September 3, 1997: Gulf War Syndrome - Joyce Riley | Ocean Warming - Stan Deyo
Riley shares her belief that squalene, an unapproved oil-based adjuvant found in the blood of 400 Gulf War veterans, points to a secret anti-AIDS vaccine experiment conducted on military personnel. She reports that 80 percent of affected veterans have transmitted the illness to family members and that 700,000 shot records have gone missing. Riley also discusses video evidence of U.S.-marked chemical weapons found inside Iraqi bunkers at Khamisiyah.
In the final hours, Stan Deyo joins from Perth, Australia, to discuss alarming ocean warming patterns in the Pacific. He describes sea surface temperatures reaching 500 percent above the previous year and warns of coming crop failures and severe weather tied to what the UN calls potentially the most damaging El Nino event ever recorded.
Key Moments
700,000 missing shot records: Riley says 700,000 Gulf War shot records are missing per Paul Rodriguez of the Washington Times, alongside 80% of General Schwarzkopf's war logs.
Tri-Service Vaccine Task Force memo: Riley cites a declassified Tri-Service Vaccine Task Force memo signed by Colonel Edmund C. Tremont, instituting a 'Manhattan-like project' to evaluate experimental vaccines on Gulf troops without informed consent.
Squalene found in 400 Gulf vets: Riley says 400 Gulf War veterans tested positive for squalene, an unapproved oil-based adjuvant only used in experimental anti-AIDS and malaria vaccines.
France gave doxycycline, no vaccines: Riley notes France was the only one of 28 coalition countries with no Gulf War illness - and the only one that skipped the immunizations and instead gave troops daily doxycycline.
80% transmission to family contacts: Riley says over 80% of Gulf War vets contacting her association report transmitting the illness to at least one other person - including a San Diego case where a vet's ex-wife passed it to her second husband.