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JOHN REES replies to Claudia Webbe
TODAY as the US and other Nato countries are busy banging their war drums once again and rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of another lucrative conflict for their arms manufacturers, it is worth being reminded that the consequences of the wars waged by the US in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1955-75 are still ongoing.
The war crimes committed by US troops in those countries and the devastating impact of its spraying of Agent Orange over the countryside are still killing and maiming people there.
British-based Medical and Scientific Aid for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (MSAVLC) has partnered with VAVA (the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange) since its inception in 2004, and over that time has funded a variety of equipment for both child and adult victims, including in the past three years the purchase of 740 wheelchairs. These have been given to victims of Agent Orange living in provinces all over Vietnam.
