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Old 06-04-2003, 01:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Smoking Gun: Uranium Found in Iraq!

http://www.nuclearpolicy.org/DUSymposium.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2946715.stm

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The US says it has no plans to remove the debris left over from depleted uranium (DU) weapons it is using in Iraq.

DU shells can go straight through the side of a tank
US and British tanks use DU shells and armour

Factfile: DU
It says no clean-up is needed, because research shows DU has no long-term effects.

It says a 1990 study suggesting health risks to local people and veterans is out of date.

A United Nations study found DU contaminating air and water seven years after it was used.
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Old 06-04-2003, 03:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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At best, I have seen mixed reports on the long term effects of DU projectiles on the immediate environment. I would like to see someone do an objective long term study that is more definitive before I take a position.
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Old 06-04-2003, 03:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Here's a handy tip to everybody who doesn't want to deal with DU polluting their backyard:

DON'T MAKE US COME OVER THERE.
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Old 06-04-2003, 03:44 PM   #4 (permalink)
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DU are very nasty Shells, much more weight than lead,

no smoking gun here, just a lot o smoke and mirrors
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Old 06-04-2003, 03:47 PM   #5 (permalink)
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arent we the only nation that uses those?
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Old 06-04-2003, 04:07 PM   #6 (permalink)
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arent we the only nation that uses those?
Obviously not, if you read the quote in the first post.

"US and British tanks use DU shells and armour"
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Old 06-04-2003, 04:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I think its great, bad Iraqis glowing in the dark, makes it easier to shoot them.
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Old 06-04-2003, 05:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
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That is the whole point, no one knows what the radioactive substance in such a quantity can do.

Guardian Unlimited's various reports about DU:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uranium/


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/95178_du12.shtml
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Also in 1999, a United Nations subcommission considered DU hazardous enough to call for an initiative banning its use worldwide. The initiative has remained in committee, blocked primarily by the United States, according to Karen Parker, a lawyer with the International Educational Development/Humanitarian Law Project, which has consultative status at the United Nations.

Parker, who first raised the DU issue in the United Nations in 1996, contends that DU "violates the existing law and customs of war."

She said there are four rules derived from all of humanitarian law regarding weapons:


*Weapons may only be used in the legal field of battle, defined as legal military targets of the enemy in war. Weapons may not have an adverse effect off the legal field of battle.
*Weapons can only be used for the duration of an armed conflict. A weapon that is used or continues to act after the war is over violates this criterion.
*Weapons may not be unduly inhumane.
*Weapons may not have an unduly negative effect on the natural environment.

"Depleted uranium fails all four of these rules," Parker said last week.

On Oct. 17, 2001, Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., introduced a bill calling for "the suspension of the use, sale, development, production, testing, and export of depleted uranium munitions pending the outcome of certain studies of the health effects of such munitions. . . ."

More than a year later, the bill -- co-sponsored by Reps. Anibal Acevedo-Vila, Puerto Rico; Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio; Barbara Lee, D-Ca.; and Jim McDermott, D-Wash. -- remains in committee awaiting comment from the Defense Department.
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Old 06-04-2003, 07:30 PM   #9 (permalink)
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We're environmentally responsible!
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Take that, innocent Iraqi citizens! Hope you don't hold it against us for generations to come!
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Old 06-05-2003, 12:25 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Next smoking gun: Aluminum cans found in Iraqi trashcan.
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Old 06-05-2003, 01:12 AM   #11 (permalink)
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At best, I have seen mixed reports on the long term effects of DU projectiles on the immediate environment. I would like to see someone do an objective long term study that is more definitive before I take a position.
Lebell, I'm using Academic Search Elite and haven't found a study on depleted uranium that doesn't question its harmful effects. These are all peer-reviewed journals. The British Medical Journal and the Lancet are premier medical journals (they outrank many of our journels in the medical and academic world)

I'm not going to post the full texts (there are 29 articles and I can't due to copyright issues); if anyone is interested here are the citations:

Title:
Royal Society warns of risks from depleted uranium.
Subject(s):
URANIUM; PERSIAN Gulf War, 1991; MILITARY supplies; GREAT Britain. -- Ministry of Defense; GREAT Britain
Source:
BMJ: British Medical Journal, 5/3/2003, Vol. 326 Issue 7396, p952, 1/2p, 1c
Author(s):
Moszynski, Peter
Abstract:
Reports that the Royal Society warned that urgent attention must be paid to the health and environmental consequences from the depleted uranium used in many of the munitions fired in Iraq. Call for a scientific assessment of sites struck with depleted uranium weapons, the immediate distribution of guidelines to minimize the risk of exposure, and the need to clean up remnants; Belief of the Ministry of Defense that the effects of depleted uranium are strictly localized; Estimation of the amount of depleted uranium that was fired in the 1991 Gulf War.

