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To: geode00 who wrote (184415)	4/1/2006 12:56:40 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

the govt ensures costs of "worker" deaths are minimized refer to military payouts the govt ensures costs for prosthetics are kept low last week I bumped into a USNavy veteran in a library he wore a blue and gold cap, a black man we talked about his Gulf War experience in 1991 he served for 7 years in all, including Turkey in 1991, he got too close to burning oil well fires he got the Gulf War Syndrome headaches, spinal aches, congestion of lungs, blood disorder the Veterans Admin denied him treatment they called it "a typical disorder for black men" he collects 60% disability in monthly pension he feels betrayed I asked about wanton killing of Iraqi civilians he said "some but not much" he was concerned about so many soldiers in the line of fire with civil and sectarian violence he said "you cannot believe too much about the war from the media" interesting but not surprising they keep his medical costs down, that is for sure / jim