* Many of these kids will get cancer, leukemia, and die within the next 5-10 years?
* Former Army Colonel & expert in nuclear medicine, Dr. Asaf Duracovic says the V.A. told him to lie about the effects of DU?
* Dr. Durakcovic also says we have "committed war crimes by using weapons that kill indiscriminately, which are banned under international law."
* The Uranium Medical Research Centre says we have "poisoned a significant portion of the civilian population" in many areas of Afghanistan?
* In one returning unit, 40%, or eight out of twenty U.S. soldiers have cancer?
* In one 100 clean-up crew, 30 were dead within 10 years, with many others being sick, although the crew leader said, "We were all really healthy before going over."
* An Italian Newspaper reported 109 deaths among its troops from DU, saying this figure "exceeded deaths from all other causes?"
* The civilian population of Iraq is at a much greater risk than the Italian soldiers?
* The children of Iraq are at a greater risk than the adults?
* An international court of justice found your Commander-in-Chief guilty of war crimes?
* This Court's legitimacy had been ratified by every major Western Democracy?
* In one group of returning U.S. Soldiers, 67% fathered children with severe birth defects, even though all had fathered healthy children?
* The U.S. D.O.D. has a small army of spokespeople to convince you and the American Public that the above information is not true?
* You can verify the truth of the above information in a few hours with a good Internet Search Engine?
When a child is born in Iraq, the question is no longer "Is it a boy or a girl?" but rather, "Doctor, is the child normal?"
Sincerely,
Douglas Westerman
aspendougy@yahoo.com
For Further Information
http://journalhome.com/aspendouglas/
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The use of Depleted Uranium is an absolutely horrible crime which nonetheless goes unpunished. DU literally constitutes ongoing nuclear war, because nanoparticles of the isotopes tend to spread just like a cloud of chemical gas does. Eventually airborne DU particles will expand to the limits of their container (Boyle's Law). Unfortunately, that container is our atmosphere. Therefore, millions will eventually be exposed to the radioactive isotopes predictably resulting in cancers and death.
The hostage tragedy at Beslan was considered a horrendous crime against children, but it is just a drop in the bucket in comparison to the numbers of children who are stillborn or malformed from the effects of DU weapons.
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Michael
GlobalDemocracyProject.ca
Then try again to explain why frantic canuck hate-mongers are so upset about the term "depleted uranium" being used properly...
Oh, nice "Blue" statement going on with the website, eh?
Now all you little Canadian Nationalists need to do is Free Quebec!
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* A by-product of uranium enrichment, the most common chemical form of which is depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF 6 ). Natural uranium is composed of three isotopes: uranium-238 (99.284 percent); uranium-235 (0.711 percent); and uranium-234 (0.005 percent), all of which are radioactive. The purpose of uranium enrichment is to concentrate uranium-235, the fissile isotope, in one stream. The other stream which is low in uranium-235, is called "depleted uranium," which contains about 0.2 to 0.3 percent uranium-235.<br />
<a href="http://www.ieer.org/clssroom/glossary.html">www.ieer.org/clssroom/glossary.html</a><br />
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Uranium that, through the process of enrichment, has been stripped of most of the uranium-235 it once contained, so that it has more uranium-238 than natural uranium. It is used in some parts of nuclear weapons and as a raw material for plutonium production.<br />
legacystory.apps.em.doe.gov/text/link/link12.htm<br />
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As to why we should be concerned about Uranium levels:<br />
"BBC NEWS: US used nuclear weapons in Afghanistan. Uranium levels up to 400 times normal."<br />
<a href="http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/1613322.php">http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/1613322.php</a><br />
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Really, any amount of research at all shows your claims are specious. <br />
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As for why we should be concerned about it here, you'll note that it is in the "eye on uncle sam" section of the site, which is entirely appropriate. You may as well ask why the BBC covers American basketball. <br />
<p>---<br>Every time you complain about the moderators, god kills a kitten.
Anonymous, I am a citizen of both the USA and Canada. Moreover, my favourite country in North America is definitely Canada. Mexico is my second favourite.
It is sad to see the USA, a country I once loved, slip into such a dark consciousness that they actually deploy "somewhat" depleted uranium weapons. And, yes, I do understand the dangers of the slow degradation of nuclear materials because I was a Physics major in US universities for two years and a pre-med student for another two years prior to graduating.
I also have credits for 3 years of Air Force ROTC courses studying geo-politics, wars, weapon systems, strategies and tactics.
The use of depleted uranium weapons is a crime against humanity. If freedom and justice are to ever triumph in our illusory world the tyrannical perpetrators of DU nuclear wars will someday be held accountable.
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Michael
GlobalDemocracyProject.ca
Most of those serving are, I assume, kids who believe, or believed, they are in some manner doing a job to defend their nation.
Assuming active duty service personnel read this, what are they supposed to do about it? Desert? Refuse direct orders? Walk around feeling guilty about doing what they were told was their job?
Maybe I'm just missing the big picture.
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"When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).
The alternative is to accept such atrocity. That's ok if you don't believe in human ideals, but I can't live that way.
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Michael
GlobalDemocracyProject.ca
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"When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).