- Here is the estimate of the tons of DU the US used
in Iraq: 1000-2000 tons - more than three times the amount used in the
first Gulf War...only this time it was primarily spread in Iraq's
cities, not on the battlefield.
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- The uranium and its radioactive decay products
will remain toxic for over 4 billion years...and will slowly destroy
the genetic future of the Iraqi people.
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- But the death and destruction will not be
contained within the borders of Iraq. Winds will spread it throughout
the Middle East and beyond. The US has carried out its omnicidal plan
now on Afghanistan and Iraq...what country is next?
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- Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Kuwait, the Gulf
States, and Iran will breathe the invisible war too... and they will
share the fate of the Iraqi people, the caretakers of the cradle of
civilization.
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- Uranium Cancer Check For Returning UK Troops
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- By Paul Brown The Guardian Weekly
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- Soldiers returning from the Gulf will be offered
tests on the levels of depleted uranium in their bodies to check if
they are in danger of kidney damage and lung cancer as a result of
exposure, the Ministry of Defence said this week.The ministry was
responding to a warning from the Royal Society, Britain's top
scientific body, that soldiers and civilians might be exposed to toxic
levels. It challenged assurances from the Defence Secretary, Geoff
Hoon, that depleted uranium was not a risk. A ministry spokeswoman
said that if soldiers followed instructions correctly and wore
respirators in areas where depleted uranium might have been used they
would not suffer dangerous exposure, but all would be offered urine
tests. The overall results would be published. The ministry said it
would also publish details of where and how much depleted uranium was
used. Brian Spratt, chairman of the society's working group on
depleted uranium, said: "It is highly unsatisfactory to deploy a large
amount of a material that is weakly radioactive and chemically toxic
without knowing how much soldiers and civilians have been exposed to
it . . . It is vital that this monitoring takes place within a matter
of months." Experts have calculated that between 1,000 and 2,000
tonnes of depleted uranium were used by the coalition in the Iraq
campaign.
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- The Guardian Weekly 20-3-0501, page 4
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