses TEAM EXPANDS NEW SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO. DEPUTY SECRETARY WHITE NAMED. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov1996/b111396_bt634-96.html

Search Home Site Map DoD Sites ... Questions? NEWS About News DoD News Advisories ... Sources Updated: 14 Jan 2003 United States Department of Defense News Releases On the web: var a = self.location document.writeln('' + a + ''); Media contact: Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Reference Number: No. 634-96 (703)695-0192(media) (703)697-3189(copies) (703)697-5737(public/industry) November 12, 1996 IMMEDIATE RELEASE GULF WAR ILLNESSES TEAM EXPANDS NEW SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO DEPUTY SECRETARY WHITE NAMED Deputy Secretary of Defense John P. White today announced that he is increasing the size of the Persian Gulf Illnesses Investigative Team from 12 to 110 people. This expanded organization is designed to add significant additional resources into learning the causes of Gulf War illnesses. He has named Bernard Rostker as the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses to direct these enhanced efforts. Rostker takes on this additional assignment while serving as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). “It has become apparent that there is still much that is unknown about how Gulf War service may have affected the health of those who served,” said White. “New information recently gathered from a variety of sources, including individuals who served, demands new and different expertise. For this reason it is important to ensure this new organization has the proper priority and sufficient resources to ensure we are taking the best possible care of those who served. This new office will coordinate all Department of Defense activities relating to our inquiries into the nature and causes of Gulf War illnesses.”

42. Gulf War Illness Studies At RAND Arroyo Center, has conducted a series of studies to develop baseline scientific and medical information about the possible causes of gulf war illnesses and to http://www.rand.org/multi/gulfwar/

Photo: Summary of the Offensive Gulf War Ground Campaign. [Larger image-136K] Reprinted by permission of the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. A significant proportion of U.S. military personnel who served in the Gulf War have reported various health problems following their service, some of which remain unexplained. The Center for Military Health Policy Research, a joint endeavor of RAND Health , the National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) , and the Arroyo Center , has conducted a series of studies to develop baseline scientific and medical information about the possible causes of Gulf War Illnesses and to investigate various policy issues.

43. Gulf War Illnesses, Vol. 5: Chemical And Biological Warfare Agents A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to gulf war illnesses Volume 5 Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents William S. Augerson http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1018.5/

A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses Volume 5: Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents William S. Augerson Also see PDF version. $30.00 (paperback, 265 pp.) ISBN: 0-8330-2680-1 Contents Preface Figures Tables Summary ... Chapter One: Introduction Approach How the Review Is Organized Chapter Two: Overview of Chemical and Biological Warfare Chapter Three: Skin-Damaging Agents Lewisite Phosgene Oxime Mustards Chapter Four: Toxins Ricin Trichothecene Mycotoxins Aflatoxins Chapter Five: Nerve Agents History Weaponization Relevance to the Gulf War Chemical Characteristics Related Chemicals Detection Military Systems Tissues Environmental Effects and Persistence Toxicology and Toxicokinetics Reasons for Considering Organophosphate Pesticide Effects Non-AChE Effects Mechanism of ActionAcute Effects AChE Inhibitors Pretreatments and Treatments for Nerve Agent Poisoning Entry and Fate Exposure-Effect Relationships Clinical Findings Clinical Aspects of Exposure Summary of Acute Effects Longer-Term Effects (Four Months or More) "Unrecognized" Exposures Pathology and Pathophysiology Short-Term Exposures and Longer-Term Effects What to Look for in the Gulf Context Summary, Analysis, and Comment

44. Published Article -- The Mysteries Of Gulf War Illness Dallas Morning News Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison February 28, 2003. US UNRAVELING MYSTERIES OF THE gulf war illnesses. As our nation s http://hutchison.senate.gov/gulfwarillness.htm

