73,846 U.S. TROOPS DEAD; 1,620,906 PERMANENTLY DISABLED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ISSUES OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMING 73,000 U.S. VETERANS HAVE DIED DURING THE TIME BETWEEN THE FIRST GULF WAR AND THE PRESENT! SAME GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPORT CONFIRMS 1.6 MILLION "DISABLED" BY THE WAR!
George Walker Bush has presided over the worst defeat of the United States Military since Vietnam and has deliberately skewed reporting of the deaths and injuries to conceal the facts.
Department of Veteran's Affairs, in conjunction with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has released the truth because they need the American People to know our military is literally, destroyed.
They cannot release these horrific numbers via the chain of command because they are under orders to conceal the truth at all costs, so they let slip a report which now cannot be "un-slipped."
Here are the facts and a link to the government source to prove these facts:
More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, May 2007, Gulf War Veterans Information System reports the following:
Total U.S. Military Gulf War Deaths: 73,846 – Deaths amongst Deployed: 17,847 – Deaths amongst Non-Deployed: 55,999
Total “Undiagnosed Illness” (UDX) claims: 14,874
Total number of disability claims filed: 1,620,906 - Disability Claims amongst Deployed: 407,911 - Disability Claims amongst Non-Deployed: 1,212,995
Percentage of combat troops that filed Disability Claims 36%
Soldiers, by nature, typically don’t complain. In other words, the real impact of those who are disabled from the US invasions in Iraq, Afghanistan and other Nations, is not fully reflected in the official Veterans Affairs numbers. When soldiers are sent to murder women and children they tend to never be able to live normal lives there after.
How come the government numbers of 3,777 as of 9/7/7 are so low? The answer is simple, the government does not want the 73,000 dead to be compared to the 55,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam Iraq = Vietnam. What the government is doing is only counting the soldiers that die in action before they can get them into a helicopter or ambulance. Any soldier who is shot but they get into a helicopter before he dies is not counted.
73,000 dead amongst the U.S. soldiers for this scale operation using weapons of mass destruction is not high - we expect the great majority of U.S. soldiers who took part in the invasion of Iraq to die of uranium poisoning, which can take decades to kill.
From a victors perspective, above any major war in history, The Gulf War has taken the severest toll on soldiers.
More than 1,820 tons of radio active nuclear waste uranium were exploded into Iraq alone in the form of armor piercing rounds and bunker busters, representing the worlds worst man made ecological disaster ever. 64 kg of uranium were used in the Hiroshima bomb. The U.S. Iraq Nuclear Holocaust represents far more than fourteen thousand Hiroshima’s. The nuclear waste the U.S. has exploded into the Middle East will continue killing for billions of years and can wipe out more than a third of life on earth. Gulf War Veterans who have ingested the uranium will continue to die off over a number of years.
73,000 Dead U.S. Troops In Iraq Story a Complete Hoax Websites pushing deliberate dsinformation harmful to serious researchers
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Thursday, September 27, 2007
All but the most naive would accept that U.S. casualty figues in Iraq, both dead and injured, are being deliberately underreported, but a story circulating that 73,000 have died is a complete hoax and its advocates are disseminating harmful disinformation.
The worst of the bunch is probably this website, which claims that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued a report "confirming 73,000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq."
If you actually read the report it becomes clear that the figure represents how many veterans, whether retired or active duty, have died since the first Gulf War in 1990 - from any cause and not solely as a result of fighting in Iraq. The figure is merely a rough head count of how many veterans are still living compared to those that have died since 1990.
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magginkat (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 18 comments)
on Friday, September 28, 2007 at 5:59:23 PM
What we really need to know is the death rate. 73000 died - how many went? I was far too old to register for the 1st Gulf war, but I'm not dead yet - zero death rate in my family.
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gravity32 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 174 comments)
on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 8:21:13 AM
Are you disingenuous or do you really think we are this stupid?
Veterans are dying of normal death by the thousands: Veterans of WW I, WW II, Korea and Vietnam. Do you expect them to live foreve?
Your insinuation is that these 75,000 vetrans are all Desert Storm vetrans who died because they were deployed in that war theater. Get real. How many saw combat, a few thousand? How many were held in reserve and never came close to battle?
Phil Ratliff.
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pratliff94 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 969 comments)
on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 12:23:35 PM
The potential elephant in the living room with these figures is Depleted Uranium. How many Vets were exposed to DU? 10,000, 100,000, 200,000? You certainly didn't have to be in combat to be exposed. I have studied DU enough to know that once you inhale the stuff after it has been atomized, you are inhaling a dangerous, dangerous toxin. That is why we can expect to see exponential death and sickness rates among Vets in the coming years from this 2nd round of carnage, not to mention the effects on the Iraqi people. So are the VA Report figures reflecting this deadly influence from 1991 to the present?
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Mac McKinney (48 articles, 75 quicklinks, 176 diaries, 1128 comments)
on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 1:18:39 PM
During the Gulf War between 1990 and 1991 the United States military incurred: 467 individuals wounded in action, 148 killed in battle, and 145 killed in other than battle (i.e. accidents). Therefore, the total number of US Gulf War casualties was 760 at the time of redeployment.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefit Administration Office of Performance Analysis and Integrity Data and Information Services Gulf War Veterans Information System report that was just published (May 2002) states that as of May 2002: 696,778 individuals had served during the Gulf War with 572,833 individuals now eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits to include lifetime medical care, financial compensation, and a lifetime pension.
As of May 2002, 206,861 veterans had filed claims for benefits based on service-connected injuries and illnesses caused by Gulf War combat related duties. Department of Veterans Affairs officials have processed 183,249 claims for medical care, compensation, and pension, determining that for 159,238 veterans their injuries and illnesses are service connected, caused by Gulf War exposures and injuries. Consequently they have been awarded lifetime medical care, compensation, and pensions based on the extent of their medical problems.
The VA still has claims from 23,612 individuals pending while they have denied benefits to 24,011 veterans.
SINCE THE CESSATION OF GULF WAR HOSTILITIES IN 1991; AN ADDITIONAL 8,013 VETERANS HAVE DIED FROM SERVICE CONNECTED INJURIES AND EXPOSURES INCURRED DURING OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND OPERATION DESERT STORM.
The implications of this official report are staggering! As of May 2002, the Gulf War casualties include 8,306 veterans dead and 159,705 veterans injured or ill as a consequence of wartime service to our nation. The official May 2002 Department of Veteran Affairs report classifies 168,011 individuals as "disabled veterans". That reflects a staggering casualty rate of 29.3% for combat related duties between 1990 and 1991.
We still know that many sick veterans have not submitted claims. We also know that some veterans have received disability benefits directly from the military. Thus the actual casualty rate from combat during 1990-1991 is probably higher than the 29.3% rate the new VA report verifies. However, combat activities did not stop in 1991. Therefore, since August 1991 a cumulative total of 1,127,458 individuals have been deployed to the Gulf with 851480 veterans now eligible for veterans benefits.
Consequently the VA officially recognizes in the May 2002 report that a total of 262,586 individuals are "disabled veterans" due to duty in the Gulf and that 10,617 veterans have died of combat related injuries or illnesses since the initiation of the Gulf War during August 1990. . . .
This was written in September 2002, pointing out the casualty potential of a second Gulf War. The figures are impressive – 10,617 veterans dying of combat related injuries or illnesses stemming from their Gulf War service. But nowhere near the 73,000 claimed by the writer.
by ladybroadoak (12 articles, 98 comments) on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 2:42:08 PM
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Jay Lovestone (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 103 comments)
on Monday, October 1, 2007 at 7:27:42 PM
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