DU: Major Doug Rokke
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Major Doug Rokke interviewed on Radio Liberty 12th Jan. 05
On behalf of the U.S. Army, Major Doug Rokke led a 434 man depleted uranium clean up team in the first Gulf War. In 1994, he was appointed as depleted uranium project director for the U.S. Army. Despite his warnings of the dangers of DU exposure, both the U.S. army and coalition forces continue to use DU munitions with catastrophic effects on their own troops.
Gulf War I
Number of surviving troops from the combat phase of Gulf War I
Number of permanent disability claims submitted by May 2004
Number of permanent disability claims awarded by the VA by May 2004
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592,561
230,988
179,000
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Gulf War II (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Number of permanent disability claims awarded by the VA by August 2004
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27,571
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Troops serving in the Gulf Region between August 1990 and May 2004
Number of permanent disability claims awarded by the VA by May 2004
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280,000
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Statistics of permanent disability claims for U.S. troops according to the Government's Veterans Administration.
Source: Doug Rokke, interview above.
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