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Thursday July 20 12:10 PM ET No Evidence Iraq Used Chemical Weapons, UK Says LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Thursday it had found no evidence that Iraq used chemical weapons against British troops in the Gulf War. A study, published by the Ministry of Defense, said there had been alarms about chemical attacks during the 1990/91 conflict but they had proved to be false ones. ``It confirms our existing view that there is no evidence from the Gulf conflict to suggest that Iraq used chemical weapons, or that any of the UK chemical warfare alarms were actually caused by the presence of chemical warfare agents,'' junior defense minister John Spellar said in a statement. Many former allied servicemen have suffered debilitating illnesses, dubbed ``Gulf War Syndrome,'' since the war but researchers think it is more likely due to vaccines they were given rather than exposure to chemical weapons. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi