PHA-Exchange> Depleted Uranium in Lebanon

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>-Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring Immediate Action By President Bush,
>-Prime Minister Blair, and Prime Minister Olmert
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>-Dr. Doug Rokke, PhD.
>-former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium project
>-July 24, 2006
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>-The delivery of at least 100 GBU 28 bunker busters bombs containing depleted
>-uranium warheads by the United States to Israel for use against targets in
>-Lebanon will result in additional radioactive and chemical toxic contamination
>-with consequent adverse health and environmental effects throughout the middle
>-east.
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>-Today, U.S., British, and now Israeli military personnel are using illegal
>-uranium munitions- America's and England's own "dirty bombs" while U.S. Army,
>-U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, and British Ministry of
>-Defence officials deny that there are any adverse health and environmental
>-effects as a consequence of the manufacture, testing, and/or use of uranium
>-munitions to avoid liability for the willful and illegal dispersal of a
>-radioactive toxic material - depleted uranium.
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>-The use of uranium weapons is absolutely unacceptable, and a crime against
>-humanity. Consequently the citizens of the world and all governments must force
>-cessation of uranium weapons use.  I must demand that Israel now provide medical
>-care to all DU casualties in Lebanon and clean up all DU contamination.
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>-U.S. and British officials have arrogantly refused to comply with their own
>-regulations, orders, and directives that require United States Department of
>-Defense officials to provide prompt and effective medical care to "all" exposed
>-individuals. Reference: Medical Management of Unusual Depleted Uranium
>-Casualties, DOD, Pentagon, 10/14/93, Medical Management of Army personnel
>-Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU) Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Command 29
>-April 2004, and section 2-5 of U.S. Army Regulation 700-48.  Israeli officials
>-must not do so now.
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