Mystery illness affecting soldiers in Iraq

[BWVDenise]

U.S. Soldiers Contract Strange Illness

Josh Neusche
Authorities are investigating a mystery illness striking American soldiers in Iraq. So far 2 soldiers have died, 13 others are hooked up to ventilators.
Twenty-year-old Josh Neusche fell ill in Baghhad in late June. He was taken to Landstuhl, Germany for special treatment. But on July 12th, he died.

Now his parents hope the army's investigation can help his comrades still stationed abroad.
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Mark Neusche/Josh's Father: "We want to know why. A perfectly healthy 20-year-old doesn't drop in a matter of hours from pneumonia and fall into a coma and never come out of it."
The U.S. Army has already determined that two cases were caused by a bacterium – but the origin of the other 13 cases remains a mystery.
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Any comments on this? Are we looking at bio-warfare?

 

[Keli]

I had no idea so many soldiers were being affected by this. I'd read about the two deaths but not the 13 others.

 

[powellrj]

I am a member of a PAM group (PROUD ARMY MOM) and we have been very concerned about this since we first learned about Josh. What we hear on the news isn't always the whole picture of what is going on over there.