Shaffer
12-12-02, 07:23 AM
KUWAIT CITY -- More than 250 U.S. military personnel have been treated for
food poisoning at a camp south of Kuwait City, and 13 of them are
hospitalized, a spokesman said.
Most of the 271 soldiers, sailors and Marines were treated Monday for
symptoms of food poisoning at the Oraifijan installation and "released back
to work within 24 hours," Sgt. 1st Class David Dismukes said.
"We don't know at this point what it is," Dismukes said, declining to say if
terrorism was suspected. He said laboratory test results of the water they
drank were negative. Test results from the food were expected in 24 hours.
Thirteen soldiers were still being treated for "a food-borne
gastrointestinal illness," Dismukes said.
The U.S. contractor Brown and Root provides food to the facility, about 35
miles south of Kuwait City.
food poisoning at a camp south of Kuwait City, and 13 of them are
hospitalized, a spokesman said.
Most of the 271 soldiers, sailors and Marines were treated Monday for
symptoms of food poisoning at the Oraifijan installation and "released back
to work within 24 hours," Sgt. 1st Class David Dismukes said.
"We don't know at this point what it is," Dismukes said, declining to say if
terrorism was suspected. He said laboratory test results of the water they
drank were negative. Test results from the food were expected in 24 hours.
Thirteen soldiers were still being treated for "a food-borne
gastrointestinal illness," Dismukes said.
The U.S. contractor Brown and Root provides food to the facility, about 35
miles south of Kuwait City.