The Awful Truth

RussiaToday wrote: Reports are now beginning to show that depleted uranium used in US weapons during both the 1991 Gulf War and the current war in Iraq have caused birth defects and an increase in cancer in Iraqi cities. Cedric Moon talks with Raed Jarrar about these weapons and whether their use should constitute war crimes. Read Full Story

miguelgot2 wrote: 1 Chronicles Chapter 2 The twelve tribes of Israel. The genealogy of Judah down to David. Other genealogies of the tribe of Judah. English (Douay-Rheims) 1 And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser. 3 The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. 4 And ... Read Full Story

The Nuclear Regulator Commission will hold hearings tomorrow and Wednesday in Hawaii on an application by the US Army for a permit to have depleted uranium at its Pohakuloa Training Area, a vast stretch of flat land in what’s called the “saddle” between the sacred mountains of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on Hawaii’s Big Island, and at the Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. In fact, what the Army is asking for is a permit to leave in place the DU left over from years of test firing of M101 mortar “spotting rounds,” that each contained close to half a pound of ... Read Full Story

The military is aware of DU’s harmful effects on the human genetic code. A 2001 study of DU’s effect on DNA done by Dr. Alexandra C. Miller for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Md., indicates that DU’s chemical instability causes 1 million times more genetic damage than would be expected from its radiation effect alone. Studies have shown that inhaled nano-particles are far more toxic than micro-sized particles of the same basic chemical composition. British toxicopathologist Vyvyan Howard has reported that the increased toxicity of the nano-particle is due to its size. For example, when mice were exposed to virus-size particles ... Read Full Story

chychochycho wrote: chycho www.chycho.com On 8 December 2007 Dahr Jamail, an award winning American journalist who is best known as one of the few unembedded journalists to report extensively from the Iraq War, spoke to roughly 200 people at the Vancouver planetarium in British Columbia Canada about his book, "Beyond the Green Zone", and the catastrophic occupation of Iraq. The following is part of the Question and Answer period that followed the lecture. The full lecture is available on youtube in 6 parts and ... Read Full Story