Depleted Uranium: Dead Babies in Iraq and Afghanistan Are No Joke

Karim Afghan 2 months, 4 weeks ago on Wordpress

That’s really sad. it almost made me cry. Its hard to feel what goes on his parents when seeing their kid in such position.. Wonder what he has done that he is in such condition..

It’s good to see posts like Danielle’s and Sarah…. Let’s put religions a part. we are all human beings. each and everyone of us has family, friends and loved ones. we all live under one sky, same air blows around everyone. same water and food we eat, and so on… No one is superior than others. The superior ones are those who has feelings toward living beings. Slaughtering and attacking a poor nation leaves nothing behind except hatred and anger for eachother.

I must remind everyone that these wars are nothing but only a political game. Religion got nothing to do with this fight.

LETS SEE 20 years back, same religions and people were existing. But there were no war or anybody defaming religions or its followers. Why it has began in this last 9 years?

We Muslims are peacemaker and have kind heart just like everyone else. we have much respect towards other religions.. Jews and Christians are called the people of the book (e.g the books/scriptures thats been sent down to us from Allah / God’s sight). Muslims believe and have faith on prophet Jesus Christ and Abraham, as they are messengers of God. They came to us to guide us to the right path. showed us how to love one another and live a peaceful life.

Lets bring peace in the world. For sake of our new generations. ... See all content Hide content

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jack 3 months, 1 week ago on Wordpress

the claim that DU munitions are used only on armored vehicles is a lie – they are used widely and stupidity is no excuse – DU is Malthus’ dream come true – it fulfills Henry Kissinger’s good riddance to the the worlds “useless eaters,” as quoted from his infamous memo – as for contamination of coalition soldiers, there is also Dr. K to cite for Pentagon policy toward them: ‘Military men are “dumb, stupid animals to be used” as pawns for foreign policy.” That they continue to serve globalists who employ the likes of Kissinger could attest to that claim – common sense, one would think would lead them to turn on their real enemy who see us all as mere cannon fodder ... See all content Hide content

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Walter L. 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Yahoobuzz

As if Bush sanctioned torture isn't hideous enough of a crime, Bush sanctioned use of depleted uranium weapons is off the chart! It kills our own troops as well as opposing troops and a huge sector of civilian populations. It has and will continue to affect its victims for generations to come. Why are these vial and despicable criminals not in prison?!

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Shasta 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

@Anyway…yes and who makes those strict laws in the US? Christians.

Ayesha clearly suggested those NOT muslim are the evil ones. America should give up their defense while terrorists and radical muslims don’t.?

@Danielle… we are talking about the here and now, not biblical times through the centuries, so stop lecturing. The only extremist groups today are muslim, given full reign to perpetrate vicious atrocities and vile acts upon the innocent, esp. non muslims. Read up on the civil and human rights act of non muslims in a muslim country and learn something. Go live there and find out first hand. Your nauseating sympathy and understanding won’t be recipricated I can assure you. Btw, I’m Catholic married to a muslim.! lol. My info is quite accurate. So I agree, ‘please stop making broad generalizations about people you don’t know anything about. Get informed and stop being ignorant? Then maybe people would listen to you and take what you had to say seriously.’ Good posts by Mr. Lindorff and Roger. Bye all. Leaving for the Far East again tomorrow. ... See all content Hide content

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Dave Lindorff 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

No Chris. I think it’s clear. There’s nothing secret about the craven money-loving behavior of our Congressional reps, and on the other hand, nobody could suggest that Congress “controls the planet.”

Nor is there anything secret about corporations loving money or being “behind” everything. That’s all right out front.

What she’s using is code words that have been used for centuries by anti-semites to refer to Jews. ... See all content Hide content

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Dave Lindorff 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

Why do we keep having this BS racist anti-semitism on progressive sites. Sarah, I happen to be married to a jewish woman, and let me tell you, she’ s a brilliant harpsichordist, but as unconcerned about money as any first-class artist could be. You insult her, you insult me, and you insult every jew who has forsworn wealth to pursue art, social justice, peace or who has just tried to live a decent life with your racist comments about money. It is no excuse that you didn’t say the word jew. You know what you were signalling in your comment, and it is disgusting and out of place anywhere but certainly on this news site.

Jews are no more and no less concerned with money and control of money than are any other people on this planet.

Dave Lindorff

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anyway... 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

Mark Paquette: just because Catholic extremists in the US don’t do all those horrible things you mentioned does mean it wouldn’t happen if there weren’t strict laws against that stuff in the US.

