Dear Eco-fems, fyi. --E. >From: "Lisa K. Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: ENVIRO IMPACT OF NATO BOMBINGS > > > IMPACTS OF NATO'S "HUMANITARIAN" BOMBINGS, > THE BALANCE SHEET OF DESTRUCTION IN YUGOSLAVIA > > by Michel Chossudovsky > > >[...] > >The intensity of the bombing using the most advanced military technology is >unprecedented in modern history. It far surpasses the bombing raids of >World War II or the Vietnam War. > > >The bombings have not only been directed against industrial plants, >airports, electricity and telecommunications facilities, railways, bridges >and fuel depots, they have also targeted schools, health clinics, day care >centres, government buildings, churches, museums, monasteries and >historical landmarks. > >[...] > >Refineries and warehouses storing liquid raw materials and chemicals have >been hit causing environmental contamination. The latter have massively >exposed the civilian population to the emission of poisonous gases. NATO >air strikes on the chemical industry is intent on creating an environmental >disaster, "which is something not even Adolf Hitler did during World War >II." > > >[...] > >The NATO bombings have also used of weapons banned by international >conventions. Amply documented by scientific reports, the cruise missiles >utilize depleted uranium "highly toxic to humans, both chemically as a >heavy metal and radiologically as an alpha particle emitter". Since the >gulf War, depleted uranium (DU) has been a substitute for lead in bullets >and missiles. According to scientists "it is most likely a major >contributor to the Gulf War Syndrome experienced both by the veterans and >the people of Iraq". According radiobiologist Dr. Rosalie Bertell, >president of the International Institute of Concern for Public Health: > > >"When used in war, the depleted uranium (DU) bursts into flame [and] >releasing a deadly radioactive aerosol of uranium, unlike anything seen >before. It can kill everyone in a tank. This ceramic aerosol is much >lighter than uranium dust. It can travel in air tens of kilometres from >the point of release, or be stirred up in dust and resuspended in air with >wind or human movement. It is very small and can be breathed in by anyone: >a baby, pregnant woman, the elderly, the sick. This radioactive ceramic >can stay deep in the lungs for years, irradiating the tissue with powerful >alpha particles within about a 30 micron sphere, causing emphysema and/or >fibrosis. The ceramic can also be swallowed and do damage to the >gastro-intestinal tract. In time, it penetrates the lung tissue and enters >into the blood stream. ...It can also initiate cancer or promote cancers >which have been initiated by other cancinogens". > >[...] > > >Recent articles by Chossudovsky : > > >On Kosovo: http://www.transnational.org/features/crimefinansed.html > > >On the break-up of Yugoslavia: >http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/62/022.html > > >On the Brazilian financial crisis: >http://wwwdb.ix.de/tp/english/special/eco/6373/1.html > > >On global poverty and the financial crisis: > > >http://www.transnational.org/features/chossu_worldbank.html >http://www.transnational.org/features/g7solution.html >http://www.twnside.org.sg/souths/twn/title/scam-cn.htm >http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/chossd.htm >http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/eco/ >http://heise.xlink.de/tp/english/special/eco/6099/1.html#anchor1 > > > > > >*************************** >Lisa K. Heller >Instructor of Speech & Debate >Dept of Speech Communication >University of Richmond >Phone: (804) 289-8269 >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >fax: (804) 287-6496 >************************** > >"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how > to surf." Zen saying > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elizabeth L. MacNabb, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Service Learning, Career Development Center Visiting Faculty, Jepson Leadership Studies Richmond Hall, UR, Richmond, VA 23173 phone 804-289-8686, fax 804-287-6465
