Iraq War Legacy: Epidemic of Deformed Babies from Depleted Uranium 'Surpassed Hiroshima & Nagasaki'

Iraq War Legacy: Epidemic of Deformed Babies from Depleted Uranium ‘Surpassed Hiroshima & Nagasaki’

Middle East • April 2013 • Views: 4,388

…the U.S. invasion of Iraq has left behind a legacy of cancer and birth defects suspected of being caused by the U.S. military’s extensive use of depleted uranium and white phosphorus. Noting the birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, Jamail says: “They’re extremely hard to bear witness to. But it’s something that we all need to pay attention to … What this has generated is, from 2004 up to this day, we are seeing a rate of congenital malformations in the city of Fallujah that has surpassed even that in the wake of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that nuclear bombs were dropped on at the end of World War II.”

Remember this the next time someone is cavalier about the little “mistakes” of the US war on Iraq.

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5 comments

Political Atheist Mon, Apr 1, 2013 12:36:17pm

Powerful accusations call for strong evidence. It ain’t here. These guys are as credible as the Heritage Foundation. Same coin, flip side.

alinuxguru Mon, Apr 1, 2013 1:00:00pm

Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy.

Dark_Falcon Mon, Apr 1, 2013 2:48:10pm

re: #1 Political Atheist

Powerful accusations call for strong evidence. It ain’t here. These guys are as credible as the Heritage Foundation. Same coin, flip side.

Those allegations have actually been floating around since Saddam Hussein had his propaganda machine push them in the media back in 1996. So Democracy Now is actually recycling propaganda first spewed by Tariq Aziz and Baghdad Bob.

Verdict: MAJOR FAIL

Aligarr Mon, Apr 1, 2013 5:21:40pm

Story has some funny tails on it . I would like to see some evidence . There were plenty of US miltary in the same areas for extended periods of time . Male and female . Surpasses Hiroshima ? That’s a bit of a stretch .

freetoken Tue, Apr 2, 2013 1:44:49am

Believe it or not, the medical research community does research that one can use to check claims.

Here is the PubMed search for “Iraq depleted uranium”
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Here is one of the latest papers on the subject, that tries to summarize the research:

Birth defects in Iraq and the plausibility of environmental exposure: A review

An increased prevalence of birth defects was allegedly reported in Iraq in the post 1991 Gulf War period, which was largely attributed to exposure to depleted uranium used in the war. This has encouraged further research on this particular topic. This paper reviews the published literature and provided evidence concerning birth defects in Iraq to elucidate possible environmental exposure. In addition to published research, this review used some direct observation of birth defects data from Al-Ramadi Maternity and Paediatric Hospital in Al-Anbar Governorate in Iraq from1st July 2000 through 30th June 2002. In addition to depleted uranium other war-related environmental factors have been studied and linked directly or indirectly with the increasing prevalence of birth defects. However, the reviewed studies and the available research evidence do not provide a clear increase in birth defects and a clear indication of a possible environmental exposure including depleted uranium although the country has been facing several environmental challenges since 1980.

I’ll also note that petro-chemicals are known to cause all sorts of problems, not just cancer but also birth defects. In Louisiana along the portion of the Mississippi river central part of the state where there are many petrochemical plants there are more of these type of medical problems than in other parts of the US.

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