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Iraq’s children paying the price of depleted uranium

“”I arranged for a delegation from Japan’s Hiroshima hospital to come and share their expertise in the field of radiological diseases that we are likely to face over time.

The delegation told me the Americans had objected, so they decided not to come.

Public health disaster for Iraqi people by Depleted Uranium, tehran times, 31 Jan 2011, “……….Ross B. Mirkarimi, a spokesman at The Arms Control Research Centre stated:””Unborn children of the region are being asked to pay the highest price, the integrity of their DNA.”

Prior to her death from leukemia in Sept. 2004, Nuha Al Radi , an accomplished Iraqi artist and author of the “”Baghdad Diaries”” wrote:
“”Everyone seems to be dying of cancer. Every day one hears about another acquaintance or friend of a friend dying.

One does not know how many more will die of cancer in hospitals?

Apparently, over thirty percent of Iraqis have cancer, and there are lots of kids with leukemia.””

“”The depleted uranium left by the U.S. bombing campaign has turned Iraq into a cancer-infested country. For hundreds of years to come, the effects of the uranium will continue to wreak havoc on Iraq and its surrounding areas.””

This excerpt has written in her diary, in 1993, after Gulf War I (Approximately 300 tons of DU ordinance, mostly in desert areas) but before Operation Iraqi Freedom, (Est. 1,700 tons with much more near major population centers).
So, it’s 5-6 times worse than what it was when she wrote that diary entry!!

That works out to over one million pounds of dust scattered throughout Iraq.

As a special advisor to the World Health Organization(WHO), the United Nations, and the Iraqi ministry of health, Dr. Ahmad Hardan has documented the effects of DU in Iraq between 1991 and 2002.

“”American forces admit to using over 300 tons of DU weapons in 1991.  The actual figure is closer to 800.

This has caused a health crisis that has affected almost a third of a million people.

As if that was not enough, the U.S.A. went on and used 200 tons more in Bagdad alone during the recent invasion.

I don””t know about other parts of Iraq, it will take me years to document that.

“”In Basra, it took us two years to obtain conclusive proof of what DU does, but now we know what to look for and the results are terrifying.””

By far the most devastating effect is on unborn children.

Nothing can prepare anyone for the sight of hundreds of preserved fetuses “” scarcely human in appearance.

Iraq is now seeing babies with terribly foreshortened limbs, with their intestines outside their bodies, with huge bulging tumors where their eyes should be, or with a single eye-like Cyclops, or without eyes, or without limbs, and even without heads.

Significantly, some of the defects are almost unknown outside textbooks, showing the babies born near A-bomb test sites in the Pacific.     Dr. Hardan also states:

“”I arranged for a delegation from Japan’s Hiroshima hospital to come and share their expertise in the field of radiological diseases that we are likely to face over time.

The delegation told me the Americans had objected, so they decided not to come. …tehran times : Public health disaster for Iraqi people by Depleted Uranium

February 1, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized