"We are living through another Hiroshima," Iraqi doctor says

[babylonsister]

"We are living through another Hiroshima," Iraqi doctor says
by Sherwood Ross | March 24, 2008


The U.S., Great Britain and Israel are turning portions of the Middle East into a slice of radioactive hell. They are achieving this by firing what they call "depleted uranium" (DU) ammunition but which is, in fact, radioactive ammunition and it is perhaps the deadliest kind of tactical ammo ever devised in the warped mind of man.

There's a ton of data about this on the Internet for the skeptics: from sources such as the 1999 report of the International Atomic Energy Commission to oncologist members of England's Royal Society of Physicians to U.S. Veterans Administration hospital nuclear medicine doctors to officials at the Basra maternity and pediatric hospital to reporter Scott Peterson of the Christian Science Monitor. Peterson used a Geiger counter in August, 2003 to find radiation readings between 1,000 and 1,900 times normal where bunker buster bombs and munitions had exploded near Baghdad. After all, a typical bunker bomb is said to contain more than a ton of depleted uranium.

For a concise overview on radioactive warfare, read "DU And The Liberation of Iraq" by Christian Scherrer, a researcher at the Hiroshima Peace Institute, published on Znet on April 13, 2003. Scherrer states: "Based on the report of the 48th meeting issued by the UN Committee dealing with effects of Atomic radiation on 20th April 1999, noting the rapid increase in mortality caused by DU between 1991 and 1997, the IAEA document predicted the death of half a million Iraqis, noting that...'some 700-800 tons of depleted uranium was used in bombing the military zones south of Iraq. Such a quantity has a radiation effect, sufficient to cause 500,000 cases which may lead to death."

Scherrer writes, "In 1991 the DU ammunition was mainly used against Iraqi tanks in the desert near Basra, while in the present war DU is being used all over Iraq, even in densely populated areas including the heart of Baghdad, Mosul, Tikrit and other cities." He adds that, based on IAEA estimates and his previous research, "the death toll may surpass a million deaths over the next few years, with more to follow!"

Scherrer notes, incidentally, the UN's Human Rights Commission back in 1996 declared DU a weapon of mass destruction(WMD) and that those who use it are guilty of a crime against humanity. Among its users: the first President Bush, President Bill Clinton, who irradiated the Balkans, and the current occupant of the White House.

Now let's hear it from Iraqi doctors: Oncologist Dr. Jawad Al-Ali of Basra Hospital and Professor Husam al-Jarmokly of Baghdad University "showed a rapidly increasing death toll in Iraq since 1991 due to cancer and leukemia caused by U.S. radiological warfare," Scherrer writes, based on their presentation of December 1, 2002 at the Peace Memorial Hall in Hiroshima. Al-Ali, who is also a member of England's Royal Society of Physicians, is quoted in Feb. 5, 2001, "CounterPunch" as stating, "The desert dust carries death. Our studies indicate that more than 40% of the population around Basra will get cancer. We are living through another Hiroshima." (Basra is a city of 1.7 million. Does that mean 680,000 people will be stricken? That toll alone would be more than Hiroshima and Nagasaki's casualties.)

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[Bonobo]

1. America doesn't apologize for the original Hiroshima/Nagasaki. Why should this disturb them?

What about the half a million children under the age of 5 that died during the 90's as a result of the Iraq Sanctions?

[txaslftist]

2. There is no justifying this. This is a mortal sin.

[earthboundmisfit]

3. Our military is going to suffer from this too

I'm afraid we're going to see a LOT of the effects not only in the returned troops but in their kids that will be born as well... And those poor populaces on the receiving end - unimaginable. There are no winners with depleted uranium.

[Voice for Peace]

4. K/R I have no words for the outrageousness of this (and so many other outrages).

I hope that there will be a validated International Court before long that will address these recent war crimes and prosecute. Maybe if Obama is elected and enough people pressure his administration we will see some justice.

[midnight]

5. Those poor doctors, and those people stuck in the middle of this.

Where are the leaders?

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. And OUR military ...

exposed.:wtf:

No wonder Bush & Co. aren't worried about funding VA programs.
People are simply disposable to this fascist guv.


Wonder how many military going to Iraq know the danger?

and what about the material coming from Iraq to here...equipment, duffel bags, etc?

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[ensho]

7. kicking for justice

nt

[populistdriven]

8. WHO factsheet on Depleted uranium

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/

[yurbud]

9. the terrorist dirty bomb has already detonated-- and Bush did it.

[Kurovski]

10. K&R. (nt)

[libodem]

11. Another jewel in the crown

of the infamous bush legacy. His mother must be so proud.

[Kitty Herder]

12. He needs to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. nt

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. "desert dust carries death" to who?...

Are US troops exposed to the wind in Iraq?

"The desert dust carries death. Our studies indicate that more than 40% of the population around Basra will get cancer. We are living through another Hiroshima."

[ensho]

15. yes, and those in the green zone breath the dusty air all the time

go to Iraq and come on dead, injured or poisoned with DU - including working in the green zone.

dead and injured conditions you can SEE - DU poisoning does its dirty work unseen by the human eye. and even reaches down to children produced by the poisoned parent(s).

having a baby in Iraq is a double threat: pregnancy and delivery can be deadly add DU poisoning to the mix and what comes out of the womb is shocking.

[Grateful for Hope]

14. This is just horrendous

There is NO justification for this.