6 fatal cancers? Out of how many exposed soldiers? I'm afraid that "6 cancers" are no statistical evidence.... Actually, just as with the Gulf Syndrome, most casualties don't involve "cancer" but rather "serious illnesses" as the following paper reveals:
oz.net
Excerpt:
These risk factors created what some are calling a toxic cocktail but I prefer to think of it as more like a toxic stew --an environment where many dangerous components were being blended together. But, here is the insidious imperialist hand adding a new twist; The troops sent to the Gulf were given various vaccines and preventatives, sometimes in combination, to "protect" them from the chemical agents in the arena. However, one of the drugs, called pyridostigmine bromide (PB), upped the stakes. PB is a drug that has been used since 1955 to treat some rare auto-immune diseases involving nerve disorders, like the faulty transmission of nerve impulses to muscles. It was decided by the DOD to see what kind of protection this drug would grant to nerve agents known to be present in the area. This was decided even though research with mice indicated that the drug does not protect but rather works with the nerve agent Sarin to cause greater damage. Normally, the drug PB must be administered under careful monitoring, regulated by the FDA and with the informed consent of the patient. But the FDA waived this regulation and up to 400,000 soldiers were given the drug, most without their knowledge of the risks and many forcibly. In other words, the DOD used the troops as guinea pigs.
Whenever the human body is given a vaccine it triggers an immune system response that will, if everything works properly, give the body the ability to recognize and fight the real disease in the future. However, while the body is responding to the vaccine, it is in a depressed state and susceptible to opportunistic diseases (this is how AIDS basically kills - depressing the immune response and allow other diseases to gain a foothold).
So let's paint a clear picture. You have a large number of soldiers, whose immune systems are struggling to deal with the drugs they were given, confronted with the stressful situation of war --and stress's known physiological effects include affecting the immune system, cardiovascular system and various hormonal responses-- and then dumped into the middle of the toxic stew described above. It was a disaster, created by U.S. imperialism, waiting to happen and its name is GWS. A note of interest is that the French commanders refused to order their troops take PB or the other vaccines and they are the only country involved in the Gulf War whose veterans are not suffering from GWS.
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