Dallas Morning News Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison February 28, 2003 U.S. UNRAVELING MYSTERIES OF THE GULF WAR ILLNESSES As our nation's armed forces gear up for the prospect of a conflict in the Persian Gulf, the safety and security of our men and women in uniform are of utmost concern. In any conflict, human lives are at risk. But the Middle East poses a more insidious threat to America's sons and daughters. It has been more than a decade since the United States sent troops to free Kuwait from the iron fist of Saddam Hussein. Yet while that war has become a chapter in history books, scores of veterans still are fighting battles that should have ended with our withdrawal from the region. We owe it to our soldiers to unravel the mystery of Gulf War illnesses that have plagued veterans of Operation Desert Storm and to protect tomorrow's veterans from a similar fate. For too long, the unexplained health problems of Gulf War veterans were sidelined by politics and indifference. Medical professionals from the Defense Department debated whether Gulf War syndrome even exists, and previous Pentagon officials tried to block congressional funding for research into the illness. Blaming symptoms on post-traumatic stress, the department refused to address the obvious medical maladies plaguing our veterans. Imagine the frustration of one Gulf War veteran so severely debilitated that he hardly can walk across his bedroom unaided; only a couple of years before his deployment, he completed the New York City marathon in less than three hours. Imagine his anxiety when he was told his condition was "all in your head."

45. Hutchison Capitol Comment - Uncovering The Mysteries Of Gulf War Syndrome We owe it to our soldiers to unravel the mystery of gulf war illnesses that have plagued veterans of Operation Desert Storm and protect tomorrow s veterans http://hutchison.senate.gov/ccgulfwarillness.htm

UNCOVERING THE MYSTERIES OF GULF WAR SYNDROME As our nation's armed forces gear up for the prospect of a conflict in the Persian Gulf, the safety and security of our men and women in uniform is of utmost concern. In any conflict human lives are at risk, yet the Middle East poses a more insidious threat to America's sons and daughters. It has been more than a decade since the United States sent troops to free Kuwait from the iron fist of Saddam Hussein. Yet while the war has become a chapter in American history books, scores of veterans are still fighting battles that should have ended with our withdrawal from the region. We owe it to our soldiers to unravel the mystery of Gulf War illnesses that have plagued veterans of Operation Desert Storm and protect tomorrow's veterans from a similar fate. For too long, the unexplained health problems of Gulf War veterans were sidelined by politics and indifference. Medical professionals from the Department of Defense debated whether Gulf War Syndrome even exists, and previous Pentagon officials tried to block congressional funding for research into the illness. Blaming symptoms on post-traumatic stress, the Department refused to address the obvious medical maladies plaguing our veterans. Imagine the frustration of one Gulf War veteran so severely debilitated that he can hardly walk across his bedroom unaided when, only a couple of years prior to his deployment, he completed the New York City Marathon in under three hours. Imagine his further anxiety when told his condition was "all in your head." Unfortunately, thousands of our Gulf War veterans have similar devastating and inexplicable ailments. Of the 700,000 U.S. military personnel who served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, between 100,000 and 300,000 have demonstrated a complex array of symptoms, from irritated skin conditions to debilitating diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease.

46. Military Readies For Possible Second Round Of Gulf War Illness There s no cure and no sure way to prevent it, says Matthew Hotopf, MD, PhD, senior researcher at the gulf war illnesses Research Unit of Guy s, King s, and http://www.my.webmd.com/content/article/62/71665.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_ln_01

47. Gulf War Illness The committee even concluded that responsibility for gulf war illnesses, especially the research agenda, must be placed in a more responsive agency http://members.tripod.com/vzajic/9thchapter.html

