The Truth Of Iraq's City Of Deformed Babies

[JohnyCanuck]

An Iraqi doctor has told Sky News the number of babies born with deformities in the heavily-bombed area of Fallujah is still on the increase.

Fifteen months ago a Sky News investigation revealed growing numbers of children being born with defects in Fallujah.

Concerns were that the rise in deformities may have been linked to the use of chemical weapons by US forces.

We recently returned to find out the current situation and what has happened to some of the children we featured.

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All of our evidence is anecdotal, but repeatedly people tell us they believe the deformities must be linked to the heavy bombardment of Fallujah - a Sunni insurgent stronghold - by America in 2004.

People want an independent investigation into the impact of the kinds of weapons used - including controversial white phosphorus.

Yet even since we first started to give a voice to the calls for help from the people of Fallujah things seem to have got worse.

Dr Ahmed Uraibi, a specialist paediatrician in Fallujah, told us that the number of deformities he has dealt with has increased in the last year.

The people of Fallujah want to know how many more deformed babies there will be before someone sits up and takes notice of them.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090901/twl-the-truth-of-iraq-s-city-of-deformed-3fd0ae9.html

[PDJane]

1. The US knew what the result would be of DU.

They knew of the difficulties with all the chemicals they used, and that the birth defects would continue.

In my opinion, the US owes a great deal to Iraq. Too much to ever pay.

[madokie]

4. Brings tears to my old eyes just reading about it

I couldn't imagine what it must do to the Iraqi people. Iraq should be treated as a crime scene while bushco are at trial for war crimes. dick, w and the who damn crew, make damn sure none of them are left in free society. Nothing less

[dgibby]

2. Depleted uranium. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Too bad Eric Blumrich's bushflash.com is gone. He had some very

hard-hitting videos on his his website, one of which showed some horrific pictures of these DU babies. :cry:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. There were a lot of birth defects after the first gulf war. DU

and I'm not talking about Democratic Underground.

[Gregorian]

6. Dr. Hellen Coldicott was lecturing on this back around 2003 or so.

I remember listening in awe as she mentioned the Coke bottle shaped objects that the kids played with, being DU. And the tumors.

This is not only old news, but a war crime. If it isn't a war crime, then it should be.

[JohnyCanuck]

7. Afghan War's Blowback for India's Children?

Children born with abnormally enlarged or small heads, disproportionately short arms and legs, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and other complications. Increasing instances of infertility among women. A spurt in cases of lung cancer and intestinal ulcer.

Punjab, a state in India bordering Pakistan, has reason to be concerned about this scary picture emerging from surveys recently carried out in some of its areas. Not only Punjab, however.

According to a section of the researchers particularly concerned with the cases of birth deformities, Punjab may be paying with the health of its people for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

More precisely, depleted uranium reportedly used in wars in these countries may be the cause of the deformities and disorders on the rise in India's northwestern state, according to a team based in the city of Faridkot.

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In a downplayed report, which the most prominent media did not consider deserving of better display, Dr. Pritpal Singh, in charge of the Faridkot clinic, said the number of affected children had risen "dramatically in the past six or seven years." Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan was launched on October 7, 2001.

The use of DU weapons in the Iraq war, started on March 20, 2003, may also have contributed to the tragic drama in Punjab, according to the team. The radioactive uranium, released in such cases, gets mixed in soil, air and water within a large radius. Areas within 1,000 miles from the place where the uranium is released can get affected. Parts of Iraq close to Iran fall within that distance. Afghanistan is just over 330 miles away from India's Punjab.

http://www.truthout.org/082709C

[Echo In Light]

8. Radioactive, occupied country.

[Barack_America]

9. I wonder if we will see this in Gaza too?

The Israeli's used an awful lot of white phosphorus there too.

Tragic stories.