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Most Americans don’t remember the first Gulf War in 1991 because the United States has been warring in that region ever since. A key objective was to demonstrate that American military power can be used without killing thousands of American soldiers. The official count shows this was accomplished with just 148 Americans killed in action and another 70 who died in accidents. There were rumors that American soldiers had been exposed to deadly chemicals, but these were denied by the Pentagon.
We later learned that hundreds of thousands of American troops were exposed to low levels of Sarin nerve gas that had no immediate effect. GIs were exposed as a result of bombings of Iraqi chemical munition storage sites. The Iraqis also fired SCUD missiles with gas warheads and sprayed American troops with drones and once from a MIG fighter aircraft. Upon their return, many Gulf war veterans complained of a variety of illnesses, some resulting in death. _______________________________________________
“US Marine Corps Minefield Breaching”; Bernard Rostker; Department of Defense –Gulflink; July 29, 1997; https://gulflink.health.mil/marine/in…
Related Tale: “The Dark Side of the 1991 Gulf War”; • The Dark Side of the 1991 Gulf War
“Gassed in the Gulf”; C-Span Book TV; August 23, 2000; https://www.c-span.org/program/book-t…
“Jim Brown”; YouTube channel about WMDs in 1991; / @jimbrown1201
“UTSW genetic study confirms sarin nerve gas as cause of Gulf War illness”; UT Southwestern Medical Center; May 11, 2022; https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsro…
“‘Gaslit and abandoned’: Gulf War veterans push to declassify documents on chemical exposure”; Linda Hersey; Stars & Stripes; July 22, 2025; https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025…
Related Tale: “Netanyahu Ordered the 2003 Invasion of Iraq”; • Netanyahu Ordered the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Related Tale: “Saddam Never Gassed Kurds”; • Saddam Never Gassed Kurds
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Iraq 1, my first taste of reality. The only thing I remember is how CNN made it out to be an exciting drama. Schematics of tanks, planes, missiles, and other fancy weaponry displayed in colourful video game style, reporters giving us all the juicy bits with excitement and awe in their voices. It was patently obvious that they were trying to make war seem fun.