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" 9. GULF WAR ILLNESS 9.1 Survivors of Friendly Fire Out of 113 - 122 survivors of the friendly fire incidents during the Gulf War involving DU ammunition, 50 soldiers were wounded by DU shrapnel. In 1993, the Army Surgeon General's Office selected 35 soldiers, 22 of whom still had embedded DU fragments, for participation in the DU Follow-Up Program at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Three declined to participate and one veteran was subsequently included in the program after a positive private test of the fragments embedded in his body for DU Tests were conducted to study urinalysis, urinary uranium, blood chemistries, and neuroendocrine measures. The patients also received detailed physical examinations, neuropsychological tests, and radiology tests. Those with embedded DU fragments have elevated urinary uranium levels, but no manifestations of kidney disease attributable to the chemical toxicity of DU have been found. Minor biochemical and neuropsychological perturbations were correlated with the elevated urinary uranium levels. Laboratory tests also found DU in semen samples from some veterans exposed to DU. All births to couples in the DU Follow-Up Program have been normal At present, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) offers comprehensive clinical evaluation and urine tests for the presence of uranium to all Gulf War veterans on a voluntary basis. Out of the first 20,000 particitating veterans, 25 veterans exposed to DU dust were diagnosed with serious kidney damage (13 with glomerulonephritis and 12 with renal insufficiency), none from the group in the DU Follow-up Program

48. Gulf War Illnesses Appear Contagious gulf war illnesses appear contagious, A recent war. Practically everyone in her unit came down with Gulf War illness, said Nicolson. We http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/sw/sw35/GWS-contagious.html

Gulf War Illnesses appear contagious A recent New York Times story revealed that the U.N. disclosed that clouds of chemical weapons may also have been released from a second large Iraqi ammunitions depot destroyed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, exposing many additional U.S. troops. This on top of the revised Pentagon estimates to the exposure from the Kamisiyah depot. The latest computer models show that the plume of the nerve gas sarin had passed over as many as 98,000 troops, or about one in seven of the U.S. troops who served in the war. It was just one year ago that the Pentagon insisted that there was no evidence to suggest that U.S. troops had been exposed to chemical weapons. Now the number of troops exposed is well over 100,000 for the U.S. with evidence that British troops, previously thought to have escaped, were also exposed when the U.S. blew up the depot to destroy the evidence. One such medical professional who strongly believes that biologics are involved is Garth Nicolson, a biochemist formerly at Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, now with The Institute for Molecular Medicine. He founded the institute to investigate GWS and other chronic conditions. The inspiration for starting the institute was his daughter-in-law, member of 101st Airborne Division who became ill after her unit was involved in the Iraq war. "Practically everyone in her unit came down with Gulf War illness," said Nicolson. "We found out a lot of people in the service were becoming sick, and we'd seen similar illnesses before."

49. Gulf War Syndrome Even if you do not have any of these symptoms of gulf war illnesses, you should make certain your name is on our DATABASE for Gulf War veterans. . http://www.biofact.com/gulf/

Gulf War Syndrome Here is the chronology of events that lead to the current Gulf War Syndrome: Iraq invades Kuwait , 'Desert Shield' begins. U.S. warns of Iraq's military and chemical, biological and nuclear weapons capabilities. 'Desert Storm' begins . Troops invade Iraq and Kuwait, and return Kuwait to it's former rulers, in one of the shortest wars on record. Troops return home and begin to complain of unusual symptoms. Gulf War Syndrome is discovered. This page is provided courtesy of: The BioFact report Frequently asked questions (FAQ) What should I do if I think I have Gulf War Syndrome? What are the symptoms? Is this a real disease? Iraq invades Kuwait When Iraq invaded Kuwait, the United States government acted quickly. Ships were dispatched to the Persian Gulf and oil prices shot up as an oil embargo was placed against Iraq. The U.S. Government told us that Saddam Hussein was poised to invade the neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia, and the worlds oil supply was threatened. George Bush launched operation "Desert Shield" in which a coalition of many nation's armies gathered in the deserts of Saudi Arabia bordering Iraq and Kuwait. We believed the threat to Iraq's other neighbors was real and demanded immediate action! Public support for "Desert Shield" was tremendous. George Bush enjoyed some of his highest popularity ratings. The threat of Iraq's army to the world's oil supply was rarely questioned, though Russian spy satellite photos contradicted the reported threat. The cover-up of Russia's satellite photos was determined to be one of the Most Censored News Stories of 1991 by Sonoma State University in it's annual report on censorship. This was just the beginning of U.S. deception surrounding the Gulf War.

