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  • Greenpeace in Iraq, "Empty" Radioactive Barrels

    04/04/2004 6:28:26 PM PDT · by TYVets · 19 replies · 297+ views
    terradailey.com | Mar 31, 2004 | AFP
    AL-TUWAYTHA, Iraq (AFP) Mar 31, 2004 Hundreds of Iraqis living near the country's largest nuclear plant fear for their lives as dozens of radioactive barrels from the site looted at the end of the war a year ago remain there. Residents of Al-Tuwaytha compound, south of Baghdad, are reporting strange ailments and doctors say the number of children suffering from blood-related diseases is on the rise. "There are people who are losing their hair, others find spots on their skin and the colour of the face is changing," said Mohammad Abbas, a tailor. "One of my clients knows an entire...