Nexus - 0225 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page 19 of 81

Page 19 of 81
Nexus - 0225 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

Tens of thousands of Gulf War veterans, their spouses and children are victims of the US military's experimental drug programs. Vaccines could well be to blame for their shocking symptoms. On 16 May 1994, Newsweek published a compelling article on the mystenous Gulf War Syndrome. Evidently, thousands of US military personnel who served in the Gulf War are now scr~ously incapacitated from unknown causes. For example, after one veteran returned from his stint of duty as an army pla­ toon leader in the Persian Gulf, his heaJth began to deteriorate. The trouble started with spots on his legs, which soon spread to other parts of his body. Then his eyes sweIle