[Diddley]

The spector of DU radiation problems raised by Iraq.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[Sinner6]

There has to be a joke about DUmbies in here somewhere.

[Rodney King]

The key word in depleted uranium is depleted.

[alancarp]

There's a whole lot more serious health implications for Iraqi citizens that either surrender to the wrong uniform or get used as shields.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It's interesting that the reporter at the CentCom briefing who asked about DU wasn't from the Arab press.

It was pathetic show by the worlds "journalists".

[Lx]

I would state categorically and unequivocally, that being inside a tank that had one of these things shot through it, it probably is very unhealthy not to go out on a limb or anything...

[Ecliptic]

Seems the best thing to do is get rid of these things...why not get rid of all we have in stock somewhere in Iraq?

[wildbill]

Knew this was coming. Expected it from our anti-war crowd, but i guess they haven't gotten their marching orders yet.

[vannrox]

"...oh well..."

I suppose they would rather us use Neutron Warheads?

[Campion]

The health problems in Basra and other areas of S. Iraq are caused by low-level exposure to Saddam's mustard gas, not DU.

They are similar to the birth defects and other problems reported in the northern Kurdish areas, where DU rounds were never used in Gulf War I. However, Saddam has used mustard gas extensively in both the north and south of the country.

[Calamari]

""But Saddam Hussein refused. "Unless that study is done, it is going to be very difficult to try to understand what is behind the large number of people being ill,""

Maybe they inhaled something more volatile and toxic when Saddam put down the rebellion after the first Iraq war.VX? Sarin? Mustard?

[Teetop]

I have done much reading of this very subject. I find it ironic how all the morons in this world try to equate depleted uranium with any affliction on humans. Basically, DU is 70% as radiated as the soil & rocks we all step on daily. Even by UN Environmental Program & WHO studies. They just won't let the lie die!

[RightWhale]

They have been pushing their anti-DU campaign for years. Babies with three heads, six-legged dogs the size of houses, cancer of little-known organs. They'll do better to go back to smoking ordinary tobacco.

[The Great RJ]

It takes a lot of gall for the Iraqi's who had no problem using chemical and likely biological agents on their own people to have this new found concern for children.

[Natural Law]

As soon as the UN gets DU banned they will join the EU initiative to make the world lead-free too! We will have to face future tyrants with "Green", biodegradable bullets!