GULF WAR ILLNESS

AP: Victims From First Gulf War File Suit

NEW YORK (AP) - Blaming corporations for fueling former Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons program, victims of the first Gulf War filed
a lawsuit Tuesday seeking compensation for illnesses affecting more than
100,000 soldiers. "Anyone with eyes and ears knew Saddam was killing
people with poison gas in the 1980s," lawyer Gary B. Pitts said outside
federal court. "These companies have to be held accountable or they'll do this
same thing in the future with some other tyrant." The lawsuit seeks
unspecified damages for more than 100,000 soldiers who it says suffered severe
injuries and staggering economic losses after they were exposed to chemicals
when coalition forces blew up Iraqi ammunition dumps.