Posts tagged: depleted uranium

UN passes new resolution on depleted uranium

Good news from the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons: The United Nations First Committee has voted, by an overwhelming margin, for state users of depleted uranium weapons to release data on where the weapons have been used to governments of states affected by their use. 136 states last night voted in favor of a […]

Friday October 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Iraq’s deadly legacy

Seven years after the invasion of Baghdad, the Iraqi people are experiencing a devastating legacy. Babies are being born with severe deformities and the cancer rate is skyrocketing. The following video from Australian Special Broadcasting Service’s Dateline program offers a visually disturbing look at this legacy. Please be warned, journalist Fouad Hady, an Iraqi who […]

Monday August 30th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Doctors report “unprecedented” birth deformities, cancers in Iraq

As we in the news media like to say, violence has “abated” in Iraq. For example, on Monday it was reported that 16 people – including a member of the country’s main Sunni political party and several of his relatives – were killed by gunmen. And a parked car bomb exploded in a market in […]

Monday November 16th, 2009 in , , , | 2 Comments »