50. Gulf War Illnesses gulf war illnesses Information. Deployment Link GulfLINK Persian gulf war illnesses Home Page. Veterans Administration Gulf War Home Page. http://www-nmcp.med.navy.mil/PatientInfo/gw.asp

d Home Patient Information Gulf War Information GULF WAR Illnesses Information Deployment Link ... a portal for deployment-related health and readiness issues. GulfLINK Persian Gulf War Illnesses Home Page Veterans Administration Gulf War Home Page There are numerous other web pages concerning Gulf War Illnesses. Click here to access the DoD Gulf War Information page. Official U.S. Navy Web Site Site Information FOIA Webmaster

51. The History Guy: The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) GulfLINKOffice of the Special Assistant for the gulf war illnesses. An official Dept. of Defense site. Hearings on Persian gulf war illnesses. http://www.historyguy.com/gulfwar.html

The History Guy: The Persian Gulf War Home Military History Historical Personalities Email ... Site Map The first major conflict involving the United States since Vietnam proved to be a catharsis of sorts for the American military and public. Just as the Spanish-American War of 1898 gave the nation a "short victorious war" following the angst of the Civil War, the Gulf War lifted the U.S. out of a self-conscious, post-Vietnam malaise. However, just as the short war of 1898 quickly led to the bloody Philippine-American War , the Gulf War's dark legacy soon reared it's ugly head; the Gulf War Syndrome plagues veterans and the continuing Iraq-U.S. Conflict with devastating consequences for the Iraqi people, keeps alive the violence and confrontation. There are nearly as many links dealing with Gulf War Syndrome as there are on the war itself. This is not really a surprise, considering the relative brevity of the war compared to the serious long-term consequences of the disease from which many veterans suffer. Page Menu Click on the menu bar below to navigate this page.

52. Government Resources UofL Libraries Logo, Government Resources. gulf war illnesses. http://library.louisville.edu/government/subjects/war/dstorm/pgill.html

University of Louisville UofL Libraries Government Resources Government Resources Gulf War Illnesses Environmental Exposure Reports (Defense Department) Facts About the Persian Gulf War Study (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Gulf War Illnesses: Basic Questions Unanswered (General Accounting Office) Hospitalizations for Unexplained Illnesses among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War ... Other Related Information: Veterans Having trouble finding information about the UofL Libraries? Use this search box to search our web site. (This does not search Minerva, the catalog.) University Libraries University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Privacy 1995-2003 University of Louisville Comments to: Barbara Whitener Updated: May 10, 2004

53. NPR : A Battle Plan Against Gulf War Illness protect against nerve gas • immunizations against anthrax and botulism Research has yet to provide concrete answers as to the causes of gulf war illnesses. http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1169006

54. WorldNetDaily: Vaccine Role Cited In Gulf War Illness The report is titled gulf war illnesses Questions about the Presence of Squalene Antibodies in Veterans Can Be Resolved. . It had been requested by Rep. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17026

55. Gulf War Illnesses: Dealing With The Uncertainties - 9 December 1997 POST has recently reviewed this work to try and illuminate for UK parliamentarians what is and is not currently known about gulf war illnesses. http://www.parliament.uk/post/9712.htm

United Kingdom Parliament Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Back to Press Releases Report Summary Keep research and compensation issues separate OST has recently reviewed this work to try and illuminate for UK parliamentarians what is and is not currently known about Gulf War illnesses. The end result is that uncertainty is going to remain for some time. Meanwhile there is a Parliamentary debate on the adequacies of current compensation schemes, which treat illnesses linked by the individual to Gulf War service no differently than any other service disability. Many are thus looking to research to help decide whether there should be extra compensation in addition to this. P OST concludes that the serious lack of qualitative information on individual exposure histories will make proving individual cause and effect very difficult, and that even if epidemiology studies indicate excesses of illness, they may still fall far short of proving cause and effect. It would thus be inadvisable to delay consideration of compensation issues for several years in the mistaken hope that all uncertainties will be resolved. The POST report also looks at other lessons to be learnt, including those that would need to be applied in future conflicts, and other issues related to the management of the research effort and ensuring efficient access to the results of the many programmes coming in from the USA.

