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16 British Gulf War veterans tested positive for
depleted uranium contamination
00:54 GMT, 03 February 1999
LONDON, Feb 3 (AFP) -Sixteen
British ex-servicemen who served in
the 1991 Gulf War have tested
positive for depleted uranium
contamination, a veterans' group
claimed on Wednesday.
The tests were carried out in Canada
on samples sent by members of the
National Gulf Veterans and Families
Association.
The veterans claim depleted uranium
(DU) poisoning, linked to US and
British use of depleted uranium
ammunition during the Gulf War, is
the cause of a variety of illnesses
they have suffered since the war
against Iraq.
Shaun Rusling, from Hull, in
northern England, who served in the
Royal Army Medical Corps, said: "We
have all been diagnosed with post
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
chronic fatigue and other illnesses.
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