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Article: RIGHTS: VIETNAMESE AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS DEMAND COMPENSATION
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- December 20, 2005
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Elisabeth Schreinemacher
Inter Press Service English News Wire
12-20-2005
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 19, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- More than 30 years
after the end of the war that killed more than 58,000 U.S. soldiers
and 3 million Vietnamese, U.S. veterans are demanding compensation
for their Vietnamese counterparts.
Vietnamese victims of the defoliant known as Agent Orange wound
up a month-long visit to the U.S. to press their case for
reparations from the U.S. government and the companies that made
the deadly chemical.
The victims, invited to the U.S. by veterans, Vietnamese
Americans and peace activists, say an estimated 50,000 deformed
children have been born to parents who were directly sprayed with
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