No alarms or whistles are going off about the use of depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. The military uses DU in bombs and shells because DU's density allows it to penetrate armor. The problem is that it strickens and sickens both the target and the user. The damage has been on going since the first Gulf War. Iraq is a wide depository of DU, presenting a hazard for many years to come.
The story is suppressed, ignored and rationalized. If news people have a responsibility to report news, why are they silent through this screaming disaster?
More than a thousand tons of internationally banned depleted uranium in the form of bombs and tipped shells have been used in Iraq since 2003.
Why is there no discourse about eminent scientist Leuren Moret's assertion that DU is the definitive cause of Gulf War Syndrome?" Uranium munitions is the reason thousands of our military personnel suffer and died. That's the terrible truth.
Terry Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist of the Office of the Deputy in the Department of Veterans Affairs, reports the number of Gulf War veterans now on medical disability, since 1991, is 518,739. Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in the first Gulf War, 11,000 are now dead. By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on permanent medical disability, 56% of those who served. Those numbers are way beyond the figures from other wars.
Marion Fulk, a nuclear scientist who worked at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, commented that the new and rapid malignancies of soldiers from the Iraq War are a "spectacular matter of concern."
Why the cover? Who in the media is concerned and courageous enough to tell the people?
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Other Concerns
* Isn't it clear that the citizens want an end to this war of occupation? The last election sent the message. The Democrats have already failed to deliver the peace. This places both major parties in the same sinking boat. As they sink, a third party might rise again, on a platform of peace and Fix America First. Ron Paul, Chuck Hagel, and a few others have an opportunity. Yup, Paul should tell the Republicans where to go and do a Ross Perot without the "crazy aunt in the attic" routine.
* Congress voted to let Bush make war, thus relinquishing its responsibility under the Constitution. The Supremes should have stepped in to reverse the act, and relinquished the court's constitutional responsibility when it did not do so.
* Anyone who still believes the news is not managed should drink a glass of cold water. Look at the number they are doing on Congressman Ron Paul. The Republican candidate is a newsmaker, but he scares the establishment and receives no attention.
* Paul Wolfowitz is gone from the world bank. Everyone is happy except Dubya.
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* Eavesdroppers Anonymous meets tonight. (You probably know.) The topic: how hearing aids can improve you lifestyle.
* Lonesome Liberals second meeting will not take place. No one showed up for the first get together.
* Pessimists Club is now forming. Call 688-0287. Join before it's too late.
* Stop The Growth Committee membership is increasing as fast as the population in Dixie.
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