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"UK forces used about 1.9 metric tons of depleted uranium ammunition in the Iraq war in 2003," UK Defense Secretary Liam Fox said in a written reply to the House of Commons on Thursday, the Kuwait News Agency reported.

http://www.tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/environment/15236-uk-admits-using-du-ammunition-in-iraq.html



Scientific study shows soaring cancer rates in Fallujah; DU suspected

A new epidemiological study reports that "the people of Fallujah are experiencing higher rates of cancer, leukemia, infant mortality, and sexual mutations than those recorded among survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the years after those Japanese cities were incinerated by U.S. atomic bomb strikes in 1945"...

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From Information Clearing House

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Only UK media cover epidemiological study of shocking cancer rates in Fallujah
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9838/

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Document Reveals Military Was Concerned About Gulf War Vets' Exposure to Depleted Uranium

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "For years, the government has denied that depleted uranium (DU), a radioactive toxic waste left over from nuclear fission and added to munitions used in the Persian Gulf and Iraq wars, poisoned Iraqi civilians and veterans."

http://www.truth-out.org/document-reveals-military-was-concerned-about-gulf-war-vets-exposure-depleted-uranium61781



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