Detailierte Darstellung des Golf War Syndrom und anderer Kriegsfolgen
wie im Balkan.
SIRIUS: The Strategic Issues Research Institute
Benjamin C. Works, Director
703 415-1191; www.siri-us.com;
E-mail: Benworks@AOL.Com
--Speak the Truth and Shame the Devil--
January 8, 2001
Websites and Reports on Depleted Uranium,
"Gulf War Syndrome" (GWS) and "Balkan War Syndrome" (BWS)
Contents:
* Leukemia Information Site:
* GWS Hotlines for Active Duty Personnel and Gulf War Veterans
* Websites and research is grouped in the following classifications:
I.Ý Department of Defense, VA & other Military Websites and Reports:
II. Other US Government Agency Sites and Reports:
III.Ý UN and International Agency Sites and Reports:
IV. NATO and other International Military Sites and Reports:
V. Veterans Groups and Newsletter-Websites
VI.Ý Medical and Press-Media Sites, Reports and Articles
VII. Anti-DU Activist Sites
*Ý *Ý *Ý *
Just before Christmas, 2000, a hysteria about Depleted Uranium (DU)
ammunition exposure broke out in Portugal (which has an upcoming
national election where the controversy may help decide the outcome
http://www.agora.stm.it/elections/election/portugal.htm
). It spread to Italy and elsewhere, a politically charged hysteria
that dates back to Portugal in October.Ý I began to collect the facts
and am pleased to report that a private sector website's report on
leukemia will satisfy the unbiased reader that there is no
relationship between DU and leukemia:
http://www.oncologychannel.com/leukemias/.
This inventory-bibliography of major research and criticism about
Leukemia, Depleted Uranium, Gulf War Illness and "Balkan War
Syndrome" is designed to present as fair an array of the major points
of view.Ý NGO and Anti-War/Anti-DU activist sites are included along
with US and British government sites representing the military and
regulatory agencies.
The website addresses will lead the reader to well more than 1000
pages of research.Ý By judging the qualitative and quantitative
merits of all this research and criticism, can the reader conclude
that DU is a relatively minor element of the vastly larger question
of why so many veterans report debilitating illnesses after service
in Operation Desert Storm.
Another element is clear from reviewing this research; many
government agencies in the US and UK are as guilty as the Defense
Department of bungling the issue of Gulf War Illness. This "cover
your ass" response (an act of incompetence and indifference) does
not, however, necessarily indicate a "coverup." And one finds
continued bureaucratic inertia and carelessness: the VA has not
updated its GWI "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) since April 1997
and its homepage does not have a direct pathway of links to GWI
information. The Defense Department has dropped its "Gulflink"
linkage to the GWI program from its home page, making it difficult to
find for someone who does not already know the name "Gulflink."
The astute reader will know to look for context. These writings
reflect genuine questions from those suffering real medical problems,
"boiler-plate" inconclusiveness from scientific researchers,
politically motivated and directed criticism from elected leaders and
selected subsets of information from those practicing "inductive
reasoning" to advance a political agenda by cherry-picking "facts"
and presenting them out of context to promote an agenda.
To attack DU as "the cause" of leukemia among NATO soldiers is aÝ
"False Cause" argument, in Logic, a "post hoc, ergo propter hoc"
fallacy. Worse, it is a dangerous red herring because it diverts our
attention from other vastly more likely causes for leukemia and other
Gulf War-Balkan War illnesses.Ý Other fallacies in Logic used by
anti-du activists include the appeal to ignorance, the fallacy of
vicious abstraction, the fallacy of ambiguity and the fallacy of
emotive language. A complete guide to fallacies in logic is available
in the archives folder at:
http://198.247.200.10/backgrounders/Archives-OtherTopics/Fallacies_in
_Logic.html.
