By Christopher Bollyn
American Free Press
3-3-6 

 

ORMOND BEACH, Florida -- An alarmingly high percentage of U.S. military 
personnel who have served in Iraq have been afflicted by a variety of health 
problems commonly known as Gulf War Syndrome. Exposure to uranium spread through 
the use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons is thought to be the primary cause of 
the high rate of chronic ailments and mortality among Gulf War vets.
 
While initial casualties from the first U.S. invasion of Iraq were light, 
long-term casualties from the 1991 war ultimately exceeded 30 percent, according 
to Terrell E. Arnold, former Chairman of the Department of International Studies 
at the National War College. The long-term casualty rate from the current war in 
Iraq, Arnold says, is likely to be much higher.
 
Official statistics of killed and wounded from the 15-year long war against Iraq 
do not reflect the veterans whose service-related injuries only become apparent 
after they return from Iraq. The official death rate of those killed and wounded 
in Iraq does not include these vets, many of whom suffer slow and painful deaths 
as a direct result of their service. Dustin Brim was one of them.
 
Lori Brim lost Dustin, her only child, when he died at Walter Reed Hospital in 
Washington at the age of 22 on Sept. 24, 2004, after a six-month battle with 
what was eventually diagnosed as Non-Hodgkins Diffuse Large Cell B Type 
Lymphoma. When Mrs. Brim asked the doctors how her young, healthy, strong son 
had contracted cancer all they would say was ?bad luck.?
 
Her caseworker and nurses at the hospital were more forthcoming with 
information. At different times during the six months nurses would take Mrs. 
Brim aside and urge her off the record to do some research on DU. Asked whose 
idea it was for Dustin to join the Army in summer 2002, Mrs. Brim said, ?It was 
mine.? As a single mother, Mrs. Brim had approached an Army recruiter out of 
concern for the well-being of her son. She thought the Army would be good for 
her son by giving him some discipline and direction.
 
Dustin had not wanted to join the Army, his mother said. But Dustin was never 
meant to be in a war zone, she added. The U.S. Army recruiter had promised her, 
that as her only child, he would not be sent to war. Mechanically inclined, 
Dustin became an Army mechanic, an E-4 specialist serving in the 1st Maintenance 
Company under the 541st Maintenance Battalion from Fort Riley, Kan., and was 
deployed to Iraq in August 2003.
 
Dustin?s work in Iraq involved working on disabled Army vehicles, including 
tanks, which his unit repaired and retrieved, or if damaged beyond repair, 
destroyed with explosives on the spot. Most of these vehicles, having been in 
the battlefield, would have been heavily laden with DU and other toxins. Dr. 
Doug Rokke, former director of the U.S. Army?s Depleted Uranium Project, said 
that mechanics like Dustin are not properly prepared or protected to be working 
on DU contaminated vehicles.
 
Mrs. Brim said that her son had not even been equipped with a pair of gloves, 
let alone a mask or protective garb. The Army?s failure to inform and instruct 
its personnel about the dangers of DU exposure is one of Rokke?s main concerns. 
At Christmas 2003, Dustin surprised his parents with a visit home. It was the 
last time Mrs. Brim would see her son in a healthy condition. A photo of Dustin 
taken in Iraq in February 2004 shows him smiling and strong.
 
In early March, however, Dustin began to complain of abdominal pains. He went to 
the doctors on his base 11 times during the month complaining of severe pain and 
constipation that lasted for weeks. He was sent back to his job and told to 
?work it out.? During the last two weeks of March, he wrote to his mother 
telling her that his pain was unbearable.
 
On March 31 he passed out from pain and breathlessness. His sergeant happened to 
be with him and took him to the doctors who thought he had gall bladder problems 
and sent him to the hospital in Baghdad. The next day, April 1, was Dustin?s 
22nd birthday. After being assessed and heavily drugged, the doctors allowed him 
to call home to tell his mother that he had cancer.
 
