Despite the corporate press’s unwillingness to report on it, WMD have been found in Iraq. In fact, they have been there since the first Gulf War and are responsible for thousands of deaths. The reason they have not been reported on is that they are part of the US military arsenal. Since 1991 the US Military has fired 2,700 tons of depleted uranium ammunition in Iraq. Despite claims by the Pentagon that DU (depleted uranium) is relatively harmless, there is a growing body of evidence that it is a cancer causing agent and a possible cause of the “gulf war syndrome”. DU ammunition was, and continues to be used in the current Iraq war, despite the fact that in a 2002 report the UN declared DU ammunition to be a “weapon of mass destruction”.
Not surprisingly, the mainstream media in the US have been incredibly slow to pick up this story. A quick Google search of the phrase “depleted uranium iraq” yielded plenty of articles about DU, but only one of the top forty hits, an article from the Christian Science Monitor, was from a mainstream US media source. Unlike the US press, the BBC ran several stories about DU in Iraq.
If you would like to do something about the use of Depleted Uranium by the US military, check out the Campaign Against Depleted Uranium. Also, if there are any gulf war veterans here is West Michigan that believe they are victims of DU poisoning, Media Mouse would be interested in posting their testimony.
Related posts:
- Iraq Watch: Unrest in the Military, No WMD, Bush and Kerry on Iraq
- Yet another Piece of “Evidence” from the Bush Administration on Iraq’s WMD Proves to be False
- Iraq Watch: War Deception, Blair admits no WMD, Violence and Martial Law in Iraq
- Support the Troops You Say
- United Nations asked to Investigate War Crimes in Iraq
