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Photographs, stories and analysis of extreme birth deformities in Iraq as a result of the use of
depleted uranium in weapons by US and Allied forces in the 1991 Gulf War. Warning: images of
deformed children are extremely graphic and disturbing.
http://www.alkhilafah.info/massacres/iraq/birthdeformities1.htm
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Uranium Weapons 2001-2003 Hazards for Iraq
Suspected uranium warheads in US hard target guided weapons verified by US Patents. Provides
analysis of collected studies and public domain sources.
http://www.eoslifework.co.uk/u23.htm
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Gulf War Shells Could be Causing Children's Cancers
An increase in rates of cancer in children born in Iraq has led to fears that weapons used in the
Gulf War may in some way be responsible. BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/70029.stm
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Pentagon Poison: The Great Radioactive Ammo Cover-Up
Rounds made of depleted uranium have exposed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of G.I.s to radiation
without warning -- here's evidence the army knew the danger. [The Nation Online]
http://www.gulfweb.org/doc_show.cfm?ID=493
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Environmental Pollution Resulting from the Use of Depleted Uranium Missiles during the Aggression against Iraq
Study submitted by the government of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations.
http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.Sub.2.2000.37.En
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Depleted Uranium in the Persian Gulf War
Collection of articles depicting the usuage of Depleted Uranium tipped weapons during the Persian
Gulf War.
http://www.geocities.com/iraqinfo/gulfwar/du.html
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Does Iraq's Depleted Uranium Pose a Health Risk?
Key points of a literature review. The Lancet.
http://www.ex-parrot.com/casi/discuss/1999/246.html
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Depleted Uranium and Health
Laka foundation brochure concerning the hazardous impact of DU contamination and its consequences
on human health and the environment. Discuses the implications for post war Iraq.
http://www.rimbaud.freeserve.co.uk/dhap99f.html
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Discounted Casualties
The human cost of depleted uranium. People exposed to depleted uranium and other toxic substances
during the Gulf War are now tormented by leukemia and a whole array of chronic disorders. Chugoku
Shimbun.
http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/uran/index_e.html
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South Movement No Nukes
Depleted uranium in Iraq: dead children and sick soldiers.
http://southmovement.alphalink.com.au/antiwar/
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Benjamin Committee for Iraq
Working to end the suffering of the people of Iraq. Concerned with the impact of radioactivity on
the Iraqi population as a result of the use of weapons with depleted uranium during the Gulf War.
http://www.benjaminforiraq.org/
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UNHCR: Human Rights and Toxics: Depleted Uranium and the Gulf War
Official evidence from the International Educational Development/Humanitarian Law Project that the
US did use Depleted Uranium in the gulf war and that "Scientific studies indicate if as much
as one small particle (<5 microns in diameter) enters the lungs, the lungs and surrounding
tissue will be exposed to 270 times the radiation permitted for workers in the radiation
industry."
http://www.webcom.com/hrin/parker/c97-5w.html
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Environmental Ruin in Iraq
Iraq Action Coalition information on the effects of the sanctions and military war on the
environment. Provides information on depleted uranium.
http://iraqaction.org/oldsite/environment.html
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