I wish to thank Bob Petrovic and Mike Beuster for major assistance in
assembling this compilation, and thank Stella, Marija and Liljina for
its inspiration and direction.Ý
Benjamin Works
Benworks@aol.com
* Ý*Ý *Ý *
* Information on Leukemia is at:
http://www.oncologychannel.com/leukemias/
* US: DoD and VA Gulf War Illness Hotlines
Active duty military personnel with questions or concerns about their
service in the Persian Gulf region - contact your commanding officer
or call the Department of Defense (DoD) Persian Gulf Veterans'
Hotline (1-800-796-9699) for an examination.
Persian Gulf veterans with concerns about their health - contact the
nearest VA medical center. The telephone number can be found in the
local telephone directory under Department of Veterans Affairs in the
"U.S. Government" listings. A Persian Gulf Registry examination will
be offered. Treatment will be provided to eligible veterans. The VA
Persian Gulf Information Helpline can also provide the latest
information and assistance. The toll-free telephone number is
1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).
Department of Defense, VA & other Military Websites and Reports:
A. DefenseLink:Ý Official Site for the Department of Defense
(DoD):
For General information on DoD and each of the armed services,
including website links.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
For Information on Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps weapons
systems and their characteristics see:
http://www.defenselink.mil/sites/f.html#facts
Air Force, Aircraft and weapons:
http://www.af.mil/news/indexpages/fs_index.shtml
Army Weapons System Handbook (Acrobat pdfs):
http://www.sarda.army.mil/sard-zs/saal_zs_public_docs/weapon_systems_
handbook/wsh_pdfs/wsh_pdfs.html
Marine Corps Aircraft, Vehicles and Equipment:
http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/factfile.nsf/AVE
Navy Fact File:
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ffiletop.html
For General Structure of the Armed Forces see
"Defense Almanac:":http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/
B.Ý Gulf Link:Ý Department of Defense website for the Office of the
Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSA-GWI), in the Office of
the Secretary of Defense (OSD). ÝAfter more than four years of
fumbling the issue of health after the Gulf War of 1991, the OSA-GWI
office was founded in 1996 to provide a formal center for response to
the issue of GWI and coordinates all DoD response to Gulf War
Syndrome (GWS):
Home Page: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/
http://www.siri-us.com/backgrounders/Archives-OtherTopics/gulfwar.htm
wie im Balkan.
SIRIUS: The Strategic Issues Research Institute
Benjamin C. Works, Director
703 415-1191; www.siri-us.com;
E-mail: Benworks@AOL.Com
--Speak the Truth and Shame the Devil--
January 8, 2001
Websites and Reports on Depleted Uranium,
"Gulf War Syndrome" (GWS) and "Balkan War Syndrome" (BWS)
Contents:
* Leukemia Information Site:
* GWS Hotlines for Active Duty Personnel and Gulf War Veterans
* Websites and research is grouped in the following classifications:
I.Ý Department of Defense, VA & other Military Websites and Reports:
II. Other US Government Agency Sites and Reports:
III.Ý UN and International Agency Sites and Reports:
IV. NATO and other International Military Sites and Reports:
V. Veterans Groups and Newsletter-Websites
VI.Ý Medical and Press-Media Sites, Reports and Articles
VII. Anti-DU Activist Sites
*Ý *Ý *Ý *
Just before Christmas, 2000, a hysteria about Depleted Uranium (DU)
ammunition exposure broke out in Portugal (which has an upcoming
national election where the controversy may help decide the outcome
http://www.agora.stm.it/elections/election/portugal.htm
). It spread to Italy and elsewhere, a politically charged hysteria
that dates back to Portugal in October.Ý I began to collect the facts
and am pleased to report that a private sector website's report on
leukemia will satisfy the unbiased reader that there is no
relationship between DU and leukemia:
http://www.oncologychannel.com/leukemias/.
This inventory-bibliography of major research and criticism about
Leukemia, Depleted Uranium, Gulf War Illness and "Balkan War
Syndrome" is designed to present as fair an array of the major points
of view.Ý NGO and Anti-War/Anti-DU activist sites are included along
with US and British government sites representing the military and
regulatory agencies.
The website addresses will lead the reader to well more than 1000
pages of research.Ý By judging the qualitative and quantitative
merits of all this research and criticism, can the reader conclude
that DU is a relatively minor element of the vastly larger question
of why so many veterans report debilitating illnesses after service
in Operation Desert Storm.
