War Crimes - Depleted Uranium First read: http://www.wise-uranium.org/rup.html - Uranium Radiation Properties In particular the section 'Depleted Uranium Activity' "Depleted uranium thus has the unusual property that it becomes more hazardous with time - an effect that has to be taken into account for its long-term management as a waste." And by 'hazardous' and 'time', they mean very, and 1 to 3 BILLION years. http://rense.com/general77/radiol.htm America's Use Of Radiological Weapons Calls For An International Tribunal By Mark H. Gaffney 8-20-7 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3050317.stm http://www.sierratimes.com/03/05/02/article_io.htm Slow burn http://www.countercurrents.org/hall230306.htm DU for dummies www.notinkansas.us http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m22430&hd=0&size=1&l=e Iraq Mess is Literally Making People Sick U.S. war casualty statistics include only the dead and wounded. It is difficult to obtain information about the troops who become sick during deployment. Some U.S. troops who are sick and have tested positive for DU contamination reported difficulties getting proper medical help. A number of children have been born with birth defects. Returning troops are not regularly tested for DU contamination. Meanwhile, the Pentagon continues to deny that depleted uranium causes severe illnesses. Posted Apr 11, 2006 10:41 AM PST Category: IRAQ Take a good look at this kid in the photo. And no, this wasn't photo-shopped to make the image more shocking. Imagine, for just one moment, this was your child, suffering from massive birth defects or tumours which resulted from continued exposure to DUWell guess what: not only are Iraqi citizens having to deal with this, but also our troops - and their children. This is going to come back to haunt the U. S. in a very tragic way. http://rense.com/general70/ddple.htm Depleted Uranium - Letter To Stars & Stripes http://www.wise-uranium.org/pdf/duusfaq.pdf Depleted Uranium in Urine of Soldiers http://www.commonwonders.com/ June 29, 2006 Spreading Cancer http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=24460&s2=08 Doing the Wrong Thing in Afghanistan Depleted Uranium: The Definitive Moral Paradox http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/96219 Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring Immediate Action By President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, and Prime Minister Olmert + U.S. Colonel Admits 500 Tons of D.U. Were Used in Iraq http://www.wise-uranium.org/rccu.html Uranium Radiation Properties http://www.wise-uranium.org/rcfdu.html Depleted Uranium calculator Natural Uranium: 0.711 wt_% U-235 99.284 wt_% U-238 *) http://www.wise-uranium.org/rccu.html http://www.wise-uranium.org/diss.html Current Issues - Depleted Uranium Weapons list of DU related publications Holy shit! Look at this! by TerraHertz on 02.09.2006 [01:26] From that www .wise-uranium.org site, something I didn't know about DU, and of which I doubt there's any public awareness at all. See http://www.wise-uranium.org/rup.html, section 'Depleted Uranium Activity (U-238 series)' Yikes! Their summary: "Depleted uranium thus has the unusual property that it becomes more hazardous with time." From the chart there, a _lot_ more hazardous - about 4 times more radioactive than the original DU. It gets worse and worse, over the first 100,000 to 2 million years, then stays at maximum for about a billion years. So all those places where DU weapons were used (and the rest of the planet really, given those timescales) are fucked. Words fail me. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MOR20070612&articleId=5949 From Hiroshima to Iraq, 61 years of uranium wars A suicidal, genocidal, omnicidal course by Leuren Moret Global Research, June 12, 2007 http://uruknet.info/?p=m37167&hd=&size=1&l=e AMERICA'S GREATEST CRIME IS RADIOACTIVE GENOCIDE Allen L Roland's Radio Weblog (more deformed baby pics) http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m37257&hd=&size=1&l=e FLASHBACK: Depleted Uranium – Far Worse Than 9/11 In 1979, depleted uranium (DU) particles escaped from the National Lead Industries factory near Albany, N.Y.,which was manufacturing DU weapons for the U.S military. The particles traveled 26 miles and were discovered in a laboratory filter by Dr. Leonard Dietz, a nuclear physicist. This discovery led to a shut down of the factory in 1980, for releasing morethan 0.85 pounds of DU dust into the atmosphere every month, and involved a cleanup of contaminated properties costing over 100 million dollars. Imagine a far worse scenario. Terrorists acquire a million pounds of the deadly dust and scatter it in populated areas throughout the U.S. Hundreds of children report symptoms. Many acquire cancer and leukemia, suffering an early and painful death. Huge increases in severe birth