During the Gulf War we officially lost about 500 soldiers or so, but since then about 15,000 Gulf War vets have died from 'exposures.' Another 200,000 are permenently disabled. The use of depleted uranium (DU) and the administration of experimental vaccines seems to be the main culprits. The Pentagon and the White House are aware of the dangers, but continue to use DU anyway, because its inexpensive. So much DU has been used for the Iraq War that some observers think the war should be called a nuclear one....I wrote Senator Allen a letter about this issue, signing it 'Rev. Buck Neekid.' About a month later i recieved a reply from the senators office, addressed to 'Rev. Neekid.' Allen thanked me for alerting him to the DU issue....I hope he was feigning ignorance about the extent of the problem.... he wants to become our Prez. Depleted Uranium is drifting across the ocean, and is suspected in many new cases of lung cancer stateside.....