FYI: The still unreported DU disaster (Bob Nichols, at AxisofLogic.com)

[Ivo Skoric]

Whenever I think of US using DU ammo, a scene from Mel Gibson's
Braveheart comes to my mind, the one where the king Longshank orders
his archers to release the arrows on the battlefield at that time
populated with both enemy and his own soldiers.
ivo

On 2 Feb 2005 at 11:12, Shebar Windstone wrote:

& when will we begin to hear about the people (& fetuses, &
reproductive capacity for future generations) of other nations
sickened, deformed & killed by our weapons? When the US government,
military & arms-producing corporations begin to pay out the
reparations & compensation they owe, the US economy & killing machine
will be dead in the water for *eternity*! Which is only fitting,
considering the half-life of depleted uranium. I suggest that
demanding such reparations & compensation should become a priority
for
all who cherish peace, human life & the health of the planet.

Thanks to Danny Schechter's weblog (now at
http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/) for bringing the following to our
attention...


THE STILL UNREPORTED DU DISASTER

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15334.shtml

Heads Roll At The Veterans Administration: Mushrooming Depleted
Uranium (DU) Scandal Blamed By Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award
Winner Jan 28, 2005, 10:42

January 24, 2005 -- The Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter today
charged that the reason Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi
stepped down earlier this month was the growing scandal surrounding
the use of uranium munitions (DU) in the Iraq War.

Writing in the Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 169, Arthur N.
Bernklau, Executive Director of the Veterans For Constitutional Law
Center in New York, stated that "The real reason for Mr. Principi’s
departure was really never given, however a special report published
by eminent scientist Leuren Moret’s naming depleted uranium as the
definitive cause of the ‘Gulf War Syndrome’ has fed a growing scandal
about the continued use of uranium munitions by the US Military.”

Bernklau continued "This malady [from uranium munitions], that
thousands of our military have suffered and died from, has finally
been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating the
guessing. The terrible truth is now being revealed."

He added that "Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in GW1, of
them,
11,000 are now dead. By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on
Permanent
Medical Disability. This astounding number of “Disabled Vets” means
that a decade later, 56% of those soldiers who served have some form
of permanent medical problems. (Author’s note: The "Disabled" rate
for
the wars of the last century was 5%, and 10% in Viet Nam.)

Bernklau added "The VA Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact as
far back as 2000. He and the Bush administration have been hiding
these facts, but now, thanks to Moret’s report, [it] ... is far too
big to hide or to cover up!"

"Terry Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Veterans
Affairs, at the VA Central Office, recently reported that “Gulf Era
Veterans” now on medical disability since 1991, numbers 518,739
Veterans," said Berklau.

"The long-term effects have revealed that DU [uranium oxide] is a
virtual death sentence," stated Berklau. "Marion Fulk, a nuclear
physical chemist, who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear
Weapons Lab, and was also involved with the Manhattan Project,
interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers (from the
2003 Iraq War) as 'spectacular … and a matter of concern.'”

When asked if the main purpose for using it was for “destroying
things
and killing people,” Fulk was more specific: “I would say it is the
perfect weapon for killing lots of people.”

Mr. Principi could not be reached for comment prior to deadline. A
follow-up article will strive to obtain a response from Mr. Principi
or from the VA.

Notes:

1. Depleted uranium: "Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets. A
death sentence here and abroad." by Leuren Moret.
http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml

2. Veterans For Constitutional Law, Ltd, 112 Jefferson Avenue, Port
Jeff. L.I. NY 11777. Arthur N. Bernklau, Executive Director. Tel:
516-474-4261, Fax 516-474-1968.

3. Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter. Email Gary Kohls at in Deluth
gkohls at cpinternet.com with "Subscribe" in the "Subject:" line.

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