(Source) by Richard Silverstein on Dec 6, 2012
I’m beginning to read reports from Gaza that indicate that the IDF may’ve used depleted uranium munitions during its recent assault. A local journalist writes in Electronic Intifada about the grotesque forms of some of the victims’ wounds. He (incorrectly, I believe) associates them with chemical weapons like white phosphorus:………
The UN Human Rights Commission has asked member states to curb the use of such weapons and a paper prepared for the body argued that they may contravene numerous international treaties. The European Parliament called for a ban on DU munitions. Here are some of their health effects:
Normal functioning of the kidney, brain, liver, heart, and numerous other systems can be affected by uranium exposure, because in addition to being weakly radioactive, uranium is a toxic metal. DU is less toxic than other heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury.[65] It is weakly radioactive but remains radioactive because of its long half-life.
…British Army doctors warned the British…Ministry of Defence that exposure to depleted uranium increased the risk of developing lung, lymph and brain cancer, and recommended a series of safety precautions.
This seems perfectly in synch with the typical practice of the IDF to exploit whatever weapons appear convenient and effective, no matter how controversial or even illegal their use might be, especially against a largely civilian population. This holds true for cluster bombs, white phosphorus and DIME, all of which Israel has employed during attacks on civilian areas of Lebanon and Gaza………
(Refer) Many unborn babies die in Fallujah after US bombing of using Depleted Uranium http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/many-unborn-babies-die-in-fallujah.html 2 to 3 deformed babies are now born every day in Fallujah, sadly to live only for a few hours.
*Depleted Uranium is a by-product of nuclear
waste. It has a higher concentration of Uranium 238 than natural uranium
and has a half-life of 4,468 billion years! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-238)
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