56. Gulf War Syndrome Congressman blasts DoD on Gulf War Illness study Rep. gulf war illnesses - VA Gulf War Veterans; Persian gulf war illnesses Task Force (DCI); http://www.betterworldlinks.org/book107k.htm

Our Home Page to 30.000 Links Military Armaments - Depleted Uranium Weapons Gulf War Syndrome Our Links in German Suggestions welcome via Email Critical Information Portals Norbert's Bookmarks on the GULF WAR SYNDROME Norbert's Bookmarks on Depleted Uranium in IRAQ TRAPROCK Peace Center on Depleted Uranium ! Uranium Weapons 2001-2003 : Hazards for Iraq Summary ... Uran Geschosse (German) Texts Symptoms of Gulf War Illness Gulf War I Exposure Summary - Doug Rokke *.pdf First award for depleted uranium poisoning claim 2/04 U.S. Nuclear Policy and Depleted Uranium - Testimony 6/03 ... Gulfsyndromet "Loyal" "Information" Portals Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses - Presidential Advisory Committee (USA) DU Library - Depleted Uranium Information Page (Deployment Health Support) DU - Health Concerns (Deployment Health Support) Health Hazards of Depleted Uranium Munitions, Part I - The Royal Society ... Major Bates - Links Texts Gulf War Illness FAQ (Veterans Affairs) Dept. of Defense Briefing on Depleted Uranium 3/03 Health Hazards of Depleted Uranium Munitions - The Royal Society *.pdf Evidence Iraq used chemical weapons during the 1991 Gulf War (?) *.pdf ... Better World Links Created: 01.05.1997 Updated: 31.05.2004

57. Gulf War Syndrome Links skeptical of claims made for the existence of Gulf War Syndrome. $3 Million Study of gulf war illnesses Criticized by David Brown (Washington Post); http://www.carnell.com/gws/

Home FAQ Health Scares Gulf War Syndrome Skepticism.Net Guests Logon Account Signup Gulf War Syndrome Thousands of individuals who served in the Persian Gulf War claim they are afflicted with a broadly defined syndrome they believe has its source in some event or series of events which occurred during that war. So far, however, the epidemiological evidence is quite clear veterans do not suffer from any ailment or affliction at higher rates than soldiers who did not see action in the Gulf with the sole exception of a significantly higher rate of accidents. Articles about Gulf War Syndrome on this site: Michael Fumento on Gulf War Birth Defects Study British Study Concludes There Is No Gulf War Syndrome Articles about Gulf War Syndrome on other sites: Links skeptical of claims made for the existence of Gulf War Syndrome $3 Million Study of Gulf War Illnesses Criticized by David Brown ( Washington Post Bill Clinton Again Betrays the Vets by Michael Fumento Clinical findings for the first 1000 Gulf war veterans in the Ministry of Defence's medical assessment programme from the British Medical Journal Discussion on the Causes of the Gulf War Syndrome (Crossfire transcript) Gulf Lore Syndrome by Michael Fumento More Gulf Lore (letters regarding the "Gulf Lore Syndrome" article

58. Gulf War Syndrome Anthropology London. gulf war illnesses an anthropological study. This mysterious illness became rapidly labelled as Gulf War Syndrome . Whilst http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/anthropology/gwi/

