Mervyn, Why yes there is. To quote Ross B. Mirkarimi,"Unborn children of the region are being asked to pay the highest price."
His findings: - the US dominated Sanctions Committee refused to permit Iraq to import the clean-up equipment that they desperately needed to decontaminate their country of the Depleted Uranium ammunition that the US fired at them after the First Gulf war. - The Sanctions Committee also refused to allow the mass importation of anti-cancer treatments, which contained trace amounts of radio-isotopes, on the grounds that these constitute '...nuclear materials..' - Approximately 315 tons of depleted uranium dust was left by the use of this ammunition. I would have provided a link to the above article. But, the images are quite graphic. I'm not certain whether such a link would be approved under current GOANET guidelines. Having said that, it is safe to say that the unborn in Iraq and the former Yugoslavia were "casualties of war" long after the war was over. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
