see also Falluja : The Hidden Massacre (Video)
see also Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (Video)
see also Silent Nuclear Weapons
Ross B. Mirkarimi, of the Arms Control Research Centre, reported in May 1992, the following hideous: Environmental and Human Health Impacts of the Gulf Region with Special Reference to Iraq--Abnomalities of Western Gulf War Veterans Children From Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons Used By the U.S. and British Military During the Gulf War.
From the President of the International Yellow Cross, Dr. Gunther, for Worldwide Dissemination.
(Warning: the following photographs are extremely disturbing. They vividly portray the ravages of warmans inhumanity towards mangrossly affecting infants and DNA expression. On a personal level, Dr. Gunther reported, I have heard stories of visitors to Iraq who spoke with mid-wives there. These mid-wives are purported to have said they no longer look forward to births as.... We don't know what's going to come out.)
The pictures below show exactly what DU does.
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Child with almost total deformity of the face; no
recognisable features at all, and what appears to be one eye
situated in the middle of the forehead.
Child with hydrocephalus.
Extreme hydrocephalus; deformity of face, body and ear. The
line running down the right hand side of the head would
appear to show that potentially two heads were forming.
Deformity of ear; possible deformation of lower body.
Born without eyes.
I can offer no explanation as to the translucent quality of
the skin.
Huge hole in child's back, which is, I believe, an extreme
form of Spina Bifida.
Possibly taken shortly after birth, this picture appears to
show ambiguous genitalia, sometimes referred to as
'Non-Viable Children'.
This child is completely covered in a white susbstance of
unknown properties. Obvious deformation of face and eyes.
Flash photography at close range obscures detail.
Two children with similar deformities of the face.
Dr. Gunther refers to this condition as 'Zyklopie.'
Child with unknown white substance covering almost the whole
body.
Front view of same child. Severe deformities of mouth and
eyes. The welts appear to indicate open wounds, or unformed
skin tissue.
Severe body deformity, with head formed at 90 degree angle to
upper torso.
Severe hydrocephalus; again, almost as though two heads were
being formed.
Flash at close range obscures detail, but this appears to
show malformation of the mouth and one eye missing, with the
eye socket deformed.
It isn't clear what has happened to this child, and I have no
explanation for the dark nature and condition of the skin.
Lack of focus obscures detail, but missing eyes are clearly
visible, as is deformity of the mouth.
This picture would appear to show another 'Non Viable' child,
possible male, with penis and scrotum merged.
Horrendous deformity of entire body and head. Note lack of
eyes and malformation of the hands and feet.
Child with unknown defomity of the mouth, possibly a large
tumour grown during foetal stage.
Malformation of hands, with almost total merging of all
digits.
Severe malformation of face.
Dr. Gunther refers to this condition as 'Zyklopie.'
Severe deformity of arms.
This child was born to a US Gulf veteran.
Iraqi child with extreme hydrocephalus, and defects of
cerebral nerves.
Child with previously unknown renal disease, first diagnosed
in Iraq by Dr. Gunther. The speculation is that the child had
played with DU ammunition casings.
Iraqi child with extreme hydrocephalus, and defects of
cerebral nerves.
"Unborn
children of the region [are] being asked to pay the highest
price, the integrity of their DNA."
- Ross B. Mirkarimi, The Arms Control Research Centre, from
his report: The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of the
Gulf Region with Special Reference to Iraq. May 1992
I have recently received large numbers of photographs
of horrendous birth deformities that are being
experienced in Iraq. I have not, quite frankly, ever seen
anything like them. I urge you to copy this page / these
pictures and circulate them as widely as possible.
In an act of stark cruelty, the US dominated Sanctions
Committee refuses to permit Iraq to import the clean-up
equipment that they desperately need to decontaminate their
country of the Depleted Uranium ammunition that the US fired
at them. Approximately 315 tons of DU dust was left by the
use of this ammunition.The Sanctions Committee also refuses
to allow the mass importation of anti-cancer treatments,
which contain trace amounts of radio-isotopes, on the grounds
that these constitute '...nuclear materials..'
The majority of the pictures were supplied to me by a source
who prefers to remain anonymous at the current time. I was
unable to acquire either original negatives, or prints from
negatives. They arrived in the form of colour A4 copies. I
scanned them into Photoshop and attempted to clean and
sharpen them as best I could. There has not, and I repeat
not, been any digital alteration other than the cleaning and
sharpening process. No text documentation arrived with the
pictures, so I have described them as accurately as I can. It
is my understanding that the photographs were taken from 1998
onwards. I would be grateful to anyone who could potentially
supply me with further information about these types of
deformities; medical terms for them, etc.