In Baghdad, the doctors had discovered that Dustin had a huge cancerous tumor on 
his esophagus, which severely restricted his breathing, a collapsed lung, the 
loss of a kidney, numerous blood clots and a tumor progressing on his liver. The 
doctors could not believe that Dustin had been turned away so many times for 
medical help and still manage to endure as long as he did in his magnitude of 
pain while carrying an 80-pound pack on his back, his mother said. Dustin was 
flown to the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, and then to Walter Reed 
Hospital.
 
?The story of Dustin Brim is just one more avoidable tragedy of our insane use 
of uranium munitions,? Rokke said. ?When I lost Dustin, I lost myself,? Mrs. 
Brim said. ?This is something that should not have happened. There is something 
going on but no one wants to talk about it on the record. I am sharing my son?s 
story with you in the hope that perhaps it will make a difference.?
 
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Alan

"Nemesis, winged one that tips the scales of life,
dark-eyed goddess, daughter of Justice,
you restrain the futile pride of mortals with your unyielding bridle and,
hating hurtful vanity, destroy black envy: below your wheel,
always moving but leaving no trace, the fortune of man turns.

Unseen, you come at once to defeat arrogance;
by your hand you gauge the span of life, and, frowning,
you scrutinise the thoughts of men, you always hold the balance.
Be merciful, hallowed judge, winged Nemesis, life's force.                       

We honour you, Nemesis, immortal goddess,                                        
 
victory incarnate with wings unfurled, faultless,                                
sharing the throne of Justice; you resent human vanity 
and banish men to Tartarus below"

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Whilst there may be an increased incidence of ill health in veterans DU 
there is no proof that DU is the causative agent. Other more likely 
candidates include injections given prior to or during  operations. 
Infections or exposure to other environmental contaminates/ agents.



