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Date: 2004年2月4日 (水) 午前2時17分
Subject: 湾岸戦争英兵士、DU被害認定
湾岸戦争に従軍して、戦車輸送の任務に当たっていた当時の兵士が、自分の病
気は劣化ウラン弾によるものだと訴えいていたが、このほどそれが法廷（＊）で
認められた。DUが病気の原因と認定された英国で初めてのケースという。英国は
公式にはDUの害を認めていないので、公式な調査は行っていない。当然DU被害の
訴えは受理してこなかった。
自衛隊兵士にとっても教訓でしょう。川口外相によると「DUは安全」というこ
となので、日本でも同様の扱いを受ける恐れがあるから。
＊むしろ軍人恩給などについての苦情裁定所みたいなところらしい。
http://www.pensionsappealtribunals.gov.uk/
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scotsman.com Tue 3 Feb 2004 2:56pm (UK)
Gulf Veterans Hail Uranium Poisoning Ruling
By Rod Minchin, Scottish Press Association
A former soldier has become the first veteran to win a war pension
appeal after suffering depleted uranium poisoning during the Gulf War,
it emerged today.
Kenny Duncan took the Ministry of Defence to the Pension Appeal
Tribunal Service over his claim that he suffered depleted uranium
poisoning during active service in Iraq.
The National Gulf Veterans and Families Association (NGVFA) said the
tribunal’s verdict added to its call for a full public inquiry into
Gulf War illnesses.
The father of three, from Clackmannanshire, served with the Royal Corps
of Transport as a specialist tank transporter during the first Gulf War
in 1991.
Part of his job was to move Iraqi tanks destroyed by depleted uranium
shells.
The campaign group said the Edinburgh-based tribunal, which ruled in Mr
Duncan’s favour yesterday, accepted his claims that he was poisoned
from inhaling depleted uranium dust from the burnt-out tanks.
The tribunal found that Mr Duncan’s exposure to the uranium was
attributable to his service in the Gulf.
Shaun Rusling, chairman of the NGVFA, said the verdict was “justice”.
He said: “The finding by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal was absolutely
tremendous and extremely significant for Kenny Duncan.
“It proves that his ill health was due to depleted uranium poisoning
and it is great news for Kenny and his wife to at long last have his
condition recognised.
“The National Gulf Veterans and Families Association is extremely
pleased that justice has been done.”
Mr Rusling, a former Parachute Regiment medical officer, said that
prior to the Gulf War the use of depleted uranium was “extremely
experimental”.
He said: “Prior to the war the Ministry of Defence advised the Army,
who were based in Saudi Arabia, of the dangers of depleted uranium but
the information never made it down to the troops.
“Troops should not be exposed to anything experimental ? the Ministry
of Defence knew this.”
But he went on to again demand that the Government hold a public
inquiry into Gulf War illnesses.
“It is now 13 years since the Gulf War and no depleted uranium tests
have been made available to former servicemen ? this is despicable and
unacceptable,” he said.
“There should be a public inquiry into the ill health suffered by Gulf
War veterans.
“Mr Blair talks about social justice but he still refuses to give
servicemen a public inquiry and depleted uranium tests.”
According to the association, 606 Gulf servicemen have died from ill
health and a further 5,933 have applied for a war pension due to
disablement.
In November a coroner ruled that the death of Major Ian Hill was linked
to his service in the Gulf War.
Lawyers for his family described the verdict as a “landmark decision”,
saying it would give hope to around 2,000 other veterans.
The 54-year-old from Knutsford, Cheshire, died in March 2001 from a
heart attack.
He blamed a decade of failing health on Gulf War Syndrome caused by
vaccinations and tablets he was given upon enlisting.
In June the High Court refused to overturn a landmark ruling
recognising the existence of the syndrome for the first time.
But the Government still does not recognise the syndrome although it
does accept some veterans did become ill.
http://www.egroups.co.jp/message/nomorewar/11816
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