Additional pictures were taken by Dr. Siegwart Horst-Gunther,
President of the International Yellow Cross. Most appeared in
his 1996 book "URANIUM PROJECTILES - SEVERELY MAIMED
SOLDIERS, DEFORMED BABIES, DYING CHILDREN" (Published by
AHRIMAN - Verlag, ISBN: 3-89484-805-7). The book is a
documentary record of DU ammunition after-effects, and they
were taken between 1993 and 1995. Dr. Gunther also supplied
me with additional photographs from his unpublished
collection, some of which feature the birth deformities being
experienced by Western Gulf war veterans' children. I have
asked Dr. Gunther's permission for his pictures to be treated
as 'Public Domain' and copyright free. He has agreed and you
may reproduce them as you see fit.
Both the Pentagon and the British Ministry of Defense
officially deny that there is any significant danger from
exposure to DU ammunition. And whilst it is conceivable that
the US led attacks on Iraq's nuclear power stations could be
a contributory factor, most reseachers point to DU as the
most likely source of both deformities and cancers. The
rising number of cases in Iraq, particularly in the South
where the greatest concentration of DU was fired, is simply
staggering. Iraqi physicians have never encountered anything
like it, and have made the perfectly reasonable point that
similar increases in cancer and deformities were experienced
in Japan after the two US atomic bomb attacks. Cancer has
increased between 7 and 10 fold; deformities between 4 and 6
fold.
Yet the US was well aware of the potential effects on
civilians and military personnel of the chemical toxicity and
radiological properties of DU ammunition long before the Gulf
war began, as the following excerpts of a US Army document
categorically state:
"Aerosol DU (Depleted Uranium) exposures to soldiers on the
battlefield could be significant with potential radiological
and toxicological effects. [...] Under combat conditions, the
most exposed individuals are probably ground troops that
re-enter a battlefield following the exchange of
armour-piercing munitions. [...] We are simply highlighting
the potential for levels of DU exposure to military personnel
during combat that would be unacceptable during peacetime
operations. [...DU is..]... a low level alpha radiation
emitter which is linked to cancer when exposures are
internal, [and] chemical toxicity causing kidney damage.
[...] Short term effects of high doses can result in death,
while long term effects of low doses have been linked to
cancer. [...] Our conclusion regarding the health and
environmental acceptability of DU penetrators assume both
controlled use and the presence of excellent health physics
management practices. Combat conditions will lead to the
uncontrolled release of DU. [...] The conditions of the
battlefield, and the long term health risks to natives and
combat veterans may become issues in the acceptability of the
continued use of DU kinetic penetrators for military
applications."
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Excerpts from the July 1990 Science and Applications
International Corporation report: ' Kinetic Energy Penetrator
Environment and Health Considerations', as included in
Appenix D - US Army Armaments, Munitions and Chemical Command
report: 'Kinetic Energy Penetrator Long Term Strategy Study,
July 1990'
The US was also well aware of the long-term dangers of DU
contamination, and played it down, as the following memo and
document make clear:
"There has been and continues to be a concern regarding the
impact of DU on the environment. Therefore, if no-one makes a
case for the effectiveness of DU on the battlefield, DU
rounds may become politically unacceptable and thus be
deleted from the arsenal. I believe we should keep this
sensitive issue in mind when action reports are written."
-
Lt. Col. M.V. Ziehmn, Los Alamos National Laboratory
memorandum, March 1st 1991
"Soldiers may be incidentally exposed to DU from dust and
smoke on the battlefield. The Army Surgeon General has
determined that it is unlikely that these soldiers will
receive a significant internal DU exposure. Medical follow-up
is not warranted for soldiers who experience incidental
exposure from dust or smoke. [...] Since DU weapons are
openly available on the world arms market, DU weapons will be
used in future conflicts. The number of DU patients on future
battlefields probably will be significantly higher because
other countries will use systems containing DU. [...] DU is a
low-level radioactive waste, and, therefore, must be disposed
of in a licensed repository. [...] No international law,
treaty, regulation, or custom requires the United States to
remediate the Persian Gulf war battlefields."
- Report by the US Army Environmental Policy Institute:
'Health and Consequences of Depleted Uranium use in the US
army', June 1995
DU ammunition is now possessed by more than 12 countries, and
was used during the NATO led bombing of the former
Yugoslavia. Western forces stationed in the region have
recently been advised not to drink the local water or eat
locally produced food. Yet the British MoD continues to deny
any potential risks, stating: "We have not seen any
peer-reviewed epidemiological research data to support these
claims [that DU is dangerous.] [...] There are no plans to
remove DU-based ammunition from service." (Source: Two
letters to me from Simon Wren, Overseas Secretariat, Ministry
of Defence, Whitehall, London - 20th May 1999, and 22nd March
2000)
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