"Alan"  wrote in message 
news:memo.20060304132102.600A@veloceraptor.free-online.co.uk...
> By Christopher Bollyn
> American Free Press
> 3-3-6
>
>
>
> ORMOND BEACH, Florida -- An alarmingly high percentage of U.S. military
> personnel who have served in Iraq have been afflicted by a variety of 
> health
> problems commonly known as Gulf War Syndrome. Exposure to uranium spread 
> through
> the use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons is thought to be the primary 
> cause of
> the high rate of chronic ailments and mortality among Gulf War vets.
>
> While initial casualties from the first U.S. invasion of Iraq were light,
> long-term casualties from the 1991 war ultimately exceeded 30 percent, 
> according
> to Terrell E. Arnold, former Chairman of the Department of International 
> Studies
> at the National War College. The long-term casualty rate from the current 
> war in
> Iraq, Arnold says, is likely to be much higher.
>
> Official statistics of killed and wounded from the 15-year long war 
> against Iraq
> do not reflect the veterans whose service-related injuries only become 
> apparent
> after they return from Iraq. The official death rate of those killed and 
> wounded
> in Iraq does not include these vets, many of whom suffer slow and painful 
> deaths
> as a direct result of their service. Dustin Brim was one of them.
>
> Lori Brim lost Dustin, her only child, when he died at Walter Reed 
> Hospital in
> Washington at the age of 22 on Sept. 24, 2004, after a six-month battle 
> with
> what was eventually diagnosed as Non-Hodgkins Diffuse Large Cell B Type
> Lymphoma. When Mrs. Brim asked the doctors how her young, healthy, strong 
> son
> had contracted cancer all they would say was ?bad luck.?
>
> Her caseworker and nurses at the hospital were more forthcoming with
> information. At different times during the six months nurses would take 
> Mrs.
> Brim aside and urge her off the record to do some research on DU. Asked 
> whose
> idea it was for Dustin to join the Army in summer 2002, Mrs. Brim said, 
> ?It was
> mine.? As a single mother, Mrs. Brim had approached an Army recruiter out 
> of
> concern for the well-being of her son. She thought the Army would be good 
> for
> her son by giving him some discipline and direction.
>
> Dustin had not wanted to join the Army, his mother said. But Dustin was 
> never
> meant to be in a war zone, she added. The U.S. Army recruiter had promised 
> her,
> that as her only child, he would not be sent to war. Mechanically 
> inclined,
> Dustin became an Army mechanic, an E-4 specialist serving in the 1st 
> Maintenance
> Company under the 541st Maintenance Battalion from Fort Riley, Kan., and 
> was
> deployed to Iraq in August 2003.
>
> Dustin?s work in Iraq involved working on disabled Army vehicles, 
> including
> tanks, which his unit repaired and retrieved, or if damaged beyond repair,
> destroyed with explosives on the spot. Most of these vehicles, having been 
> in
> the battlefield, would have been heavily laden with DU and other toxins. 
> Dr.
> Doug Rokke, former director of the U.S. Army?s Depleted Uranium Project, 
> said
> that mechanics like Dustin are not properly prepared or protected to be 
> working
> on DU contaminated vehicles.
>
> Mrs. Brim said that her son had not even been equipped with a pair of 
> gloves,
> let alone a mask or protective garb. The Army?s failure to inform and 
> instruct
> its personnel about the dangers of DU exposure is one of Rokke?s main 
> concerns.
> At Christmas 2003, Dustin surprised his parents with a visit home. It was 
> the
> last time Mrs. Brim would see her son in a healthy condition. A photo of 
> Dustin
> taken in Iraq in February 2004 shows him smiling and strong.
>
> In early March, however, Dustin began to complain of abdominal pains. He 
> went to
> the doctors on his base 11 times during the month complaining of severe 
> pain and
> constipation that lasted for weeks. He was sent back to his job and told 
> to
> ?work it out.? During the last two weeks of March, he wrote to his mother
> telling her that his pain was unbearable.
>
> On March 31 he passed out from pain and breathlessness. His sergeant 
> happened to
> be with him and took him to the doctors who thought he had gall bladder 
> problems
> and sent him to the hospital in Baghdad. The next day, April 1, was 
> Dustin?s
> 22nd birthday. After being assessed and heavily drugged, the doctors 
> allowed him
> to call home to tell his mother that he had cancer.
>
> In Baghdad, the doctors had discovered that Dustin had a huge cancerous 
> tumor on
> his esophagus, which severely restricted his breathing, a collapsed lung, 
> the
> loss of a kidney, numerous blood clots and a tumor progressing on his 
> liver. The
> doctors could not believe that Dustin had been turned away so many times 
> for
> medical help and still manage to endure as long as he did in his magnitude 
> of
> pain while carrying an 80-pound pack on his back, his mother said. Dustin 
> was
> flown to the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, and then to Walter 
> Reed
> Hospital.
>
> ?The story of Dustin Brim is just one more avoidable tragedy of our insane 
> use
> of uranium munitions,? Rokke said. ?When I lost Dustin, I lost myself,? 
> Mrs.
> Brim said. ?This is something that should not have happened. There is 
> something
> going on but no one wants to talk about it on the record. I am sharing my 
> son?s
> story with you in the hope that perhaps it will make a difference.?
>
> http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/depleted_uranium_kills.html
>
> Alan
>
> "Nemesis, winged one that tips the scales of life,
> dark-eyed goddess, daughter of Justice,
> you restrain the futile pride of mortals with your unyielding bridle and,
> hating hurtful vanity, destroy black envy: below your wheel,
> always moving but leaving no trace, the fortune of man turns.
>
> Unseen, you come at once to defeat arrogance;
> by your hand you gauge the span of life, and, frowning,
> you scrutinise the thoughts of men, you always hold the balance.
> Be merciful, hallowed judge, winged Nemesis, life's force.
>
> We honour you, Nemesis, immortal goddess,
>
> victory incarnate with wings unfurled, faultless,
> sharing the throne of Justice; you resent human vanity
> and banish men to Tartarus below"
>
> Nemesis Peace Centre
>
> http://www.veloceraptor.free-online.co.uk/protector.html
>
> Abuse of Women and Children
>
> http://theoriginalfirebird.blogspot.com/
>
> Nemesis News
>
> http://lordcerneabbas.blogspot.com/
>
> The Fight For Freedom
>
> http://lordcerneabbastoo.blogspot.com/
>