European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes . Thursday november 18,1993 to a be vets by the Washington Post Washington the Federal govern Cal moved tuesday to help thousands of persian Gulf War Veter ans Alto have come Down with mysterious illnesses. Veterans affairs Secretary Jesse Brown announced that his department will compensate former service members who can show they Are suffering fatigue syndrome As a result of their service during the conflict. He also Promise to give persian Gulf veterans priority treatment at a hospitals. But Many Gulf veterans who May be suffering from More general multiple chemical sensitivity or Gulf War syndrome May have to wait to receive benefits. Crown told a Senate veterans affairs committee hear ing that his department lacks a Clear mechanism link ing those two conditions to military service. For the interim the committee chairman sen. Jay Rockefeller d-w.va., said his committee will press for legislation to mandate that the a provide free care for All persian Gulf veterans. Until we unravel this mystery Gulf War veterans deserve a presumption that their illnesses Are service connected he said. Several thousand veterans have reported that they arc suffering from fatigue insomnia sleep disorders weight loss and digestive disorders since the 1991 conflict. Such ailments have been classified As Gulf War syndrome. Pentagon and a officials have no ready explanation for the ailments although some military medical officials suspect environmental or Industrial pollution May have sickened some personnel. Last week Pentagon officials acknowledged that some troops May have Bee exposed to Small amounts of chemical warfare agents but they have maintained that the exposure was to Small to account for All the reported ailments. A a spokeswoman said Brown was Able to declare chronic fatigue syndrome a compensable ailment be cause it had been medically defined by the department of health and human services. Neither multiple chem ical sensitivity nor Gulf War syndrome has a precise medical definition she said. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 18,1983 Palestine liberation organization Leader Yasser Arafat his hand bloody and bandaged vowed to keep fighting despite the loss of his last Strong hold in Lebanon to syrian backed palestinian rebels. 20 years ago nov. 18,1973 the greek government imposed martial Taw across the nation including a curfew in Athens after a night of student police clashes that killed five people and injured 300. 3q years ago nov. 18.1963 a twin engine plane crashed in flames on Takeoff at Jade Hurst . Plummeting into the front Yard of a Home where a child s birthday party was in Prog Ress. All three aboard were killed. Four people on the ground were injured. 40 years ago \ nov. 18,1953 former presi Dent Truman said suspected spy Harry Dexter White was kept in a High government Post so As not to endanger the Success of an Fri investigation. 50 years ago nov. 18,1943 a mine that had been Germany s top source of molybdenum a vital element used to Harden steel and make machine tools was severely damaged in a . Raid an Industrial targets in nor taken during the air As Sault showed. I world War in 50 years ago today nov. 18 nearly 450 Royal air Force bomber inflict heavy damage during night attack on Berlin opening series of 16 major raids on Germany s capital Over four months. On the soviet front red army troops Lake Korostek and of run in the Kiev sector to the North. Soviet forces capture re Chitea. Threatening to surround the germans holding Gomel source 2194 d of War. W. H Smith puuirt0r� inc. Our Tamiru inc Book of me Raj War ii. Bison books c
