Was just reading an interesting item in the World Press Review today. Seems that some US troops are contracting a 'mysterious ailment' and at least three have been flown back to the states, after local medical personnel could not treat them. The military has placed a news "blackout" on the story and it's unlikely that any American media will be reporting it. The WPR story, with links to a Mid-Eastern new source, says there is speculation that this illness may be caused by troops coming into contact with the left-over radioactive material the US military is using in tank shells.

Arabia.com has the article which is filed from Baghdad and sites unnamed NATO sources.

It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this or if we begin to hear more details.