IRAQ

EAW: Another War Crime? Iraqi Cities ‘Hot’ With Depleted Uranium

The Pentagon fired radioactive Depleted Uranium weapons in downtown
Baghdad, leaving the capitol city contaminated with radiation levels
that are 1,000 to 1,900 times higher than normal. Washington has stated it
will not be responsible for undertaking any clean-up of these dangerous
pollution hot-spots.

Has US use of depleted-uranium weapons turned Iraq into a radioactive
danger area for both Iraqis and occupation troops? This question has
already had serious consequences. In hot spots in downtown Baghdad,
reporters have measured radiation levels that are 1,000 to 1,900 times
higher than normal background radiation levels. It has also opened a
debate in the Netherlands parliament and media as 1,100 Dutch troops in Kuwait
prepare to enter Iraq as part of the U.S./British-led occupation
forces. The Dutch are concerned about the danger of radioactive poisoning and
radiation sickness in Iraq.