Another element is clear from reviewing this research; many
government agencies in the US and UK are as guilty as the Defense
Department of bungling the issue of Gulf War Illness. This "cover
your ass" response (an act of incompetence and indifference) does
not, however, necessarily indicate a "coverup." And one finds
continued bureaucratic inertia and carelessness: the VA has not
updated its GWI "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) since April 1997
and its homepage does not have a direct pathway of links to GWI
information. The Defense Department has dropped its "Gulflink"
linkage to the GWI program from its home page, making it difficult to
find for someone who does not already know the name "Gulflink."
The astute reader will know to look for context. These writings
reflect genuine questions from those suffering real medical problems,
"boiler-plate" inconclusiveness from scientific researchers,
politically motivated and directed criticism from elected leaders and
selected subsets of information from those practicing "inductive
reasoning" to advance a political agenda by cherry-picking "facts"
and presenting them out of context to promote an agenda.
To attack DU as "the cause" of leukemia among NATO soldiers is aÝ
"False Cause" argument, in Logic, a "post hoc, ergo propter hoc"
fallacy. Worse, it is a dangerous red herring because it diverts our
attention from other vastly more likely causes for leukemia and other
Gulf War-Balkan War illnesses.Ý Other fallacies in Logic used by
anti-du activists include the appeal to ignorance, the fallacy of
vicious abstraction, the fallacy of ambiguity and the fallacy of
emotive language. A complete guide to fallacies in logic is available
in the archives folder at:
http://198.247.200.10/backgrounders/Archives-OtherTopics/Fallacies_in
_Logic.html.
I wish to thank Bob Petrovic and Mike Beuster for major assistance in
assembling this compilation, and thank Stella, Marija and Liljina for
its inspiration and direction.Ý
Benjamin Works
Benworks@aol.com
* Ý*Ý *Ý *
* Information on Leukemia is at:
http://www.oncologychannel.com/leukemias/
* US: DoD and VA Gulf War Illness Hotlines
Active duty military personnel with questions or concerns about their
service in the Persian Gulf region - contact your commanding officer
or call the Department of Defense (DoD) Persian Gulf Veterans'
Hotline (1-800-796-9699) for an examination.
Persian Gulf veterans with concerns about their health - contact the
nearest VA medical center. The telephone number can be found in the
local telephone directory under Department of Veterans Affairs in the
"U.S. Government" listings. A Persian Gulf Registry examination will
be offered. Treatment will be provided to eligible veterans. The VA
Persian Gulf Information Helpline can also provide the latest
information and assistance. The toll-free telephone number is
1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).
Department of Defense, VA & other Military Websites and Reports:
A. DefenseLink:Ý Official Site for the Department of Defense
(DoD):
For General information on DoD and each of the armed services,
including website links.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
For Information on Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps weapons
systems and their characteristics see:
http://www.defenselink.mil/sites/f.html#facts
Air Force, Aircraft and weapons:
http://www.af.mil/news/indexpages/fs_index.shtml
Army Weapons System Handbook (Acrobat pdfs):
http://www.sarda.army.mil/sard-zs/saal_zs_public_docs/weapon_systems_
handbook/wsh_pdfs/wsh_pdfs.html
Marine Corps Aircraft, Vehicles and Equipment:
http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/factfile.nsf/AVE
Navy Fact File:
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ffiletop.html
For General Structure of the Armed Forces see
"Defense Almanac:":http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/
B.Ý Gulf Link:Ý Department of Defense website for the Office of the
Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSA-GWI), in the Office of
the Secretary of Defense (OSD). ÝAfter more than four years of
fumbling the issue of health after the Gulf War of 1991, the OSA-GWI
office was founded in 1996 to provide a formal center for response to
the issue of GWI and coordinates all DoD response to Gulf War
Syndrome (GWS):
Home Page: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/
http://www.siri-us.com/backgrounders/Archives-OtherTopics/gulfwar.htm