defects are reported. Oncologists are overwhelmed. Soccer fields, sand lots and parks, traditional play areas for kids, are no longer safe. People lose their most basic freedom, the ability to go outside and safely breathe. Sounds worse than 9/11? Welcome to Iraq and Afghanistan. Posted Oct 17, 2007 11:32 AM PST Category: SCIENCE/HEALTH Done in your name, with your tax dollars, folks. The Iraqis and Afghanis do not "hate us because we're fee". They hate us because we are not only occupying their countries, but also spreading the death and desolation of DU that will last for decades. (GKD: Decades? U235 half life is 4.5 Billion years.) Think about that for a moment. http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/144.html UN First Committee Passes DU Resolution in Landslide Vote http://www.bandepleteduranium.org ICBUW - International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2212865,00.html 'Safe' uranium that left a town contaminated http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m38389&hd=&size=1&l=e Radioactive Ammunition Fired in Middle East May Claim More Lives Than Hiroshima and Nagasaki By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan. So much ammunition containing depleted uranium(DU) has been fired, asserts nuclear authority Leuren Moret, "The genetic future of the Iraqi people for the most part, is destroyed." Posted Nov 20, 2007 08:42 AM PST Category: SCIENCE/HEALTH Warning: very graphic photo at the top of this article. But please, don't look away: this is what is being done in your name, and with your tax dollars. Imagine, for one second, that this child was your child. http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/150972 http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/remains-of-toxic-du-bullets/2030/ Remains of toxic DU bullets By: Scott Peterson on: 16.12.2007 -------------- >>59446192 >Except for the fact that DU HAS BEEN FUCKING STUDIED AND THERE IS ACTUAL PROVEN SCIENCE BEHIND WHY IT CAN'T HURT YOU Stupid fuck. Breathe micron sized uranium oxide dust, and see how your lungs like Alpha radiation. Oh and btw.. Uranium - highly toxic heavy metal, that is chemically reactive and absorbs into the body, then deposits in bone, certain organs, including testicals. Ha ha ha... perfect. If someone dropped a pound of finely powdered DU dust over New York, they'd forcibly evacuate the city - forever. Hundreds of tons of the stuff have been fired into Iraq and the Balkans. In both places, cancers of all types and birth defects are skyrocketing - due entirely to DU. Its half life is about 4 Billion years. This is a war crime vastly more evil than anything that has EVER been done by humans on Earth, ever. Someday, America is going to pay for this. But for now, America's soldiers have begun the payment, as their disability and death rates reach never before heard of levels. Mostly from DU exposure. ------------------- http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m42361&hd=&size=1&l=e "We are living through another Hiroshima," Iraqi doctor says The U.S., Great Britain and Israel are turning portions of the Middle East into a slice of radioactive hell. They are achieving this by firing what they call "depleted uranium" (DU) ammunition but which is, in fact, radioactive ammunition and it is perhaps the deadliest kind of tactical ammo ever devised in the warped mind of man. Posted Mar 24, 2008 11:11 AM PST Category: IRAQ Warning: horrifically graphic photo at the top of this article, showing a little boy sick fromdepleted uranium poisoning. But please don't turn away. Remember: this is what is being done in this part of the world in your name, and with your tax dollars. http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php?p=2535906 Satan's Treasures Depleted Uranium ---------compacted links list----------------------------- http://rense.com/general77/radiol.htm America's Use Of Radiological Weapons Calls For An International Tribunal. By Mark H. Gaffney 8-20-7 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3050317.stm http://www.sierratimes.com/03/05/02/article_io.htm Slow burn http://www.countercurrents.org/hall230306.htm DU for dummies http://www.notinkansas.us http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m22430&hd=0&size=1&l=e Iraq Mess is Literally Making People Sick - U.S. war casualty statistics include only the dead and wounded. It is difficult to obtain information about the troops who become sick during deployment. Some U.S. troops who are sick and have tested positive for DU contamination reported difficulties getting proper medical help. A number of children have been born with birth defects. Returning troops are not regularly tested for DU contamination. Meanwhile, the Pentagon continues to deny that depleted uranium causes severe illnesses. Take a good look at this kid in the photo. And