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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/26/iraqis-cant-turn-backs-on-deadly-legacy
"Before the Gulf war," he said, "we had two or three cancer patients a
month. Now we have 30 to 35 dying every month. Our studies indicate that
40 to 48% of the population in this area will get cancer: in five
years' time to begin with, then long after. That's almost half the
population. Most of my own family have it, and we have no history of the
disease.
A US military physicist assigned to clean up the Gulf war battlefield
across the border in Kuwait said, "Each round fired by an A-10 Warhog attack aircraft carried over 4,500 grams of solid uranium. Well over 300 tons of DU was used. It was a form of nuclear warfare."
"Before the Gulf war," he said, "we had two or three cancer patients a
month. Now we have 30 to 35 dying every month. Our studies indicate that
40 to 48% of the population in this area will get cancer: in five
years' time to begin with, then long after. That's almost half the
population. Most of my own family have it, and we have no history of the
disease.
A US military physicist assigned to clean up the Gulf war battlefield
across the border in Kuwait said, "Each round fired by an A-10 Warhog attack aircraft carried over 4,500 grams of solid uranium. Well over 300 tons of DU was used. It was a form of nuclear warfare."