The vets were a part of the New York National Guard when they were shipped to Iraq to be military police. They complain of numerous health problems, and they say depleted uranium, or DU, is to blame.
DU is a slightly radioactive heavy metal left over in the process of creating nuclear fuel. The military uses it in missiles and tanks to make them stronger, but when it's hit or explodes, soldiers can get wounded by radioactive shrapnel or breathe in radioactive particles.
The soldiers came forward in 2004 saying private doctors confirmed they had high levels of DU but the military has said the levels are safe. The vets say they were never trained correctly about DU and military doctors didn't diagnosis them correctly.
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U.S. War Vets Take Fight Against Government Over DU Exposure To Court
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I hope those responsible for exposing these soldiers to DU are finally brought to justice.
If it were up to me I'd lock them up in a cell with walls made of DU and make sure they got a healthy exposure to u2o8 dust daily.
That punishment would definitely fit the crime.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
I find it even more heart wrenching for these people because they are not fighting a "war" so to speak, they are civilian heros and they are being treated like trash. There was Bush taking photo ops and promising to look after these guys and well, he may as well have flipped them the bird and told them "I'll see your collapsed twin tower and raise you one Katrina".
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche