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Word: khamisiyah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...frequent chemical alarms, along with the government's acknowledgement of nerve-agent releases in theater ... Studies have also indicated that Gulf War veterans developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) [also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease] at twice the rate of nondeployed veterans, and that those stationed downwind from the Khamisiyah munitions demolitions have died from brain cancer at twice the rate of other Gulf War veterans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gulf War Illness | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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