See: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18242.htm U.S. Use of Radiological Weapons Calls for an International Tribunal By Mark H. Gaffney 08/23/07 "ICH"
(Long article, 12,600 words.) >And nobody seems to notice, eh? Except the victims. ... "Long ago, historians of the Vietnam war noted that the intense debate about the war that gripped America rarely made much reference to the suffering of the Vietnamese people. Only "peaceniks" on the far left paid much attention to the two million or more Vietnamese who died, to the corpses and torched villages and napalmed children that were the living - and dying - reality of the war. In the mainstream, where the "serious" discussion unfolded, the only question that mattered was: What is this war doing to the USA? Is it to our benefit to keep on fighting, or are we better off withdrawing?"... -- The Forgotten Vietnam - Iraq Parallel, by Ira Chernus, August 23, 2007 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/23/3352/ If you talk to Americans now about the Iraq war victims they almost always think you mean dead US soldiers. Best Keith >Hi Doug, thanks > > >Hi, > > it may be worth keeping an eye on this site. > > > > I have just read a book available from this site (more a >leaflet), written by > >Pauline Rigby called 'Your future with Depleted Uranium'. > > I found it a bit of an eye-opener. I had never realised exactly >what depleted > >uranium really is: It is the by-product from the enrichment process. It is > >still highly radioactive, consisting almost entirely of U-238. > > The U-238 is 1.7 times heavier than lead, & has incredible armour-piercing > >characteristics. It also turns anything it contacts radioactive. This has > >lead to deaths of servicemen, & civilians, and all the problems of a > >radioactive area causing birth defects, etc long after the conflict has > >finished. As a shell is fired, it burns, releasing Uranuim Oxide a deadly > >poison. > > The booklet also states that Bush Senior was convicted of war >crimes for the > >use of DU armaments. > > > >regards Doug > >And nobody seems to notice, eh? Except the victims. But some people >have been agitating about it for a while, and there has been some >mainstream news coverage, eg: > >http://snipurl.com/1ovjj >[biofuel] Dirty Bombing > Published on Sunday, March 30, 2003 by the Los Angeles Times > Uranium Warheads May Leave Both Sides a Legacy of Death for Decades > >Lots of responses linked at the end of the page... > >Also: > >http://snipurl.com/1ovjg >[biofuel] >"Depleted Uranium" >1 - 10 of 112 matches > >Worth keeping an eye on this site too! :-) > >Best > >Keith _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