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Dave Lindorff 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

Roger Helbig is a paid Pentagon disinformation operative who, like toxic red tide that crops up at popular beaches and fishing spots, pops up wherever articles critical of depleted uranium arms appear, where he lobs baseless charges and engages in dishonest character assassination. My first encounter with Helbig came in 2005 when I wrote an article in the magazine In These Times about a group of returned NY State National Guard Iraqi War vets who were found to have been contaminated with DU and who were starting to show health impacts of that exposure. At that time, he used lies and disinformation in an effort to slander and discredit a leading DU critic, Doug Rokke, who supported the veterans’ claims that their ailments were DU-caused. Helbig disputed Rokke’s rank, disputed his academic credentials, and claimed Rokke was lying about his earlier role at the Pentagon in researching DU and in helping with the clean up of DU-contaminated equipment at the end of the Gulf War. Rokke sent me supporting documentation for all these things, but Helbig persists in his government campaign, and continues to slander Rokke. Just the fact that Helbig shows up instantly to respond to this latest article on a very new and not widely known (sorry Jason!) website shows that he is part of a campaign. (What’s the guy do, check the web every day for a DU article critical of the Pentagon? No, of course not. The Pentagon’s monitoring the media, and when something pops up attacking the use of DU, Helbig gets sicced on it.)

In the current instance, Helbig is using ad hominem against me, but he can no longer dispute the fact that hundreds of tons of dangerous uranium dust has been strewn across populated areas of Iraq and Afghanistan by the US military’s use of DU munitions in both those invasions. (He used to deny the numbers, and also the hazards.)

He can claim that the photo used with my article is not DU related, but that photo was drawn from a collection of photos taken of unusual births in Basra following the US assault on that southern Iraqi city in the Gulf War, where even the Pentagon admits over 300 tons of DU were used in weapons fired at Iraqi targets. The “fact” even if true that the particular deformity has been identified for three hundred years is a red herring, since it is a rare phenomenon and its appearance in this instance could well be induced by radiation exposure, just as fetal cancer and other birth abnormalities like hydrocephalism, sex organ deformities, etc., also rare but not unknown in pre-nuclear times, are more common following exposure to nuclear waste.

What is really disgusting about this kind of disinformation program is that it is government-directed and government financed. The Pentagon, beginning in the Bush/Cheney years, and on the evidence still now well into the Obama administration, has been assigning active and retired military personnel to pose as ordinary citizens to use the comment sections on internet sites like this one to sow doubt about articles critical of the military or of military practices. A number of major progressive web sites have discovered upon investigation that many of the critical posts on their comment sections can be traced to Pentagon servers. Even more disgusting is that these fake critics are apparently encouraged to use whatever arguments they like, including lies and distortions, in this devious and underhanded propaganda campaign.

` No matter. The truth will out.

By the way, Helbig is right about one thing. The uranium isotope U-236 does occur in nature, but very rarely. It is, however, much more common in depleted uranium, as it is a product of the fission process. What I had meant to say is that the prevalence U-236 at US battle sites and bombing sites is evidence of DU use, as it shows up in a way not found in nature. Thanks for the correction Rog!

Dave Lindorff

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OctoberLeaf 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

Just for you, Roger Helbig:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=1777

Denial is cowardice in it’s most harmful form.

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Danielle 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

Shasta, I’m catholic but I do know that being a true Muslim entails being a peaceful person and is one of the most peaceful religions in the world. Unfortunately, as is true for ALL religious entities, there are extremists. If you look at the history of Catholicism there are extremists conquering lands and killing innocent people, these were extremists. Same thing goes for the Muslims who attack innocent lives today. They are not true Muslims, they do not follow the law of Allah, and they certainly don’t represent all Muslims or their religion. So please stop making broad generalizations about people you don’t even know anything about. Why don’t you get educated and stop being so ignorant? Then maybe people would listen to you and take what you had to say seriously. ... See all content Hide content

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Shasta 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

Hat tip to Radio Flier.

Ayesha, the people who are doing this are not muslims ? What was your brother Saddam Hussein doing in his conquest of Iran and with his own people? Because of muslims we are in this mess. They slaughter all over the world, Darfur as an example; so think before you make a foolish remark like that. The rest of you need a good history lesson.

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bexkee 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

Radio Flyer, I find your views quite repellant.

America is toxic to the human race as are many other nations. You state America is the country that has made more efforts to help… They have also been the ones to destroy.

Are you actually even aware of what other countries on this earth have done to assist war torn countries? Or do you suffer from the usual insular ‘USA is the greatest’ viewpoint? ... See all content Hide content

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newstopher 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Twitter

coolaid: http://bit.ly/ydDn1

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Ayesha 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

The devil weapons made by man must be removed by the wisdom of man… we all should strengthen our beliefs and define with one and another what we can do and what should we do now. We should remove all wepons to bring peace and prosperity for all mankind.

Ayesha

Pakistan

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Larry Kingsman 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

This is a sad era of brutality and human hunger for blood and death. These graves we have created for the world will end up our own. Why cant this world live in peace and share the wealth. How many beds, cars, houses, and meals does a man need realy !

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hughsansom 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Twitter

US military has used radioactive Depleted Uranium for 20 yrs. US obstructs investigation but evidence grows of horrors http://bit.ly/bEBu9

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