Soaring birth deformities and child cancer rates in Iraq

[moghrabi]

Iraqi doctors are making renewed efforts to bring to the world’s attention the growth in birth deformities and cancer rates among the country’s children. The medical crisis is being directly blamed on the widespread use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions by the US and British forces in southern Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War, and the even greater use of DU during the 2003 invasion.

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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/iraq-m10.shtml

 

[jimmoyer]

Do you realize the Italians sold Saddam over a million land mines? Where's the hate? Where's the anger?

Do you realize the Germans wanted to get Saddam back to having his nuclear facility before Israel destroyed it in 1981? Where's the hate? Where's the anger?

Do you realize that every 25k Saddam spent on a Palestinian family who had a son or daughter martyred as a suicide bomber begot more death immediately than this slow insidious evil depleted uranium? Where's the hate? Where's the anger?

America is going to pay the devil for that depleted uranium. The tidal wave is coming at us.

But I shudder to see the justice of the blindfolded.

Shudder.

Yep.

It's already come to a theatre near me.

 

[mrmom2]

What are you yapping about your country will not sign the anti landmine treaty and you make some of the nastiest kinds :roll: Kind of calling the pot black is it not Jim? 8O

 

[jimmoyer]

I mean this more sincerely than you know.

Pot calling the kettle black?

It takes one to know one.

Which is why I wonder about the better psychologists out there, so to speak.

And yes the US is not a signatory to the land mine treaty, but you will notice that some of the signatories to that treaty manufacture landmines for export.

Go figure.

Only the pot is able to call the kettle black.

Are we now shuffling slack jawed in the same direction?

But wait....

Is it possible the current moral outrage has some side blinders?

But you're right overall on that depleted uranium. We're going to pay the devil for that.



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[Reverend Blair]

RE: Soaring birth deformi

Jim, every time your country uses a depleted uranium munition you are committing a war crime. The problem in Iraq is horrendous. So is the problem in Kosovo. The effects are just starting to show up in Afghanistan.

Your own soldiers are experiencing increased cancer rates and their kids are being born deformed.

Just sit there and make excuses though. Whatever allows you to sleep at night. Of course the parents of those dying Iraqi kids likely don't sleep very well, but don't let that bother you.

 

[jimmoyer]

What you say is real and correct and informed Reverend Blair.

When the bagpipes play Amazing Grace, the funeral of regret is the only truth.

 

[Jay]

"depleted uranium munition"

Since I don't spend my days bombing people I need to ask......why do they use depleted uranium munitions?
What is the avantage or how is it used?

 

[jimmoyer]

It is effective at piercing armor.

And some efficient accountant might have found a way to make nuclear plant waste be useful to the devil.

Just a guess.

Let's all google who actually makes the stuff?

 

[I think not]

Re: RE: Soaring birth deformities and child cancer rates in

Let's all google who actually makes the stuff?

Now why would we want to do that, jim? :wink:

 

[LadyC]

Re: RE: Soaring birth deformi

Just sit there and make excuses though. Whatever allows you to sleep at night. Of course the parents of those dying Iraqi kids likely don't sleep very well, but don't let that bother you.

Try reading what he's posting before commenting, B.

But you're right overall on that depleted uranium. We're going to pay the devil for that.

As has been discussed previously, Canada supplies the DU used for the weapons. Somehow that's different though... we've got excuses for that that allows us to sleep at night, etc.

 

[mrmom2]

Yes we provide some of the material but we do not weaponise it.We leave that to the US :wink: The companys that sell that shit should be called out on the carpet :wink: We have sold the US a lot of raw uranium and polluted a lot of land digging the crap up :x

 

[LadyC]

Yes we provide some of the material but we do not weaponise it.We leave that to the US

Why do we always feel the need to add the "but" that will blame the US?

 

[I think not]

Yes we provide some of the material but we do not weaponise it.We leave that to the US :wink: The companys that sell that shit should be called out on the carpet :wink: We have sold the US a lot of raw uranium and polluted a lot of land digging the crap up :x

It's big business mrmom, nobody is calling anybody on the carpet. Was that a double negative there?

 

[mrmom2]

I meant the Canadian companys should be called out for what they have done :wink: ITN nobody in this counrty is aware of what they are doing if they were maybe something would be done about it

 

[I think not]

I meant the Canadian companys should be called out for what they have done :wink: ITN nobody in this counrty is aware of what they are doing if they were maybe something would be done about it

Perhaps you misunderstood what I said. Whether anyone knows about it, government or the people, nothing is going to happen. It's big business, creates jobs etc....

 

[mrmom2]

I would bet there's not that many jobs involved :x

 

[I think not]

I would bet there's not that many jobs involved :x

Perhaps not, quite a bit of money to be made though. Hey mrmom, I got "The Corporation" DVD in today (I took Revs advice), have you seen it? I'm going to watch it....several times.

 

[Jay]

A sales guy...someone to load the truck....customer service rep.

 

[mrmom2]

No let me know how it is I might have to look that one up myself :wink:

 

[galianomama]

i was under the impression that the du is a waste product of power-generating nuclear-reactors. is that right?

(by the way, kids watched the corporation last night...i will be watching tonight. said it was excellent).