depleted-uranium

Dropping thousands of cluster bombs and the depleted-uranium (DU) and white phosphorus bombs used in Afghanistan have caused terrible health problems.

Archive 2009-06-01 2009

In his 35-minute speech, Ahmadinejad called for the suspension of the United States from the IAEA Board of Governors on grounds that it dropped atomic bombs on Japan in World War II and used depleted-uranium shells in the Iraq war.

At nuclear conference, U.N., Clinton scold Ahmadinejad for defying resolutions 2010

In his 35-minute speech, Ahmadinejad called for the suspension of the United States from the IAEA Board of Governors on grounds that it dropped atomic bombs on Japan in World War II and used depleted-uranium shells in the Iraq war.

At nuclear conference, U.N., Clinton scold Ahmadinejad for defying resolutions 2010

In his 35-minute speech, Ahmadinejad called for the suspension of the United States from the IAEA Board of Governors on grounds that it dropped atomic bombs on Japan in World War II and used depleted-uranium shells in the Iraq war.

At nuclear conference, U.N., Clinton scold Ahmadinejad for defying resolutions 2010

Last week I wrote about how, 17 years after the fact, the VA has finally received the official word that Gulf War illness is a real phenomenon, caused by pesticides, vaccines and, likely, an array of toxins -- the smoke from burning oil wells, micro-particles of exploded depleted-uranium munitions -- the war stirred up.

Robert Koehler: Redefining 'Realism' 2009

Dropping thousands of cluster bombs and the depleted-uranium DU and white phosphorus bombs used in Afghanistan have caused terrible health problems.

The banality of evil 2009

The most recent war has added other components to this lethal landscape in the form of cluster bombs and depleted-uranium shells.

A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009

Last week I wrote about how, 17 years after the fact, the VA has finally received the official word that Gulf War illness is a real phenomenon, caused by pesticides, vaccines and, likely, an array of toxins ... mdash; the smoke from burning oil wells, micro-particles of exploded depleted-uranium munitions ... mdash; the war stirred up.

Redefining 'Realism' 2008

Whereas, President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney continue to authorize the use of depleted-uranium (DU) munitions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the use of which spreads radioactive contamination to non-targets, including innocent civilians, animals, food and water sources, and the use of which has been declared illegal by the United Nations Subcommittee on Human Rights; and,

New Hampshire Still Has One Good Thing Going For It 2008

Lafta had been a child-health official in Saddam Hussein's ministry of health when the ministry was trying to end the international sanctions against Iraq by asserting that many Iraqis were dying from hunger, disease, or cancer caused by spent U.S. depleted-uranium shells remaining from the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

That Lancet study 2008