Gulf War Syndrome May Be Contagious

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Gulf War Syndrome, the mysterious collection of illnesses that has struck thousands of veterans of the 1991 war to oust Iraq from Kuwait, now appears to be contagious, according to a recent survey and accounts of its victims.

The continued monitoring of 1,200 veterans, conducted by Sen. Donald Riegle, D-Mich., for a Senate committee, has found that the disease has spread from afflicted veterans to 78 percent of their wives, 25 percent of offspring born before the war and 65 percent born since.

"Is it transmissible? Let's see, everyone I know is sick and they're making everyone they know sick. It's not rocket science. We're just grunts," said Troy Albuck, an …