Metal of Dishonor - new book on our use of DU poisoning

[donsu]

http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/mettoc.htm

Depleted Uranium
How the Pentagon Radiates Soldiers & Civilians with DU Weapons


In May, 1997, the International Action Center published a book of essays and lectures on depleted uranium: the contamination of the planet by the United States military. In addition to exposing the deadly duplicity of the Department of Defense, the book documents the genocide of Native Americans and Iraqis by military radiation, the connection between depleted uranium and Gulf War Syndrome, the underestimated dangers from low-level radiation, the legal ramifications of DU Production and Use, and the growing movement against DU

(a table of contents is provided)

[coloradodem2005]

1. Depleted Uranium?

For a second I thought that it was about this site.

[whistle]

2. What is the difference between using tactical atomic bombs...

...and weapons hardened with depleted uranium? It seems that both spread dangerous levels of radioactive materials and both should be banned from use. There is a lot of material on the internet on this issue. Here are some samples:

http://www.antenna.nl/wise/uranium/diss.html

http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/total_coverage/kosovo/reality_check/du.html

http://www.eoslifework.co.uk/du2012.htm

http://www.williambowles.info/wmd/du.html

http://www.citizen-soldier.org/CS09-uranium.html

http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/963783.htm

http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/abom/uran/index_e.html

http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcglobal/3scideb5.html