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Title:
Depleted uranium blamed for Iraq cancer explosion.
Subject(s):
ABNORMALITIES, Human; CHILDREN; IRAQ
Source:
Ecologist, Apr2003, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p7, 1/8p
Abstract:
Reports that Iraqi children are seven times more likely to be born with leukemia or birth malformations than before the Gulf War, according to a research. Factor blamed for the rise in the number of children with birth malformations; Increase in the incidence of congenital malformations per 1,000 births in the city of Basra, Iraq in 2001.

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Title:
Depleted uranium: a new battlefield hazard.
Subject(s):
URANIUM; BATTLEFIELDS; TOXIC substance exposure; URANIUM -- Environmental aspects; POISONS
Source:
Lancet, 12/21/2002 Supplement, Vol. 360 Issue 9350, ps31, 2p, 2c, 1bw
Author(s):
Murray, Virginia S G; Bailey, Michael R; Spratt, Brian G
Abstract:
Discusses depleted uranium as a battlefield hazard. What depleted uranium is and how it is used on the battlefield; Behavior of uranium in the body; Environmental concerns.

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Title:
Caring for Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms after Toxic Environmental Exposures: Effects of Contested Causation.
Subject(s):
SYNDROMES; URANIUM
Source:
Environmental Health Perspectives Supplements, Aug2002, Vol. 110 Issue 4, p641, 7p, 4 diagrams
Author(s):
Engel Jr., Charles C.; Adkins, Joyce A.; Cowan, David N.
Abstract:
Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are persistent idiopathic symptoms that drive patients to seek medical care. MUPS syndromes include chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome, and multiple chemical sensitivities. When MUPS occur after an environmental exposure or injury, an adversarial social context that we call “contested causation” may ensue. Contested causation may occur publicly and involve media controversy, scientific disagreement, political debate, and legal struggles. This adversarial social context may diminish the effectiveness of the provider — patient relationship. Contested causation also may occur privately, when disagreement over the causes of MUPS takes place in the patient — provider context. These patient — provider disagreements over causation often occur because of the enigmatic nature of MUPS. We suggest that a context of contested causation may have serious negative effects on healthcare for individuals with MUPS. Context plays a larger role in MUPS care than it does for most medical care because of the uncertain nature of MUPS, the reliance of standard MUPS therapies on a potentially tenuous patient — provider partnership, and the clinical need to rely routinely on subjective MUPS assessments that often yield discordant patient and provider conclusions. Contested causation may erode patient — provider trust, test the provider's self-assurance and capacity to share power with the patient, and raise problematic issues of compensation, reparation, and blame. These issues may distract patients and providers from therapeutic goals. In occupational and military settings, the adverse impact of contested causation on the patient — provider partnership may diminish therapeutic effectiveness to a greater degree than it does in other medical settings. Contested causation therefore raises questions regarding generalizability of standard therapies for MUPS and related syndromes to...[ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Old 06-05-2003, 03:47 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Sigh, this'll end up like every other vile little toxin that's ever been touted by those who think with their wallets and their dicks.

It'll be another 3 wars at least before the wise ones decide that MAYBE it's not a good idea.
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Old 06-05-2003, 08:47 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I think its great, bad Iraqis glowing in the dark, makes it easier to shoot them.
What about the children and innocent people? (vast majority). Or are none of the Iraqi's innocent in your book?
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Old 06-05-2003, 09:29 AM   #14 (permalink)
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United States of America 2003: Spreading their freedom and enviromental policies around the world.
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Old 06-05-2003, 09:55 AM   #15 (permalink)
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For those who fought it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
I think you left "for" out of that sentence. It takes on an amusing meaning without that word.
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Old 06-05-2003, 10:09 AM   #16 (permalink)
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What about the children and innocent people? (vast majority). Or are none of the Iraqi's innocent in your book?
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What about them?
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Old 06-05-2003, 10:56 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Isn't the use of DU one of the suspected causes of Gulf War Syndrome?
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Old 06-05-2003, 02:31 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Isn't the use of DU one of the suspected causes of Gulf War Syndrome?
It was, but now researchers are finding similar symptoms in Afghanistan--where DU reportedly wasn't used.

Now there is growing speculation that the US forces are using classified weapons that are radioactive.
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Old 06-05-2003, 04:05 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I think you left "for" out of that sentence. It takes on an amusing meaning without that word.
Hey thanks Kadath, it really does have an amusing meaning that way
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Old 06-05-2003, 04:09 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Hey thanks Kadath, it really does have an amusing meaning that way


You should add a comma still, ie. For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
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Old 06-05-2003, 07:28 PM   #21 (permalink)
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You should add a comma still, ie. For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
Hey, can I join in the degradation of the thread?

You should use "e.g." (for example) rather than "i.e." (that is).

/grammatical tirade
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Old 06-06-2003, 09:50 AM   #22 (permalink)
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at least were not using uranium shells, they weigh even more and have a lot more kick
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Old 06-06-2003, 10:47 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Hey, can I join in the degradation of the thread?

You should use "e.g." (for example) rather than "i.e." (that is).

/grammatical tirade
I would hesitate to criticize that use of i.e., since he did show where the comma would go. It wasn't an example of where you could put a comma.
Take that, thread!
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