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The real threat—not only to U.S. troops but to Iraqis as well—may prove to be a weapon scarcely mentioned before, during or after the war: depleted uranium.
Depleted uranium is a byproduct of enriched uranium, the fissile material in nuclear weapons. It is pyrophoric, burning spontaneously on impact. That, along with its extreme density, makes depleted uranium munitions the Pentagon’s ideal choice for penetrating an enemy’s tank armor or reinforced bunkers.
When a DU shell hits its target, it burns, losing anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of its mass and dispersing a fine dust that can be carried long distances by winds or absorbed directly into the soil and groundwater.
Depleted uranium’s radioactive and toxic residue has been linked to birth defects, cancers, the Gulf War Syndrome, and environmental damage.
But the Pentagon insists depleted uranium is both safe and necessary, saying it is a “superior armor [and] a superior munition that we will continue to use.” Pentagon officials say that the health and environmental risks of DU use are outweighed by its military advantages. But to retain the right to use and manufacture DU weaponry and armor, the Pentagon has to actively ignore and deny the risks that depleted uranium poses to human health and environment.
To keep depleted uranium at the top of its weapons list, the Pentagon has distorted research that demonstrates how DU dust can work its way into the human body, potentially posing a grave health risk. According to a 1998 report by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the inhalation of DU particles can lead to symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, lymphatic problems, bronchial complaints, weight loss, and an unsteady gait—symptoms that match those of sick veterans of the Gulf and Balkan wars. Dr. Rosalie Bertell, a Canadian epidemiologist, released a study in 1999 revealing that depleted uranium can stay in the lungs for up to two years. “When the dust is breathed in, it passes through the walls of the lung and into the blood, circulating through the whole body,” she wrote. Bertell concluded that exposure to depleted uranium, especially when inhaled, “represents a serious risk of damaged immune systems and fatal cancers.”
The Pentagon has to cloak this dangerous weapon in deceptive and innocuous language. The adjective “depleted,” with its connotation that the substance is non-threatening or diminished in strength, is misleading. While depleted uranium is not as radioactive and dangerous as U235—a person would not get sick merely from brief DU exposure—depleted uranium has a half-life of 4.5 billion years (as long as the solar system has existed) and may pose serious health risks and environmental contamination.
Two types of depleted uranium exist. One is “clean” depleted uranium, a byproduct of the processing of uranium ore into uranium-235 (which is used in nuclear fuel and weapons). The other type is created at government facilities as a byproduct of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel (done to extract plutonium for nuclear warheads) and is known as “dirty” depleted uranium because it contains highly toxic plutonium.
In November 2000, U.N. researchers examined 11 sites in Kosovo hit by DU shells and found radioactive contamination at eight of them. Furthermore, those tests uncovered evidence that at least some of the DU munitions in the U.S. arsenal used in Kosovo contained “dirty” depleted uranium. This raises the question: How much of its plutonium-processing waste did the U.S. government supply to weapons manufacturers?
If some of the DU shells in the U.S. arsenal have been made from dirty depleted uranium, that could help explain why about 300 of 5,000 refugees from a Sarajevo suburb heavily bombed by NATO jets in 1995 had died of cancer by early 2001. And it could also help explain the fact that 28 percent of veterans who served in the first Gulf War have over the past 12 years sought treatment for illness and disease resulting from their military service and filed claims with the Veterans Administration for medical and compensation benefits. In all, 186,000 veterans of that war have sought treatment for a collection of maladies including chronic fatigue, joint and muscle pain, memory loss, reproductive problems, depression, and gastrointestinal disorders. Together these ailments are known as the Gulf War Syndrome.
The remains of an Iraqi tank abandoned in the demilitarized zone near the Kuwaiti border. The two holes in the side of the tank were made by DU penetrators. (January 2000, near Safwan, Iraq)
American M1A1 tank having been hit by its own troops, "friendly fire incident"
Depleted Uranium Toxicology - Conference at Portland State University on the health hazards of depleted uranium and the nuclear poisoning of our planet during war and peace. ..

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Dedicated to Reno. Help us help Reno get the word out about the effects of DU on veterans and their children! THANX RENO! Your the best!

