TONS OF DU POLLUTING IRAQ

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adding my comment: WE ALL SHARE THIS PLANET, THIS AFFECTS US ALL.....

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As I send this post on depleted uranium, I feel sad about what humanity is allowing to happen to our Planet. Nuclear and other weapons in the hands of world governments and military at the current state of human consciousness is equivalent to letting the patients run the looney bin while the staff (the rest of humanity) puts their feet up and nods off for a nap. And, how ridiculous is it to think that gas masks are somehow going to protect anybody from ingesting DU as it makes its way all over the world to cause yet countless other diseases and spawn untold numbers of birth defects. It appears that the word "ethics" has surely been removed from the human dictionary. As the famous war song asks: "when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn?"I would like to add to that question. "When will we ever learn...that oursilence will NOT protect us?" And, "when will we ever learn...that war is abusiness?" It is easy to change both of these statements. We can choosedifferently! and, we can stop seeing any part of the world and it's people asseparate from ourselves.

Wendy <A HREF="http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=1247 & blz=1"> Read Article</A>http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=1247 & blz=1

2003-12-05 | WASHINGTON (NFTF.org) U.S. forces unleashed at least 75 tons of toxic depleted uranium on Iraq during the war, reports the Christian Science Monitor. An unnamed U.S. Central Command spokesman disclosed to the Monitor last week that coalition forces fired 300,000 bullets coated with armored-piercing depleted uranium (DU) during the war. “The normal combat mix for these 30-mm rounds is five DU bullets to 1 -- a mix that would have left about 75 tons of DU in Iraq,” wrote correspondent Scott Peterson.Peterson measured four sites around Baghdad struck with depleted uranium munitions and found high levels of radioactive contamination, but few warnings to this effect issued among the populace at large. While the Pentagon maintains that spent weapons coated with the low-level, radioactive nuclear-waste are relatively harmless, Peterson notes that U.S. soldiers have taken it among themselves to print leaflets or post signs warning of DU contamination. "After we shoot something with DU, we're not supposed to go around it, due to the fact that it could cause cancer," said one sergeant requesting anonymity.On a group of abandoned burnt-out U.S. munitions supply trucks, Peterson saw signs U.S. troops put up warning in Arabic, “Danger -- Get away from this area.” A local vendor said that soldiers in masks warned him and others to keep away from the site. These were the only warnings Peterson found. He wrote that despite the military’s attempts to bulldoze the surrounding topsoil, the Geiger counter readings on remaining piles of radioactive DU dust registered at hundreds of times the average, and a DU dart from a 120 mm tank shell emitted radiation over 1,300 times normal. Two other sites visited were randomly selected Iraqi armored vehicles destroyed with DU bullets. The remains of these tanks sit near a produce vendor on the outskirts of Baghdad, and have become popular playthings for children; the Geiger counter reading from “a DU bullet fragment no bigger than a pencil eraser” near one child registered 1,000 times normal. There were no warnings posted informing the populace of the radioactive emissions coming from the tanks. "Radioactive? Oh, really?" was the response of a former director general of the ministry, when Peterson presented a Geiger counter registering emissions of 1,900 times normal from spent DU-coated bullets amongst the grounds at the Ministry of Planning. "Yesterday, more than 1,000 employees came here, and they didn't know anything about it," he said. "We have started to not believe what the American government says. What I know is that the occupiers should clean up and take care of the country they invaded." YellowTimes.org correspondent Lisa Ashkenaz Croke drafted this report. Article republished, courtesy of Yellow Times: http://www.yellowtimes.org Please also see:News from the Front: U.S. Forces Demolishing Homes in Iraq; http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1681 & mode=thread & order=0

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That's what I thought - but found that the rounds were NOT COATED - but in actual fact SOLID DU. Also, their Cruise Missiles and bombs had this lovely gift in them - over populated areas - ......!

Not only is this reprehensible - but is there not something in the Geneva Convention about using such weapons on civilian targets??????

Jorge

 

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luckypig

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Monday, December 08, 2003 4:08

TONS OF DU POLLUTING IRAQ

 

adding my comment: WE ALL SHARE THIS PLANET, THIS AFFECTS US ALL.....

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As I send this post on depleted uranium, I feel sad about what humanity is allowing to happen to our Planet. Nuclear and other weapons in the hands of world governments and military at the current state of human consciousness is equivalent to letting the patients run the looney bin while the staff (the rest of humanity) puts their feet up and nods off for a nap. And, how ridiculous is it to think that gas masks are somehow going to protect anybody from ingesting DU as it makes its way all over the world to cause yet countless other diseases and spawn untold numbers of birth defects. It appears that the word "ethics" has surely been removed from the human dictionary. As the famous war song asks: "when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn?"I would like to add to that question. "When will we ever learn...that oursilence will NOT protect us?" And, "when will we ever learn...that war is abusiness?" It is easy to change both of these statements. We can choosedifferently! and, we can stop seeing any part of the world and it's people asseparate from ourselves.

Wendy <A HREF="http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=1247 & blz=1"> Read Article</A>http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=1247 & blz=1

2003-12-05 | WASHINGTON (NFTF.org) U.S. forces unleashed at least 75 tons of toxic depleted uranium on Iraq during the war, reports the Christian Science Monitor. An unnamed U.S. Central Command spokesman disclosed to the Monitor last week that coalition forces fired 300,000 bullets coated with armored-piercing depleted uranium (DU) during the war. “The normal combat mix for these 30-mm rounds is five DU bullets to 1 -- a mix that would have left about 75 tons of DU in Iraq,” wrote correspondent Scott Peterson.Peterson measured four sites around Baghdad struck with depleted uranium munitions and found high levels of radioactive contamination, but few warnings to this effect issued among the populace at large. While the Pentagon maintains that spent weapons coated with the low-level, radioactive nuclear-waste are relatively harmless, Peterson notes that U.S. soldiers have taken it among themselves to print leaflets or post signs warning of DU contamination. "After we shoot something with DU, we're not supposed to go around it, due to the fact that it could cause cancer," said one sergeant requesting anonymity.On a group of abandoned burnt-out U.S. munitions supply trucks, Peterson saw signs U.S. troops put up warning in Arabic, “Danger -- Get away from this area.” A local vendor said that soldiers in masks warned him and others to keep away from the site. These were the only warnings Peterson found. He wrote that despite the military’s attempts to bulldoze the surrounding topsoil, the Geiger counter readings on remaining piles of radioactive DU dust registered at hundreds of times the average, and a DU dart from a 120 mm tank shell emitted radiation over 1,300 times normal. Two other sites visited were randomly selected Iraqi armored vehicles destroyed with DU bullets. The remains of these tanks sit near a produce vendor on the outskirts of Baghdad, and have become popular playthings for children; the Geiger counter reading from “a DU bullet fragment no bigger than a pencil eraser” near one child registered 1,000 times normal. There were no warnings posted informing the populace of the radioactive emissions coming from the tanks. "Radioactive? Oh, really?" was the response of a former director general of the ministry, when Peterson presented a Geiger counter registering emissions of 1,900 times normal from spent DU-coated bullets amongst the grounds at the Ministry of Planning. "Yesterday, more than 1,000 employees came here, and they didn't know anything about it," he said. "We have started to not believe what the American government says. What I know is that the occupiers should clean up and take care of the country they invaded." YellowTimes.org correspondent Lisa Ashkenaz Croke drafted this report. Article republished, courtesy of Yellow Times: http://www.yellowtimes.org Please also see:News from the Front: U.S. Forces Demolishing Homes in Iraq; http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1681 & mode=thread & order=0

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