Depleted Uranium forum Thurs. June 1 Cape Cod Community College

[unhappycamper]

FORUM ON DEPLETED URANIUM TO BE HELD AT 4C’S CAMPUS

Boston: Representative Matthew Patrick (D-Falmouth) and the Cape Codder’s for Peace and Justice are co-sponsoring a forum on Depleted Uranium (DU) ammunition. The forum will be held on June 1, 2006 at the Cape Cod Community College in the cafeteria. It will begin at 7pm. Congressman Delahunt and Senator O’Leary plan to attend.

DU shells burn through a foot of steel like it was butter making them excellent anti tank weapons. However, it leaves the burned out vehicle and surrounding area toxic from radioactive dust forever. The officer assigned to investigate and clean up the stuff in the first Iraq war says, “Whenever we use it we are committing a war crime.”

People can find an informative article on DU is at www.Vanity Fair.com by David Rose entitled Weapons of Self-Destruction, Is Gulf War syndrome – possibly caused by Pentagon ammunition – taking its toll on G.I.’s in Iraq? It was published December 2004.

Representative Patrick said, “It’s impossible for me to understand how our government can expose our kids and millions of Iraqis – the very people we claim to be liberating – to almost certain health problems, deformed children and death. We must do everything we can to stop this from happening.”

The forum with Senator O’Leary and Congressman Delahunt will feature several specialists in this field who will speak and take questions.


Jack Scotnicki; Veterans for Peace – DU Basics
Gretel Munroe; Grassroots Actions for Peace, on Health Effects of DU
Michael Dathe; Veterans for Peace, on legislation and his personal experiences

[AllieB]

1. I wish I could make this

We're going to the Cape this weekend but not until Friday.