16-04-2010, 10:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-04-2010, 10:48 PM by Jan Klimkowski.)
David - a fine piece of work, and a gritty account of the challenging lot of the genuine investigative researcher.
Dear old ICI (IcyEye) and British CBW institute Porton Down are responsible for giving us VX, the most lethal known, ie officially disclosed, nerve agent.
If America dropped a VX bomb on the Iraqi Republican Guard in Gulf War I, then it would explain quite a bit about the subsequent conduct of that war. However, it would be absolutely imperative to cover such an event up and destroy - probably incinerate as you suggest - the evidence. Ie the VX-damaged corpses.
VX is technically a V-Series nerve agent. The other major class of nerve agents, the G-Series, are a gift from.... yup, you guessed.... IG Farben.
There was an official investigation into the possible effects of exposure of allied troops to CBW muntions in the aftermath of the destruction of the Khamisiyah Pit in Gulf War I, which concentrated on G-series nerve agents.
It's a whitewash, designed to "establish" that there is no link between exposure to particular chemical weapons and Gulf War Syndrome. The chemical agents concentrated upon are: Sarin and Cyclosarin.
One of the clear risks of chronic or acute exposure to Sarin and Cyclosarin would be organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy:
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/khamisiyah_t...Cyclosarin
These "scientific" studies are always regarded as opportunites by military doctors.
Dear old ICI (IcyEye) and British CBW institute Porton Down are responsible for giving us VX, the most lethal known, ie officially disclosed, nerve agent.
If America dropped a VX bomb on the Iraqi Republican Guard in Gulf War I, then it would explain quite a bit about the subsequent conduct of that war. However, it would be absolutely imperative to cover such an event up and destroy - probably incinerate as you suggest - the evidence. Ie the VX-damaged corpses.
VX is technically a V-Series nerve agent. The other major class of nerve agents, the G-Series, are a gift from.... yup, you guessed.... IG Farben.
There was an official investigation into the possible effects of exposure of allied troops to CBW muntions in the aftermath of the destruction of the Khamisiyah Pit in Gulf War I, which concentrated on G-series nerve agents.
It's a whitewash, designed to "establish" that there is no link between exposure to particular chemical weapons and Gulf War Syndrome. The chemical agents concentrated upon are: Sarin and Cyclosarin.
One of the clear risks of chronic or acute exposure to Sarin and Cyclosarin would be organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy:
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/khamisiyah_t...Cyclosarin
These "scientific" studies are always regarded as opportunites by military doctors.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war