http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/GulfWarSyndromeGreens.pdf

Concerns for the health of UK troops in Iraq was expressed by the
Green Party today, at fears that another outbreak of "Gulf War
Syndrome" may be imminent. Chris Busby, Green Party Science
and Technology spokesperson said "Recent calls to 'unite behind
our boys' sound hollow in the ears of many veterans of the first Gulf
War.Returning home with a range of illnesses including
degeneration of the nervous system and various cancers, as well
as less easily defined immune system failings, they were not
protected by the Ministry of Defence. "By contrast their symptoms
and even their deaths were dismissed as of 'psychological origin'.
Their calls to have themselves tested for the residue of the depleted
uranium  (DU) weapons they had been exposed to were denied and
are still being blocked by an MoD Committee. "Many have paid
from their own pensions to have their blood and urine tested
abroad, no longer trusting UK government laboratories."
  Chris Busby, who represents the Gulf War Veterans on the MoD's
Depleted Uranium Oversight Board was appalled at the thought of
the further suffering that would be caused by this war. "The allies
are planning to use more than five times the amount of DU they
used the first time around in the Gulf. That caused illness in around
half our soldiers, as well as thousands of cancers amongst civilians
and horrible birth defects in Iraqi children. "The only course for
those who genuinely support our soldiers is to have them
immediately withdrawn from the battlefield so that they are not
exposed to these deadly poisons."
  Dr Busby added "In the longer term we must all press for the
abandonment of DU weapons, which are a form of indirect chemical
and nuclear warfare and certainly represent a weapon of mass
destruction. "I have been shocked by the lack of concern for
our soldiers on the part of the MoD. The UK Veterans have felt the
need to have independent experts back them up against these
attacks by the MoD suggesting that they are mental disturbed in
order to dismiss their very real symptoms." There is evidence that
no more care will be shown following this war. A motion that Dr
Busby submitted to the Committee to introduce a range of
warnings before, and treatment after the war for the effects of the
DU bombing was voted down in the MoD Depleted Uranium
Oversight Board on 11th March.

NOTE:  The contamination is likely to seriously escalate once the
'shock and awe' campaign begins. Some of the bunker buster
bombs contain as much as 7 tons of DU. Overall it has been
calculated on the basis of 30% hard target breakdown fraction that
the total DU or Uranium used will be 1900 tonnes.
 

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