Based in the Anthropology Department of Goldsmiths College, University London Gulf War Illnesses: an anthropological study Dr Simon Cohn and Claire Dyson From August 1990 to June 1991, 697,000 members of the armed forces were deployed to the Persian Gulf by the United States, 51,000 by the United Kingdom and 4,500 by Canada. Months after the end of the conflict random reports started to occur of various disorders affecting troops who served in the Gulf. This 'mysterious' illness became rapidly labelled as 'Gulf War Syndrome'. Whilst there has been a vast amount of research into this illness - no unique biological cause has yet to be found. 'Gulf War Syndrome' is now an established popular, media and social concept - how and why this has developed is vital. It is clear from the on-going controversy that surrounds Gulf War Illnesses that new perspectives are needed to provide insight into this cultural phenomenon. This project aims to explore some of the cultural dimensions to the construction of 'Gulf War Syndrome' in the UK, as presented by sufferers themselves. In order to achieve this, their written accounts and a sample of interviews will be carefully mapped to existing survey data and compared both to veterans who served in Bosnia and those soldiers who have not seen active service. It will contrast their perspectives with the shifting views within the medical profession, and its general current consensus that there is no such specific disorder, or syndrome.

59. Frontline: The Gulf War: Appendix: Gulf War Syndrome Department. Also collected here are fact sheets on gulf war illnesses, and a bibliography of studies and specialized readings. More http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/appendix/syndrome.html

(Watch for a major FRONTLINE update on Gulf War Syndrome that will be posted on this Web site in mid-January 1997) The postwar ailments of Gulf War veterans have become known as 'Gulf War Syndrome' and millions of dollars of research and many health studies are focusing on whether it is a definable illness. About 70,000 Gulf War veterans say their depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal disorders, fatigue, respiratory problems, memory loss and other symptoms are associated with Gulf War exposure to chemicals from burning oil wells, insecticides and, to poison or poisons linked to innoculations against biological warfare or to Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons. Up until June 1996, the Defense Department consistently rejected the idea that these illnesses could be linked to exposure to Iraq's chemical or biological weapons. However, on June 21,1996 the Pentagon disclosed that U.S. troops may have been exposed to poison gas shortly after the Gulf War when an Iraqi weapons bunker in southern Iraq was blown up by soldiers from the U.S. Army (the 37th Engineering Battalion) in March 1991. The Pentagon has announced it will be investigating whether the poison gas from this weapons depot could have drifted down on soldiers in a wider area. The bunker contained nerve and mustard gas munitions. Two valuable sources for background/information on Gulf War syndrome and the medical issues and studies are:

60. Online NewsHour: A Gulf War Illness Report -- January 7, 1997 CHARLES KRAUSE Joining us now is the chairwoman of the President’s special committee on gulf war illnesses, Dr. Joyce Lashof. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/gulf_1-7.html

UPDATE - GULF WAR SYNDROME January 7, 1997 TRANSCRIPT Charles Krause covers a new report on the mysterious illnesses stemming from the Gulf War. CHARLES KRAUSE: Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, thousands of veterans have complained about a variety of chronic health problems. SPOKESMAN: Do your teeth chatter with the chills or not? VETERAN: No. CHARLES KRAUSE: Joining us now is the chairwoman of the President’s special committee on Gulf War illnesses, Dr. Joyce Lashof. Dr. Lashof is a medical doctor and former dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California-Berkeley. Dr. Lashof, thank you for joining us. DR. JOYCE LASHOF, President, Commission on Gulf War Illnesses: It’s a pleasure to be here. CHARLES KRAUSE: Let’s go right to the bottom line. Did your committee determine whether there is a medical condition that can properly be called Gulf War Syndrome? DR. JOYCE LASHOF: Our committee found that veterans are suffering from illnesses that can be attributed to their service in the Gulf. We cannot identify, nor have any of the studies done by the Department of Defense or the Veterans Administration Registry, a single unique syndrome, but, rather, a series of self-reported symptoms that are occurring, but there is not a specific constellation that is uniform among all of them. But they are ill as a result of their service. CHARLES KRAUSE: Were you able to determine whether any of the U.S. servicemen in the Gulf were exposed to chemical or biological agents?

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