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Gulf War Illness
Websites
Provides a treatment approach for fighting these ailments. Includes list of recommended reading and discussion of finding the root cause.
http://www.beatcfsandfms.org/
For affected service member discussion.
http://www.healthboards.com/gulf-war-syndrome/
Offers a questionnaire for current and former service members who feel they may be affected, due to their participation in the arena of operations.
http://www.med.uc.edu/semen/
Provides information and links to topical resources. Optional mailing list is also available.
http://members.aol.com/dstormmom/vetcenter/updates.htm
Offers live chat sessions, discussion groups, and mailing lists. The site also publishes a self-help guide for affected personnel.
http://www.gulfweb.org/
Transcript of a speech given by a former Air Force Reserve officer, concerning biological warfare.
http://www.all-natural.com/riley.html
Offers resources and links for service personnel and family members who participated or were affected.
http://members.aol.com/dstormmom/vetcenter/index.htm
Provides reports of known and suspected storage sites, destruction of chemical munitions, and continued support to the investigation of the diseases service members have contracted.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/gulfwar/index.htm
Offers articles and opinions against the existence of a real disease.
http://www.reason.com/9703/fe.fumento.html
Information on three primary syndromes indicating brain and nerve damage caused by wartime exposure to combinations of low-level nerve agents and other common chemicals.
http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/epidemi/gws/gws.htm
Archives of news articles. First time users must set a password to view content.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/gulfindex.html
Official United Kingdom Ministry of Defense website.
http://www.mod.uk/issues/gulfwar/
A commentary that questions the validity of the disease.
http://www.cato.org/dailys/11-26-97.html
Official VA site. Support information, resources, and archives of their newsletter.
http://www.va.gov/health/environ/persgulf.htm
Provides highlights and clips from the documentary by Fierce Films, which highlights awareness of the disease.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/6193/menu_j.html
A guide to selected information available at Western Illinois University's government publications library.
http://www.wiu.edu/library/govpubs/guides/gulfwar.htm
Discusses possible causes for the disease, how to detect it, and possible treatments.
http://www.immed.org/illness/gulfwar_illness_research.html
Background and general information on this syndrome, as well as specific details on nerve agents.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/6885/gulfsyndrome/
Official Public Affairs release of information concerning possibility of exposure of troops to chemical agents, in March 1991, while destroying munitions in the pit at Khamisiya.
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=2005
Links to abstracts of studies conducted by the Naval Health Research Center.
http://www.nhrc.navy.mil/rsch/code25/projects/wu6423.htm