- For the past six years, the American Gulf War Veterans
Association have received numerous reports from veterans stating that US
forces were responsible for the setting of the oil well fires at the end
of the Gulf War. These testimonies are now being taken very seriously
in light of recent revelations of the events that occurred during the first
Gulf War.
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- Joyce Riley, spokesperson for The American Gulf War
Veterans Association is quoted as saying: "There was intentional misinformation
given to the American people to generate support for Desert Storm often
created by advertising agencies such as Hill and Knowlton."
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- * Revelations regarding the "Incubator story,"
in which Republican Guard were reported to have thrown babies out of their
incubators onto the cold floor turned out to be false and a "fraud
on the American People." (S.R. 103-900).
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- * The St. Petersburg Times disproved the report of satellite
photos showing a thousand Iraqi tanks amassing on the Saudi border.
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- * April Glaspie, US Ambassador, gave tacit approval to
Saddam Hussein to invade Iraq by saying, "We have no opinion on your
border dispute with Kuwait."
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- * John Shalikashvilli, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and William Perry, Secretary of Defense wrote in a memo (obtained
by the AGWVA) on May 25, 1994, "There is no information, classified
or unclassified that indicates that chemical or biological weapons were
used in the Persian Gulf." General Norman Schwartzkopf's NBC (nuclear,
biological and chemical) logs (also obtained by the AGWVA) dated Feb. 27,
1991, and March 3, 1991, clearly disprove the above statement.
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- One veteran has now stepped forward and given a detailed
account of how he and others in special teams, moved forward of the front,
(behind enemy lines ahead of US forces) and then set charges on the well
heads. "We were mustered into the briefing tent at which point a gentleman
whom I first had thought to be an American began to brief us on the operation.
I was concerned because he was not wearing a US uniform and insignias."
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- The information provided over a series of meetings with
this veteran corroborates reports from other veterans who are totally unconnected
with this individual. This testimony brings into serious question the integrity
of the US government, as it provided information to the American public
and military during the last Gulf War.
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- The American Gulf War Veterans Association is presently
dissenting on the war and has been joined by The British Gulf War Veterans
and Families Association. Riley states that: "Not only is it our
opinion that the Department of Defense has not been forthcoming about the
severity of our military's illnesses, significant concern is now being
raised over the causation as well."
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