DEPLETED URANIUM

Military Weapons: Gulfwar Syndrome??


NOTE: The US is currently selling Depleted Uranium to 17 other countries for their weapons programs..Ish



Conressional Hearings

Summary: Indian Point Project Item From:Elie Subject: Congressonal Hearing on Depleted Uranium Weapons To:Indian Point Project From: ay903@lafn. around the country, the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee.


International Action Center website

Summary: ( 350 tons of depleted uranium were utilized against the Iraqi people during the Gulf War ). Depleted Uranium Education Project Congressional Hearings on the use of Depleted Uranium Weapons and Gulf War Syndrome Put Pentagon and the VA on the Defensive, July 3, 1997

Pentagon Coverup of Gulf War Syndrome (Depleted Uranium was used!)

Summary: SM -- Open Forum Posted by Albert Mrakovic on March 12, 1997 at 20:53:39: In Reply to: Pentagon Coverup of Gulf War Syndrome (Depleted Uranium was used! : (remainder snipped for brevity) : An additional point, the U.S. A-10 attack aircraft, used extensively during : NATO bombing missions over RS, fires a 30mm depleted uranium round, usually :...

Info on Oversight Hearing

Summary: On June 26th, as a result of the efforts of grassroots organizations around the country, the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight held a hearing on Gulf War Syndrome which addressed the question of the use of depleted uranium weapons. Congress and the Pentagon have been faced with an increasing number of accounts of Gulf veterans exposed to Depleted Uranium.

Collateral Damage

Summary: Tank armor and armor-piercing rounds made of depleted uranium proved highly effective in their first wartime use, but because depleted uranium weapons were so effective, dozens of countries now have or are developing depleted uranium weapons for their arsenals.

Metal of Dishonor: Depleted Uranium, International Action Center

Summary: Ready to face the hard truth about the "mysterious" Gulf War Syndrome? This groundbreaking documentary exposes the Pentagon’s use of radioactive weapons in the Persian Gulf and its long-term effects on thousands of military personnel and civilians in the U.S. and the Middle East.

Another Military Experiment

Summary: Dolores Lymburner The Military Toxics Project works to unite activists, organizations, and communities in the struggle to clean up military pollution, to safeguard the transportation of hazardous materials, and to advance the development and implementation of preventive solutions to the toxic and radioactive pollution caused by military activities.

KOYAANISQATSI

ko.yan.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi Language) n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life out of balance. 4. life disintegrating. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.
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