US failing sick veterans of first Gulf War as those returning from latest conflict report symptoms
A US Senate commitee has heard that sick veterans of the first Gulf War are still being poorly treated and their illnesses dismissed as stress just as large numbers of troops returning from the latest conflict are reporting "ill-defined" illnesses.
At a hearing on Tuesday medical experts and senators accused the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs Department of failing to take the illnesses suffered by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War seriously, and not doing enough to help them.
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee heard from experts who testified that Gulf War illnesses are real, serious and widespread among U.S. troops sent to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi forces.