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Article: Lethal gases detected in Gulf War, soldiers say Congress told that, despite denials, military's most sophisticated equipment found chemical weapons
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 11, 1996
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Two American soldiers who operated the most sophisticated
chemical-detection equipment used in the 1991 Persian Gulf War told
Congress on Tuesday that chemical weapons were found in Kuwait during
and after the war, contradicting repeated statements from the Defense
Department.
The soldiers, who worked in a mobile chemical-detection laboratory
known as a Fox vehicle, said in testimony before a House
subcommittee that their reports of chemical detection were largely
ignored or dismissed by their superiors.
"Alarms were going off, detections were being made, and the
individuals who were actually responsible for manning these detection
systems knew what they were doing," said Maj. Michael ...