https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61398886
W. was right and the Dems were wrong again.

"US scientists say they have discovered what caused thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War to fall sick with mysterious symptoms.

They have pinned the blame on the nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of Iraqi chemical weapons were bombed.

Many veterans have complained of a range of debilitating symptoms which developed after their service.

But for decades the cause of Gulf War Syndrome has remained elusive.

Gulf War syndrome 'not caused by depleted uranium'
Why hasn't the mystery of Gulf War Syndrome been solved?
Sarin is usually deadly, but lead researcher Dr Robert Haley said the gas that soldiers were exposed to in Iraq was diluted, and so not fatal.

"But it was enough to make people ill if they were genetically predisposed to illness from it."


Dr Haley said the key to whether somebody fell ill was a gene known as PON1, which plays an important role in breaking down toxic chemicals in the body.

His team found veterans with a less effective version of the PON1 gene were more likely to become sick.

The latest study - largely funded by the US government - involved more than 1,000 randomly-selected American Gulf War veterans.

Dr Haley, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said: "This is the most definitive study...."

(05-11-2022 02:53 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61398886
W. was right and the Dems were wrong again.

"US scientists say they have discovered what caused thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War to fall sick with mysterious symptoms.

They have pinned the blame on the nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of Iraqi chemical weapons were bombed.

Many veterans have complained of a range of debilitating symptoms which developed after their service.

But for decades the cause of Gulf War Syndrome has remained elusive.

Gulf War syndrome 'not caused by depleted uranium'
Why hasn't the mystery of Gulf War Syndrome been solved?
Sarin is usually deadly, but lead researcher Dr Robert Haley said the gas that soldiers were exposed to in Iraq was diluted, and so not fatal.

"But it was enough to make people ill if they were genetically predisposed to illness from it."


Dr Haley said the key to whether somebody fell ill was a gene known as PON1, which plays an important role in breaking down toxic chemicals in the body.

His team found veterans with a less effective version of the PON1 gene were more likely to become sick.

The latest study - largely funded by the US government - involved more than 1,000 randomly-selected American Gulf War veterans.

Dr Haley, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said: "This is the most definitive study...."

Ask the Kurds if Hussain had biological weapons.

My FIL till the day he died blamed the brain tumor that killed him on something he was exposed to in the Gulf War

I've always thought it was linked to the number of experimental vaccines they got like the anthrax vaccine.

30 years later. Perfectly reasonable time frame to make the claim.

(05-11-2022 07:41 PM)Todor Wrote:  30 years later. Perfectly reasonable time frame to make the claim.

No doubt... And by government run media.

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(05-11-2022 09:45 PM)b2b Wrote:  

(05-11-2022 07:41 PM)Todor Wrote:  30 years later. Perfectly reasonable time frame to make the claim.

No doubt... And by government run media.

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Yes BBC is government run, but not by our government. And its a study by some premier medical schools.

That explains so much...

I know a retired CSM that said they found all kinds of weapons in Iraq in the desert, and was told to re-bury them.

Does this qualify as an actual deliverable weapon of mass destruction?

Quote:Sarin is usually deadly, but lead researcher Dr Robert Haley said the gas that soldiers were exposed to in Iraq was diluted, and so not fatal. "But it was enough to make people ill if they were genetically predisposed to illness from it."

Dr Haley said the key to whether somebody fell ill was a gene known as PON1, which plays an important role in breaking down toxic chemicals in the body. His team found veterans with a less effective version of the PON1 gene were more likely to become sick.

And as to whether W was right or not, was a deliverable Sarin gas weapon something they claimed they had? Further, it wasn't just democrats who said there were no WMD's found.