Dispatches: The Great Gulf War Cover Up

Record ID: 116981
  • Title: Dispatches: The Great Gulf War Cover Up
  • Date: 15th May 1997
  • Summary: An investigation into Gulf War Syndrome - nearly 100,000 claim sickness resulting from serving in the Gulf War,while there has been six years of denial from the Ministry of Defence. The new Labour government promises an investigation. The programme asks whether Saddam Hussein used chemical warfare. Recently declassified documents reveal that nerve agents were used; however both the US and UK governments denied that Iraq was using chemical warfare. The Allied attacks also exposed their own troops to chemical weapons: the bombing of the Iraqi chemical weapons facilities blew hundreds of tons of chemicals towards the troops. Contributors: Dr Robert Haley (University of Texas); Paul Grant (Former Sergeant Major,British Army); Ritchie Turnbull (former RAF Chemical Sentry); Pat Eddington (former CIA); Jim Tuite (former US Secret Service); Sam Kline (former US Army); Luomir Smnehlik (Former Lt Colonel,Czech Army); Vladimer Braun (Former Colonel,Czech Army); Prof. Emil Halamek (Vyskov Military College).
  • Description:A look at Gulf War Syndrome
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Unspecified
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:15/05/1997
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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