Officials: 600 US troops were exposed to chemical in Iraq
Officials: 600 US troops were exposed to chemical in Iraq
11/07/2014
Revealed by US officials, that more than 600 US troops, reported since 2003, exposure to chemicals in Iraq. The New York Times, which first published the news that the US soldiers were exposed to a stockpile of chemical dilapidated weapons, and asked them to sometimes unnecessary silence on the subject. The number 600, much larger than had been previously announced, the newspaper said, citing officials in the Pentagon Pentagon that she did not recognize the number of cases of exposure to the elements chemical, did not provide follow-up and treatment required for soldiers at risk of injury. Before the overthrow of the former Iraqi regime in 2003 , former US President George W. Bush said that Saddam Hussein’s regime hides an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction are valid for use, however, US forces did not find any trace of such a program, but the residue stockpile chemical old, were not trained should also be about how to deal with him, according to the newspaper. The newspaper pointed out in the beginning to 17 injured as a result of exposure to workers sarin and sulfur mustard, also reached eight other soldiers from injury as well, but that a new review of military files by order of the Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, revealed that hundreds of soldiers had told military authorities for exposure to factors chemical. He ordered Hegel conduct new medical tests for soldiers and veterans wounded fighters, officials said that contacts a special line set up to report cases of possible infection For necessary medical care, according to the newspaper. It is noteworthy that the United States had found during their presence in Iraq after 2003 , five thousand head and shell and bomb stuffed with chemical agents, but the process remained a secret, as the newspaper confirmed.
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