no, this wasn't photo-shopped to make the image more shocking. Imagine, for just one moment, this was your child, suffering from massive birth defects or tumours which resulted from continued exposure to DUWell guess what: not only are Iraqi citizens having to deal with this, but also our troops - and their children. This is going to come back to haunt the U. S. in a very tragic way. http://rense.com/general70/ddple.htm Depleted Uranium - Letter To Stars & Stripes http://www.wise-uranium.org/pdf/duusfaq.pdf Depleted Uranium in Urine of Soldiers http://www.commonwonders.com/ June 29, 2006 Spreading Cancer http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=24460&s2=08 Doing the Wrong Thing in Afghanistan - Depleted Uranium: The Definitive Moral Paradox http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/96219 Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring Immediate Action By President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, and Prime Minister Olmert + U.S. Colonel Admits 500 Tons of D.U. Were Used in Iraq http://www.wise-uranium.org/rccu.html Uranium Radiation Properties http://www.wise-uranium.org/rcfdu.html Depleted Uranium calculator Natural Uranium: 0.711 wt_% U-235, 99.284 wt_% U-238 *) http://www.wise-uranium.org/rccu.html http://www.wise-uranium.org/diss.html Current Issues - Depleted Uranium Weapons list of DU related publications Holy shit! Look at this! From that www .wise-uranium.org site, something I didn't know about DU, and of which I doubt there's any public awareness at all. See http://www.wise-uranium.org/rup.html, section 'Depleted Uranium Activity (U-238 series)'. Yikes! Their summary: "Depleted uranium thus has the unusual property that it becomes more hazardous with time." From the chart there, a _lot_ more hazardous - about 4 times more radioactive than the original DU. It gets worse and worse, over the first 100,000 to 2 million years, then stays at maximum for about a billion years. So all those places where DU weapons were used (and the rest of the planet really, given those timescales) are fscked. Words fail me. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MOR20070612&articleId=5949 From Hiroshima to Iraq, 61 years of uranium wars. A suicidal, genocidal, omnicidal course. by Leuren Moret, Global Research, June 12, 2007 http://uruknet.info/?p=m37167&hd=&size=1&l=e AMERICA'S GREATEST CRIME IS RADIOACTIVE GENOCIDE Allen L Roland's Radio Weblog (more deformed baby pics) http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m37257&hd=&size=1&l=e FLASHBACK: Depleted Uranium – Far Worse Than 9/11 In 1979, depleted uranium (DU) particles escaped from the National Lead Industries factory near Albany, N.Y.,which was manufacturing DU weapons for the U.S military. The particles traveled 26 miles and were discovered in a laboratory filter by Dr. Leonard Dietz, a nuclear physicist. This discovery led to a shut down of the factory in 1980, for releasing morethan 0.85 pounds of DU dust into the atmosphere every month, and involved a cleanup of contaminated properties costing over 100 million dollars. Imagine a far worse scenario. Terrorists acquire a million pounds of the deadly dust and scatter it in populated areas throughout the U.S. Hundreds of children report symptoms. Many acquire cancer and leukemia, suffering an early and painful death. Huge increases in severe birth defects are reported. Oncologists are overwhelmed. Soccer fields, sand lots and parks, traditional play areas for kids, are no longer safe. People lose their most basic freedom, the ability to go outside and safely breathe. Sounds worse than 9/11? Welcome to Iraq and Afghanistan. Done in your name, with your tax dollars, folks. The Iraqis and Afghanis do not "hate us because we're free". They hate us because we are not only occupying their countries, but also spreading the death and desolation of DU that will last for decades. (GKD: Decades? U235 half life is 4.5 Billion years.) Think about that for a moment. http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/144.html UN First Committee Passes DU Resolution in Landslide Vote http://www.bandepleteduranium.org ICBUW - International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2212865,00.html 'Safe' uranium that left a town contaminated http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m38389&hd=&size=1&l=e Radioactive Ammunition Fired in Middle East May Claim More Lives Than Hiroshima and Nagasaki By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan. So much ammunition containing depleted uranium(DU) has been fired, asserts nuclear authority Leuren Moret, "The genetic future of the Iraqi people for the most part, is destroyed." Warning: very graphic photo at the top of this article. But please, don't look away: this is what is being done in your name, and with your tax dollars. Imagine, for one second, that