I just thought this was an issue that too few people were aware of:
"Cancer - The Deadly Legacy Of The Invasion Of Iraq"
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/06
Just to quote some of the main points from the article for thoose who can't be bothered to read the whole thing: "Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities." "Many soldiers are now referring to Gulf War Syndrome #2 and alleging that they have developed cancer due to exsposure to depleted uranium in Iraq."
The fact that depleted uranium is poisenous has been known for years - in 2001 there was even a BBC news report that stated that it was "Chemically Poisenous and radioactive" but just like with Agent Orange all the complaints and campaigns against its use were ignored. (And there were numerous campaigns http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/president-signs-legislation-depleted-uranium.html for example) Jim McDermott a U.S. Representative said: "The Millitary denies first, and then after the evedence builds to the point where they can no longer deny, then they do the research" He said that in 2006 and he was completely right, because the millitaries (It wasn't only the US army that used it) Wouldn't face the facts and as a result thousands of Iraqs are getting cancer and having deformed children and Soldiers who have been in combat zones are also dying from cancer and having deformed children.
In 2006 Anti-Flag released an album that had the song "Depleted Uranium Is A War Crime" on it and the lyrics have never been more fitting:
"Gonna cut through thier armour, then cut through your lungs. If you make it out alive you'll still die young. A greedy gang of liars, yeah we've seen it all before. A moneymaking scheme led by war-profiteering whores."
Love, Respect and Solidarity
Sam
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I wouldn't be so sure that depleted uranium would emit enough radiation to cause cancer.
ReplyDeleteRadiation is everywhere. The sun even emits it. I think that the amount of radiation emitted by depleted uranium over a large time frame is somewhat similar to getting an x-ray. Also, that first link is broken, so I can't read the article.
The link should be working now - Not sure why it didn't earlier.
ReplyDeleteI believe that there could be many reasons why the cancer rate has increased beyond this one. Often just personal stressors can alter the chemistry of human cells and these wars and the relative stressors from those wars could be a factor.
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