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VIETNAM: Agent Orange victims sue US chemical companies
VIETNAM: Agent Orange victims sue US chemical companies
(EXCERPT) Michael Karadjis Three Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange — the herbicide sprayed over Vietnam by the US military during its war against Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s — are suing more than 20 US chemical companies for compensation. The three victims — Nguyen Thi Phi Phi, Duong Quynh Hoa and Nguyen Van Quy — and the recently established Vietnam Association for Agent Orange Victims, filed the suit on January 30 with a US federal court in New York. They are seeking compensation from firms which produced the chemical warfare agent, including Monsanto and Dow Chemicals. The US government sprayed 72 million litres of Agent Orange and other deadly defoliants on Vietna... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 16 Feb 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/571/571p18.htm --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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