---------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Rozoff) ----------------------------------------- Tuesday, January 9 8:50 PM SGT Iraqi paper likens US to Dracula for its use of DU weapons BAGHDAD, Jan 9 (AFP) - An Iraqi newspaper on Tuesday compared the United States to Dracula, accusing it of resorting to use of weapons of mass destruction and "crimes against humanity" in a drive for world domination. "America is a country without roots which relies on terrorism -- as did Dracula who sucked blood from humans and pillaged their riches -- to impose itself as a great power," the official Al-Iraq said. "The leaders of this terrorist country commit the most atrocious crimes against humanity by using banned weapons of mass destruction, not only with the goal of extending its colonial hegemony but also exterminating humanity to impose its domination, as was the case with the Red Indians," the paper said. It was referring to reports that depleted uranium (DU) ammunition used by US NATO forces in the Balkans may be to blame for a rash of cancer cases among troops posted in the region. In Brussels, NATO and EU officials on Tuesday examined calls for more probing into a possible link. According to Al-Iraq, "America considers the world a dumping ground for its toxic rubbish and a laboratory for its fatal experiments". Europe is now paying the price for having ignored the decade-old "Gulf War Syndrome" dating from when US and British forces blasted Iraq with DU weapons, Iraq's ruling Baath party said Monday. "It's the turn of the Europeans to pay the price for their follow-the-leader attitude towards the American bull," said the party's mouthpiece, Ath-Thawra, referring to the "Balkan Syndrome." Seven Italian soldiers, five Belgians, two Dutch, two Spaniards, a Portuguese and a Czech have died from cancer since returning from tours of duty in Bosnia or Kosovo. Ath-Thawra said the symptoms in Europe were "no more serious than the damage inflicted by the Americans and the British on the Iraqi people" during the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait. Baghdad, protesting that cancer rates have quadrupled in areas of southern Iraq bombed by the allied forces, has said the United States and Britain fired more than 940,000 DU weapons during the conflict. DU emits low levels of radiation, and is so far only considered to be dangerous if it is inhaled or ingested. The material is used to penetrate armour and concrete bunkers because it is denser than other metals. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
