Probe of troops' exposure to chemical arms faulted

摘要

The Pentagon's "inflexible reassertion" that there was no use of chemical weapons in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and, therefore, that no U.S. troops were exposed to such agents "has served to gravely undermine the credibility of the Department of Defense's internal investigations." With this harsh assessment, staff investigators for a presidential advisory panel looking into possible exposure of U.S. troops to Iraqi chemical agents have concluded that the Pentagon's investigation should be turned over to an independent group.