- WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Several
U.S. soldiers in the Iraqi war died from sudden illnesses and a United
Press International probe shows those were triggered by unexplained blood
clots.
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- The Pentagon says blood clots caused two soldiers to
collapse and die. At least eight other soldiers have also collapsed and
died from what the military has described as non-combat-related
causes.
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- NBC reporter David Bloom also died of a blood clot in
his lung after collapsing near Baghdad.
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- The UPI investigation by reporter Mark Benjamin also
points to another disturbing factor of soldiers becoming ill or dying from
similar ailments in the United States. In some cases, the soldiers, their
families and civilian doctors blame vaccines given to them by the military,
particularly the anthrax or smallpox shots.
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- Some of the soldiers who died suddenly had complained
about symptoms suffered by Bloom -- including pain in the legs that could
indicate problems with blood clots.
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- The UPI investigation found 17 soldiers who died of
sudden
illnesses.
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- "I would say that that number of cases (blood clot
deaths) among young healthy troops would seem to be unusual," said
Dr. Jeffrey Sartin, an infectious diseases doctor at the Gundersen Clinic
in La Crosse, Wis.
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