this child was your child. http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/150972 http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/remains-of-toxic-du-bullets/2030/ Remains of toxic DU bullets By: Scott Peterson on: 16.12.2007 Quote "Except for the fact that DU HAS BEEN FUCKING STUDIED AND THERE IS ACTUAL PROVEN SCIENCE BEHIND WHY IT CAN'T HURT YOU" Stupid fuck. Breathe micron sized uranium oxide dust, and see how your lungs like Alpha radiation. Oh and btw.. Uranium - highly toxic heavy metal, that is chemically reactive and absorbs into the body, then deposits in bone, certain organs, including testicals. Ha ha ha... perfect. If someone dropped a pound of finely powdered DU dust over New York, they'd forcibly evacuate the city - forever. Hundreds of tons of the stuff have been fired into Iraq and the Balkans. In both places, cancers of all types and birth defects are skyrocketing - due entirely to DU. It's half life is about 4 Billion years. This is a war crime vastly more evil than anything that has EVER been done by humans on Earth, ever. Someday, America is going to pay for this. But for now, America's soldiers have begun the payment, as their disability and death rates reach never before heard of levels. Mostly from DU exposure. http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m42361&hd=&size=1&l=e "We are living through another Hiroshima," Iraqi doctor says. The U.S., Great Britain and Israel are turning portions of the Middle East into a slice of radioactive hell. They are achieving this by firing what they call "depleted uranium" (DU) ammunition but which is, in fact, radioactive ammunition and it is perhaps the deadliest kind of tactical ammo ever devised in the warped mind of man. http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/181.html European Parliament passes far reaching DU resolution in landslide vote The European Parliament has passed its fourth and most far-reaching resolution yet against the use of uranium weapons. MEPs have called for an EU and NATO-wide moratorium and global ban. 22 May 2008 - ICBUW http://rense.com/general83/scdm.htm http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/world/news/CK2008090502000117.html Iraqi Minister of Environment Appeals To Japanese Government For Assistance In Dealing With DU Contamination http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m48373&hd=&size=1&l=e Bush Missing Iraq WMD has Been Found in Iraq and One Million U.S. Soldiers are its Victims 20081030 No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) that Bush told us were in Iraq were found. Today, to the tragedy of over one million U.S. soldiers and countless innocent Iraqi civilians, there is a Weapon of Mass Destruction in Iraq. That weapon is the deadly radioactive Depleted Uranium (DU) that is used by the U.S. military. One has to wonder, for those in the military claiming that DU is not a health problem, if they would be willing to be exposed to it, or have their kids exposed to this chemical to prove it was safe. And I'd be willing to bet that NO ONE making this claim would seriously think about doing it for even one second, because they know they are lying through their teeth every time they make the statement that this chemical has utterly no effect on the people who have been exposed to it. As with the use of Agent Orange in Viet Nam, the military will continue to deny the deadly effects of DU , because they don't want to have to deal with the financial costs that would accompany an admission that they knew it was potentially deadly to humans before they used it. http://www.paltelegraph.com/middle-east/77-middle-east/1171-exclusive-3-evidence-is-revealed-du-rods-and-sabots-survived-the-inferno-at-camp-doha Evidence is revealed (DU Rods and Sabots survived the inferno at Camp Doha) Sunday, 21 June 2009 12:57 Added by PT Editor Pal Tel Admin London, June 21, (Pal Telegraph) - Doug Rokke earned his B.S. in Physics at Western Illinois University followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics and technology education at the University of Illinois. His military career has spanned 4 decades to include combat duty during the Vietnam War and Gulf War 1. Dr. Doug Rokke is a Depleted Uranium expert. http://www.gdr.org/depleted_uranium%20htm.htm IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED ON DEPLETED URANIUM Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D. April 13, 2004 http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0952-4746/22/3/103 Comments upon human exposure to depleted uranium during and after the Gulf and Balkans conflicts Eric I Hamilton 2002 J. Radiol. Prot. 22 309-311 doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/22/3/103 20100412 http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2010/04/evidence-that-depleted-uranium-is.html Evidence that Depleted