Cancer in Iraq vets raises possibility of toxic exposure

[douglas9]

Source: Arizona Daily Star

After serving in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago — and receiving the Bronze Star for it — the Tucson soldier was called back to active duty in Iraq.

While there, he awoke one morning with a sore throat. Eighteen months later, Army Sgt. James Lauderdale was dead, of a bizarrely aggressive cancer rarely seen by the doctors who tried to treat it.

As a result, his stunned and heartbroken family has joined growing ranks of sickened and dying Iraq war vets and their families who believe exposures to toxic poisons in the war zone are behind their illnesses — mostly cancers, striking the young, taking them down with alarming speed.

The number of these cancers remains undisclosed, with military officials citing patient privacy issues, as well as lack of evidence the cases are linked to conditions in the war zone. The U.S. Congress has ordered a probe of suspect toxins and may soon begin widespread testing of our armed forces.

Read more: http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/198240.php

[Crayson]

1. Deja Vu ?

Anyone... Desert Storm? Kuwait? Uranium Shells?

Why does this not surprise me?

[Massachusetts]

2. Sadly, the American public is to enthralled to care.

Bu$hco et al has been running a fantastic cinematic production that has captivated most of the audience and has them gasping with fear, raging with anger, perplexed at the sub plots and lamenting their freedoms. Being so captivated, they can't even see the tragedy(s) that play out next to them.

How will it end?

[Spinzonner]

3. Why are the statistics 'privacy issues'

if no military personnel are identified

Another lousy excuse of a cover-up

[BulletproofLandshark]

4. Depleted uranium shells

That would be my guess.

[bdamomma]

5. I wouldn't doubt it, bad for our troops and Iraqi civilians also.