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Please take the time to look at the following video's & articles on Depleted Uranium - Warning - most of the links contain images of a graphic nature about what DU does to the human body.

The Doctor, The Depeleted Uranium & The Dying Children

The Unkown Terror of DU

Dr. Doug Rokke talks about Depleted Uranium

Depleted Uranium Iraq

Baghdad Hospital - Children's Ward

Poisonous Legacy

Depleted Uranium The Child Killer

DU That Left a Town Contaminated

UK Campaign Against Depleted Uranium

Sick Vets Battle Depleted Uranium

Iraq Birth Defects

An Unmistakeable Message?

Silent WMD's - The Effects of Depleted Uranium

DU: The Vieques-Kosovo Connection

The Health Risks of Using DU

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Are you or do you know any military personnel who may have been affected by Depleted Uranium? Do you have a sick baby or child that the doctors cant explain their sickness to you? If so please get in touch with us.

A cytological study pub­lished in 2004 by Heike Schroeder and collaborators of the University of Bremen, Germany, shows definite dis­tortions of human chromosomes. Investigated were nineteen British soldiers, veterans from the first Iraq war and/or from Bosnia, all suffering from the vet­eran’s syndrome. Offi­cially, the fol­lowing symptoms are listed for this syndrome: fatigue, skin disorders, head­aches, muscle pain, joint pain, neuro­logical symptoms, neuropsy­chological symptoms, symp­toms involving the respiratory system, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal symptoms, cardiovascular symptoms, abnormal weight loss, menstrual dis­orders. From each veteran, approxi­mately 1000 lymph cells in the stage of cell division were examined and the abnormal chromosomes, dicentric and ring chromosomes were counted. Dicentric chromosomes are wellknown indicators of ionizing radiation. The results were compared with those obtained from a control group of 40 men who had not been in any uranium war.

The percentage of deformed chromo­somes in the veteran’s group turned out to be more than five times larger than in the control group. The confi­dence level is above 95%.

Several testimonies have been re­ceived from medical experts in Iraq and Afghanistan, reporting dramatic increases of cancer, leukemia and em­bryo deformation in the years after the respective wars.

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Safe? With a half-life of 4.5 billion years, it’s hardly safe. In fact, it’s one of the worst chemical weapons ever used. Cancer rates in Kosovo are up 166% and rising. In Iraq, 700-1000%. Deformities are up 400-600%. Gulf war veterans cancer rates are up 67%.
--Source: Campaign Against Depleted Uranium.

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RENO: Without him this page would not exist. It's dedicated to Him. He's a hero and is helping to spread the word about DU. He was in Iraq himself and exposed. He has done hours and hours of research on this topic. His view will be posted soon. Photo By: DMV

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Known illnesses inflicted by internalization of Depleted Uranium particles

Compiled by Leuren Moret from Interviews with Gulf War Vets and their families. General abnormal births and birth defectsabnormal metabolism of semen: contains amine & ammonium alkaline ...
Posted by Depleted Uranium Kills on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:58:00 PST

A Two Part Warning to the Citizens for the World: "Do Not Use Depleted Uranium Munitions Again"

A Two Part Warning to the Citizens for the World: "Do Not Use Depleted Uranium Munitions Again" Dr. Doug Rokke, Former U.S. Army’s DU team health physicist Former U.S. Army’s DU Project ...
Posted by Depleted Uranium Kills on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:16:00 PST

Geneva Convention Rules

Geneva Convention Rules (to which US and UK are signees) - The limitation of unnecessary human suffering [Art.35.2]- The limitation of damage to the environment [Art. 35.3 and 55.1]- It is prohibited...
Posted by Depleted Uranium Kills on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:43:00 PST

Renos Iraq/DU Blog

Reno's Irag Blogwell, here i go... i know i tried to write about this once. not sure how far i was able to get on it. i have told this to a few people and many times i think they just do not understan...
Posted by Depleted Uranium Kills on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:05:00 PST

Written By Paolo (Inzone)

One more issue Americans aren't made aware of, and that they should be aware of, is an issue with the actual weapons our troops are using to carry out these wars. Would you believe me if I told you th...
Posted by Depleted Uranium Kills on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:58:00 PST