Tag: depleted uranium

James Brooks, Media Monitors Network, December 4, 2006 “This warfare of the future is reminiscent of what Israel has been doing for years, but with one-ton bombs, 155-mm artillery shells, and tank-fired antipersonnel flechette bombs. Are FLM weapons like DIME an improvement? Or will they actually increase civilian casualties and suffering, and mimic depleted uranium…

Al Jazeera, London, November 12, 2006 Six-year-old Fatma Rakwan was diagnosed with leukemia. Photo courtesy: Paul Kitagaki Jr. In 1991, Washington and its Persian Gulf War allies used armor-piercing shells made of depleted uranium — the first time such weapons had been used in military conflicts — as the Iraqis retreated from Kuwait. Up till…

Ludwig De Braeckeleer, OhMyNews, November 2, 2006 Because of the high density of the material, depleted uranium munitions (DU) are particularly suitable to pierce armor-vehicle or bunkers. They have been used in Kuwait, Iraq, and Kosovo. There are some allegations that they may have been used in Palestine. The analysis of samples gathered from two…

SALLY MAXWELL, SEQUOYAH COUNTY NEWS, OKLAHOMA, NOVEMBER 1, 2006 Sequoyah Fuels, the former uranium processing plant near Gore, is one step closer to closing after a clause to have the U.S. Army remove depleted uranium from the plant was included in the Defense Authorization Act signed by President George W. Bush last week. John Ellis,…

ALEX DOBROTA, THE GLOBE & MAIL, NOVEMBER 2, 2006 OTTAWA — Canada failed its first Persian Gulf war veterans who fell ill after being exposed to poisonous chemicals, including depleted uranium from U.S. munitions, a military ombudsman said yesterday. One soldier of the 1 Combat Engineer Regiment died of cancer, and about 60 others developed…

BBC NEWS, OCTOBER 31, 2006 Both British and US troops have used depleted uranium in Iraq UK and US forces have continued to use depleted uranium weapons despite warnings they pose a cancer risk, a BBC investigation has found. Scientists have pointed to health statistics in Iraq, where the weapons were used in the 1991…

James P. Tucker Jr., American Free Press, October 29, 2006 30mm munitions (jackets and penetrators) made with depleted uranium. PHOTO: UNEP Birth-defects attributed to depleted uranium (not for the faint-hearted) The death toll from the highly toxic weapons component known as depleted uranium (DU) has reached 11,000 soldiers and the growing scandal may be the…

Robert Fisk, The Independent, October 28, 2006 Israeli bombing in southern Lebanon shows large clouds of black smoke that might result from burning uranium. Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians? We know that…

Gulf War veteran tells local audiences that depleted uranium is causing countless ailments John Larson, Mountain Mail, October 19, 2006 Demacio Lopez measures the radiation level in small fragments of shrapnel that came from wounds received by Jerry Wheat during the Gulf War. According to the readings, the radiation level measured 12 times higher than…