Uranium is intended as a weapon of genocide Now that the horrors of Depleted Uranium are being revealed to the world, we can expect for apologists to begin moving into the next phase of damage control within the coming months. It will likely be claimed that the depopulation of much of the Middle East was an unfortunate result of the DU that the Pentagon used because it was not aware of the health effects it would have. This article is meant to demonstrate why this is not the case. The radioactive waste is intentionally used to depopulate and economically cripple the nations that the United States government declared war on. 20100416 http://salem-news.com/articles/april142010/israeli-sperm.php Israel's Declining Sperm Quality Tied to Depleted Uranium Exposure Israel's population is facing a dire threat: a drastic depopulation, from the use of weapons that leave behind Depleted Uranium (DU). Depleted Uranium leads to the word Omnicidal, as DU kills everything in the food chain, everywhere the wind blows. Experts say the dramatic drop in Israel's sperm count could eliminate their ability to reproduce. 20100703 http://uruknet.com/?p=m67560&hd=&size=1&l=e "Falluja Worse Than Hiroshima " As some of you know, Falluja is a forbidden city. It was subjected to intense bombardments in 2004, with DU bombs and White phosphorus, and since it has become a no go zone - meaning that both the Iraqi puppet authorities and the U.S invading/occupying forces do not allow anyone to conduct any real study in Falluja. Falluja is basically under siege. Obviously both the Americans and the Iraqis know something and are hiding it from the public. And this is where Prof. C.Busby comes in the picture. He was/is adamant to get to the bottom of what took place in Falluja in 2004. Just as was the case with Agent Orange poisoning, and the genetic damage it wreaked on the lives of Vietnamese people, what the US has done to the people of Falluja will be with them for generations. Your tax dollars at work, folks: doesn't it make you feel proud?!? 20101003 http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2010/10/gis-brains-fried-by-military-dispensed.html GI’s Brains Fried by Military Dispensed Nose Candy (San Francisco) – Now it is official. Researchers have shown that uranium oxide, or DU, "travels the nerves from the nose to the brain," in the words of a University of Chicago doc and researcher. A tiny amount (a milligram) of this radioactive poison quick marches up your smelling nerves right into your brain and keeps firing 1.2 Million bullets a day – forever. That’s a bunch. 20130610 http://uruknet.com/?p=m98206&hd=&size=1&l=e What's delaying the WHO report on Iraqi birth defects? Iraq is poisoned. Thirty-five million Iraqis wake up every morning to a living nightmare of childhood cancers, adult cancers and birth defects. Familial cancers, cluster cancers and multiple cancers in the same individual have become frequent in Iraq. The WHO website says that this large-scale study was conducted in Baghdad (Karkh and Rasafa), Diyala, Anbar, Sulaymaniyah, Babel, Basrah, Mosul and Thi-Qar, with 10,800 households from 18 districts and a sample size of 600 households per district. Why should such an important report be kept secret? One possible answer was suggested on May 26 by the Guardian. It reported the recent comments of Hans von Sponeck, the former assistant secretary general of the United Nations: "The US government sought to prevent WHO from surveying ares in southern Iraq where depleted uranium had been used and caused serious health and environmental dangers." Webmaster's Commentary: WRH: OF course, the US government is suppressing the release of this report, because it is an absolutely damning indictment of the use of depleted uranium on a civilian population, and its horrific aftermath! 20140116 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Trim_weights_in_aircraft 20140303 http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Queen_of_England_Deals_Extensively_in_%2417_Trillion_Depleted_Uranium_Trade/33264/0/0/0/Y/M.html?morestories=obinsite The Queen of England Deals Extensively in $17 Trillion Depleted Uranium Trade Uranium can be mined for some medical purposes and to make electricity, but its main purpose was and is to fuel nuclear warfare against the world. Just six mines provide 85 percent of the world’s uranium and guess who owns the mineral rights to that land? My comment: While I've seen plenty of evidence the British queen is a vile, murdering Elitist P.O.S, with vast wealth, it would be nice in an article like this to see some sort of evidence supporting the claim that the queen owns mining rights etc supporting the uranium trade. Also, even if she does own the mining rights, there are many stages between yellowcake and DU. What are her financial interests in actual depleted uranium, which is a by-product of uranium enrichment for nuclear fuel and weapons? The use of depleted uranium weapons is by far the worst war crime that has ever been committed, anywhere in the world and including all of human history. It's a crime orders of magnitude worse than any other evil, due to the permanent (millions of years) legacy of human suffering and misery (birth defects, cancer, racial genetic damage) that it lays upon the land. