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May2006
http://www.gulfwarvets.com/gwvis2006.pdf
latestr va casualty report is atached.
column labled conflict is gulf war 1
casaualties onbly- aug 1990- nov 1991
column labled deployed is gw 1 plus gw 2
august 1990 - may 2006
absolutely staggering.
and actual deaths- are line 1 estimated vets
- surviving vets as of may 2006
about 190,000 are now dead.
oh my.
doug
and....
Depleted Uranium Situation Requires Action
By President Bush and Prime Minister Blair
Dr. Doug Rokke, PhD.
former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium project
January 6, 2006
While U.S. and British military personnel continue using illegal uranium
munitions- America's and England's own "dirty bombs" U.S. Army, U.S.
Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Defense officials continue to
deny that there are any adverse health and environmental effects as a
consequence of the manufacture, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions to
avoid liability for the willful and illegal dispersal of a radioactive toxic
material - depleted uranium.
They arrogantly refuse to comply with their own
regulations, orders, and directives that require United States Department of
Defense officials to provide prompt and effective medical care "all" exposed
individuals [Medical Management of Unusual Depleted Uranium Casualties, DOD,
Pentagon, 10/14/93, Medical Management of Army personnel Exposed to Depleted
Uranium (DU) Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Command 29 April 2004), and
section 2-5 of AR 700-48].
They also refuse to clean up dispersed
radioactive Contamination as required by Army Regulation- AR 700-48:
"Management of Equipment Contaminated With Depleted Uranium or Radioactive
Commodities" (Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C.,
September 2002) and U.S. Army Technical Bulletin- TB 9-1300-278: "Guidelines
For Safe Response To Handling, Storage, And Transportation Accidents
Involving Army Tank Munitions Or Armor Which Contain Depleted Uranium"
(Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C., JULY 1996).
Specifically section 2-4 of United States Army Regulation-AR 700-48 dated
September 16, 2002 requires that:
(1) "Military personnel "identify, segregate, isolate, secure, and label all
RCE" (radiologically contaminated equipment).
(2) "Procedures to minimize the spread of radioactivity will be implemented
as soon as possible."
(3) "Radioactive material and waste will not be locally disposed of through
burial, submersion, incineration, destruction in place, or abandonment" and
(4) "All equipment, to include captured or combat RCE, will be surveyed,
packaged, retrograded, decontaminated and released IAW Technical Bulletin
9-1300-278, DA PAM 700-48" (Note: Maximum exposure limits are specified in
Appendix F).
The previous and current use of uranium weapons,
the release of radioactive components in destroyed U.S. and foreign military
equipment, and releases of industrial, medical, research facility
radioactive materials have resulted in unacceptable exposures. Therefore,
decontamination must be completed as required by U.S. Army Regulation 700-48
and should include releases of all radioactive materials resulting from
military operations.
The extent of adverse health and environmental
effects of uranium weapons contamination is not limited to combat zones but
includes facilities and sites where uranium weapons were manufactured or
tested including Vieques; Puerto Rico; Colonie, New York; Concord, MA;
Jefferson Proving Grounds, Indiana; and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Therefore medical care must be provided by the United States Department of
Defense officials to all individuals affected by the manufacturing, testing,
and/or use of uranium munitions. Thorough environmental remediation also
must be completed without further delay.
I am amazed that fourteen years after was I
asked to clean up the initial DU mess from Gulf War 1 and over ten years
since I finished the depleted uranium project that United States Department
of Defense officials and others still attempt to justify uranium munitions
use while ignoring mandatory requirements. I am dismayed that Department of
Defense and Department of Energy officials and representatives continue
personal attacks aimed to silence or discredit those of us who are demanding
that medical care be provided to all DU casualties and that environmental
remediation is completed in compliance with U.S. Army Regulation 700-48. But
beyond the ignored mandatory actions the willful dispersal of tons of solid
radioactive and chemically toxic waste in the form of uranium munitions is
illegal (http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf)
and just does not even pass the common sense test and according to the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, DHS, is a dirty bomb. DHS issued "dirty
bomb" response guidelines,
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
, on January 3, 2006 for incidents within the United States but ignore DOD
use of uranium weapons and existing DOD regulations. These guidelines
specifically state that: "Characteristics of RDD and IND Incidents: A
radiological incident is defined as an event or series of events, deliberate
or accidental, leading to the release, or potential release, into the
environment of radioactive material in sufficient quantity to warrant
consideration of protective actions. Use of an RDD or IND is an act of
terror that produces a radiological incident." Thus the use of uranium
munitions is "an act or terror" as defined by DHS. Finally continued
compliance with the infamous March 1991 Los Alamos Memorandum that was
issued to ensure continued use of uranium munitions can not be justified.
In conclusion: the President of the United
States- George W. Bush and The Prime Minister of Great Britain-Tony Blair
must acknowledge and accept responsibility for willful use of illegal
uranium munitions- their own "dirty bombs"- resulting in adverse health and
environmental effects.
Maj. Doug Rokke, PhD. Gulf War veteran
U.S. Army Retired.