Turns Out More U.S. Troops Than First Thought Were Sickened or Injured By “Non-Existent” Iraqi WMDs

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Turns Out More U.S. Troops Than First Thought Were Sickened or Injured By “Non-Existent” Iraqi WMDs

BY KEVIN BOYD (16 HOURS AGO) | POLITICS

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The Pentagon now believes that over 600 American soldiers were sickened by abandoned Iraqi chemical weapons in the aftermath of the Iraq War.
 
The weapons were originally built in the 1980s as a result of the Iran-Iraq War, in which Iraq used chemical weapons on the Iranians.
 
The New York Times reports that some of the chemical weapons were even used as roadside bombs by the numerous insurgent groups operating in Iraq after the war.
 

This previously untold chapter of the occupation became public after an investigation by The New York Times revealed last month that although troops did not find an active weapons of mass destruction program, they did encounter degraded chemical weapons from the 1980s that had been hidden in caches or used in makeshift bombs.

 

The Times initially disclosed 17 cases of American service members who were injured by sarin or a sulfur mustard agent. And since the report was published last month, more service members have come forward, pushing the number who were exposed to chemical agents to more than 25. But an internal review of Pentagon records ordered by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has now uncovered that hundreds of troops told the military they believe they were exposed, officials said.

 

Why is the military just now finding out about this many potential cases of injuries as a result of chemical weapons?
 
The military and the U.S. government were slow to revealinformation about these weapons until recently. Sickened soldiers were instructed to not discuss their injuries with others, according to the New York Times.
 
As the Pentagon continues with its internal investigation, some are calling for Congress to step in with its own hearings and investigation into the matter.

 

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[flatdawg]

More likely it was the vaccinations given to the soldiers.

[flatdawg]

More likely it was the vaccinations given to the soldiers.

'Course it may have been all that DU that we loaded into our munitions.