Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come before the Senate, also provides $15 million for medical research and $50 million for counseling for Gulf War veterans and their families. More than 700 U.S. troops have reported symptoms that include fatigue, hair loss and intestinal and respiratory problems. Suspected causes include the oil fires set by Iraqi forces in Kuwait during the 1991 war and immunizations given by the U.S. Army for protection against gas warfare...
...Pentagon says "multiple human error" caused the friendly-fire downing of two U.S. helicopters after American AWACS jets mistook them for Iraqi choppers April 14. The Defense Department acknowledged that two F-15pilots were given the go-ahead to attack by controllers aboard an AWACS radar plane, even though air-control personnel were apparently aware the helicopters were not hostile. The pilots, both unidentified, will also be held partly responsible for not following guidelines and could face courts-martial. The accident killed 26 people -- 15 American military officers, the remainder from Britain, Turkey and France.parpar
...Iraqi Officers Executed...
President Saddam Hussein ordered three senior Iraqi military officers executed and more than a dozen soldiers purged from the army, according to relatives of the dead quoted in the London Independent. The officers had expressed doubts about the qualifications of his eldest son Uday to fill the post of Defense Minister. Before the Cabinet reshuffle was announced, some officers were instructed to solicit the opinions of the senior commanders concerning Uday's standing, and they voiced concern about his lack of military training...
...bill that will compensate all veterans who reported unexplained symptoms within two years of returning from the Persian Gulf. Since the war, over 23,000 veterans have experienced such ailments as chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, joint pains and skin disorders, which many claim were caused by the Iraqi use of chemical and biological agents. At the same time Washington was taking financial responsibility, Britain's Defense Ministry rejected the possibility that the condition even exists...