Gulf War syndrome: British warnings over the risk of chemical and biological weapons release were ignored by the US in 1991

Ashton, Nigel J ORCID: 0009-0001-1484-5536 (2022) Gulf War syndrome: British warnings over the risk of chemical and biological weapons release were ignored by the US in 1991. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (02 Jul 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Nigel Ashton writes that British scientific warnings about the dangers of bombing Iraqi chemical and biological weapon installations were ignored by the US during the First Gulf War. Such warnings, eventually dropped in order to maintain Anglo-American solidarity, were nevertheless well placed: a recent study has identified the release of Sarin gas as the probable cause of ‘Gulf War syndrome’ among US and British personnel.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	International History
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	16 Aug 2022 09:30
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2024 04:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115887

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