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Heads Roll at the Veterans Administration:
Mushrooming Depleted Uranium (DU) Scandal Blamed
by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
© 2005 by AxisofLogic.com
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/printer_15334.shtml
Monday, January 24, 2005 -- The Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter
today charged that the reason Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony
Principi stepped down earlier this month was the growing scandal
surrounding the use of uranium munitions (DU) in the Iraq War.
Writing in the Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 169, Arthur N.
Bernklau, Executive Director of the Veterans For Constitutional Law
Center in New York, stated that "The real reason for Mr. Principi's
departure was really never given, however a special report
published by eminent scientist Leuren Moret's naming depleted
uranium as the definitive cause of the 'Gulf War Syndrome' has fed
a growing scandal about the continued use of uranium munitions by
the US Military."
Bernklau continued "This malady [from uranium munitions], 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."
He added that "Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in GW1, of
them, 11,000 are now dead. By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on
Permanent Medical Disability. This astounding number of "Disabled
Vets" means that a decade later, 56% of those soldiers who served
have some form of permanent medical problems. (Author's note: the
"Disabled" rate for the wars of the last century was 5%, and 10% in
Viet Nam.)
Bernklau added "The VA Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact
as far back as 2000. 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 Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Veterans
Affairs, at the VA Central Office, recently reported that "Gulf Era
Veterans" now on medical disability since 1991, numbers 518,739
Veterans," said Berklau.
"The long-term effects have revealed that DU [uranium oxide] is a
virtual death sentence," stated Berklau. "Marion Fulk, a nuclear
physical chemist, who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear
Weapons Lab, and was also involved with the Manhattan Project,
interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers (from the
2003 Iraq War) as 'spectacular ... and a matter of concern.'"
When asked if the main purpose for using it was for "destroying
things and killing people," Fulk was more specific: "I would say it
is the perfect weapon for killing lots of people."
Mr. Principi could not be reached for comment prior to deadline. A
follow-up article will strive to obtain a response from Mr.
Principi or from the Veterans' Administration.
Notes:
1. Depleted uranium: "Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets. A
death sentence here and abroad." by Leuren Moret
http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml
2. Veterans For Constitutional Law, Ltd, 112 Jefferson Avenue, Port
Jeff. L.I. NY 11777. Arthur N. Bernklau, Executive Director. Tel:
516-474-4261, Fax 516-474-1968
3. Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter. Email Gary Kohls in Duluth
at:
gkohls@cpinternet.com
... with "Subscribe" in the "Subject" line.
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