Mysterious Diseases Haunt U.S. Troops In Iraq

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The longer the troops are exposed to depleted uranium, the higher the risk.

If this keeps up, when the troops come home they will be " dead men walking "

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> Mysterious Diseases Haunt U.S. Troops In Iraq

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> BAGHDAD, July 17 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) Several mysterious

> diseases were reported among a number of American troops within the

> vicinity of Baghdad airport, a military source closely close to NATO

unveiled.

>

> U.S. soldiers deployed around Baghdad airport started showing symptoms of

> mysterious fever, itching, scars and dark brown spots on the skin, the

> source, who refused to be named, said in statements published Thursday,

> July 17, by the Saudi Al-Watan newspaper.

>

> He asserted that three soldiers who suffered these symptoms did not

respond

> to medical treatment in Iraqi hospitals and were flown to Washington for

> medication.

>

> The military source reported a media blackout by U.S. officials to hide

> such information from the public.

>

> The Americans claim the symptoms and the mysterious diseases were

resulting

> from exposure to the scourging sun, which the U.S. troops are not used to,

> he added.

>

> U.S. officials did not come up with an explanation for the symptoms, which

> NATO experts tend to believe result from direct exposure to powerful

> nuclear radiations of the sophisticated B-2 bombs used in the war on Iraq,

> particularly in striking Iraqi Republican Guards forces who deployed to

> defend the vicinity of Baghdad airport.

>

> The military source stressed that the shrouds of secrecy imposed by

> American officials on the issue were prompted by fears of creating waves

of

> panic and anger among the troops, particularly after announcements that

> American troops would remain in Iraq

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> He asserted that NATO experts measured levels of radioactive pollution in

> Iraq and confirmed there were levels of radioactive pollution with

> destructive impacts on man and environment that may lead to risks suffered

> by generations to come.

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> On April 25, the British Observer quoted military sources as affirming

that

> depleted uranium shells and bombs used by U.S. and British troops during

> Iraq invasion were five times more than the number used during 1991 Gulf

war.

>

> The Pentagon had admitted shelling Iraq with about 350 tons of depleted

> uranium in 1991, aggravating cancerous tumors cases among Iraqis

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