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Date: Mar 4 23:37 2010

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Fallujah has suffered an epidemic of birth defects since US-led forces laid siege to the city in 2004, doctors and parents have claimed. A hospital paediatrician in the city told BBC world affairs editor John Simpson that three new cases of birth defects are seen every day. Read more __________________

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Date: Aug 9 12:41 2009

RE: Depleted uranium Found	Permalink

"Uranium munitions are probably the most effective weapon you're ever going to encounter. These things are the silver bullet. They kill and destroy anything in their path. They are EXTREMELY effective. And what you need to understand, and contrary to what he saw in the media, the DU ground is not coated and it's not tipped. The DU round is solid uranium 238. The M1 tank round is over 10 pounds of solid uranium 238, contaminated with plutonium, neptunium, and americium" - Doug Rokke. Read more __________________

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Date: May 19 16:37 2007

RE: Depleted Uranium	Permalink

According to an October 2004 Dispatch from the Italian Military Health Observatory, a total of 109 Italian soldiers have died thus far due to exposure to depleted uranium. A spokesman at the Military Health Observatory, Domenico Leggiero, states "The total of 109 casualties exceeds the total number of persons dying as a consequence of road accidents. Anyone denying the significance of such data is purely acting out of ill faith, and the truth is that our soldiers are dying out there due to a lack of adequate protection against depleted uranium" Discussion __________________

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Date: May 24 11:48 2006

Depleted uranium Found	Permalink

A Putnam County couple got a startling surprise when they found a piece of depleted uranium at the bottom of a box of tools. Susan and Lance Greninger called NASA because they had bought the box at an auction near the Kennedy Space Center. A Hazmat team from the fire department examined the metal and said it was a solid piece of depleted uranium about the size of a child's fist. They closed the road in the front of the home for about five hours just to be safe. The state Bureau of Radiation Control retrieved the cylinder. They said the piece is toxic, but does not pose a health hazard to the community. They did say that if the couple had walked around the house with the uranium in their pocket, they would get radiation sickness. Authorities said the piece may have been part of a tool. Depleted uranium can be used as a radiation shield and is sometimes used as a ballast in commercial airliners and ships. Source -- Edited by Blobrana at 12:49, 2006-05-24 __________________

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