Gulf Veterans’ Brain Ailments Identified

Some U.S. Gulf War veterans suffer from a form of brain damage found in victims of toxic poisoning, a group of U.S. doctors said in Dallas. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center said they tested 46 Gulf War veterans from a U.S. Navy reserve unit. They reported finding that 20 were healthy and 26 suffered from memory and sleep problems, fatigue, confusion, imbalance and sore joints and muscles. Tens of thousands of Gulf War veterans claim they were poisoned by chemicals given to them in the 1991 war to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. They allegedly included anti-nerve gas pills, insect repellent and flea collars.