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to find that horrible person involved in such crimes. But I'd like to see evidence, not just unsupported claims. 20141023 http://www.globalresearch.ca/iraqi-doctors-call-depleted-uranium-use-genocide/5409287 Iraqi Doctors Call Depleted Uranium Use “Genocide” Contamination from depleted uranium (DU) munitions is causing sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq, according to numerous Iraqi doctors. “The world should know that Iraqi people were the victims of the aggression inflicted by the use of DU munitions by the American and British troops during these wars, and this is genocide,” Dr. Jawad al-Ali, a consultant physician and oncologist, told Truthout. Al-Ali, an expert oncologist at the Basra Cancer Treatment Center, member of the Iraqi Cancer Board and a member of the Basra Cancer Research Group, estimates that there are 300 sites throughout Iraq that are contaminated with radiation from the DU munitions. He attributes the extreme rates of birth defects in Fallujah to the US use of DU there during its two sieges of the city in 2004. WRH: Dr. Al-Ali is completely correct to call out the use of DU weapons for what it was in Iraq: genocide. 20141212 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-11/artists-impression-americas-moral-high-ground#comment-5541830 My comment: Inexcusable as it is, still many governments in history have used torture. NONE but the US government has used Depleted Uranium munitions in conflict. THIS is the most heinous war crime in the history of the world. Most war crimes fade away with human memory. DU contamination of entire nations will cause horrific and indiscriminate human suffering for MILLIONS OF YEARS. It's even possible that over centuries DU genetic damage will destroy the human genome integrity in affected regions. For the use of DU, every US government official in any way associated with that policy deserves to be slowly tortured to death. And by their inaction to stop the use of DU, that includes ALL of them. The US public is far from innocent in this too. It could be said that the horrors they are doomed to experience as the USA disintegrates, are well deserved. Oh, and by 'US government' I include Israel. There's little differentiation. DU use makes them all the worst war criminals in the history of the planet, by orders of magnitude. 20170611 https://sputniknews.com/europe/201706101054505337-serbia-bombings-lawsuit/ Serbia's Idea to Sue NATO for 1999 Bombings 'Viable' - Lawyer Serbia has formed an international legal team to file charges against NATO for using depleted uranium munitions during the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia. 20200323 WRH "Aerosol DU (Depleted Uranium) exposures to soldiers on the battlefield could be significant with potential radiological and toxicological effects. [...] Under combat conditions, the most exposed individuals are probably ground troops that re--enter a battlefield following the exchange of armour--piercing munitions. [...] We are simply highlighting the potential for levels of DU exposure to military personnel during combat that would be unacceptable during peacetime operations. [...DU is..]... a low level alpha radiation emitter which is linked to cancer when exposures are internal, [and] chemical toxicity causing kidney damage. [...] Short term effects of high doses can result in death, while long term effects of low doses have been linked to cancer. [...] Our conclusion regarding the health and environmental acceptability of DU penetrators assume both controlled use and the presence of excellent health physics management practices. Combat conditions will lead to the uncontrolled release of DU. [...] The conditions of the battlefield, and the long term health risks to natives and combat veterans may become issues in the acceptability of the continued use of DU kinetic penetrators for military applications." -- Excerpts from the July 1990 Science and Applications International Corporation report: ' Kinetic Energy Penetrator Environment and Health Considerations', as included in Appenix D -- US Army Armaments, Munitions and Chemical Command report: 'Kinetic Energy Penetrator Long Term Strategy Study, July 1990' These documents state clearly and equivocally that the US army was well aware of the radioactive and toxic dangers of Depleted Uranium ammunition long before the first shots of the war were fired.