The U.S. Defense Department yesterday released two final reports concluding that there is no new evidence that U.S. troops were exposed to chemical agents during two Gulf War incidents.

One report, “Reported Chemical Warfare Agent Exposure in the 2^d Reconnaissance Battalion,” determined that a group of U.S. Marines who experienced injuries similar to those caused by chemical weapons were not likely to have been exposed to chemical warfare agents.

“The Gulf War Air Campaign: Possible Chemical Warfare Agent Release at al-Muthanna, Feb. 8, 1991” concluded that U.S. troops were definitely not exposed to chemical agents resulting from air attacks on al-Muthanna, where Iraq stored chemical weapons.  The report determined that U.S. forces were too far away from the site to have suffered exposure to a possible release of sarin (U.S. Defense Department release, Dec. 3).

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