On DU Death Row


" By illegally using hundreds of tons of depleted uranium (DU) against Iraq Britain and America have gravely endangered not only the Iraqis but the whole world: " -- Dr. Chris Busby, the British radiation expert and UK representative on the European Committee on Radiation Risk.

"The children's skin had folded back, like parchment, revealing veins and burnt flesh that seeped blood, while the eyes, intact, stared straight ahead. I vomited." -- John Pilger, Daily Mirror
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Via Salon here,

Excerpts:

... For these weapons have released deadly, carcinogenic and mutagenic, radioactive particles in such abundance that-whipped up by sandstorms and carried on trade winds - there is no corner of the globe they cannot penetrate-including Britain. For the wind has no boundaries and time is on their side: the radioactivity persists for over 4,500,000,000 years and can cause cancer, leukemia, brain damage, kidney failure, and extreme birth defects - killing millions of every age for centuries to come. A crime against humanity which may, in the eyes of historians, rank with the worst atrocities of all time.


... What the governments of America and Britain have done to the people of Iraq they have also done to their own soldiers, in both wars. And they have done it knowingly.

... A US report, leaked in late 1995, allegedly says, 'The potential for health effects from DU exposure is real; however it must be viewed in perspective... the financial implications of long-term disability payments and healthcare costs would be excessive.'3


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Also, Yahoo DU group:
Description
Uranium weapons are used by the US and its allies in the Balkans and the Middle East. These weapons are outlawed under Geneva Protocols and Convestions, but this has not stopped their use. They have the potential for the catastrophic destruction of all life on this planet. We study and disseminate information on uranium weapons with the goal of raising public awareness in the US about DU, and other internationally outlawed weapons used by the US and its aliies (NATO and Israel).

Posted: Sun - November 5, 2006 at 05:42 PM            

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