US DIRTY BOMBS Radioactive shells spiked with plutonium John LaForge Nukewatch, USA.

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US DIRTY BOMBS Radioactive shells spiked with plutonium John LaForge Nukewatch, USA

Shooting radioactive waste at the ‘enemy’

What is ‘depleted’ uranium? U-238: 700,000 tons (US)

Plutonium: “The most carcinogenic material known ” Contaminated with trace amounts of: Plutonium Americium Neptunium U-236

30 mm DU shells A-10 Warthog: 39,000 rounds per minute Alliant Techsystems (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 15 million produced for US airforce

Why depleted uranium? Oct 30, 1943: US War Dept. Memo

Why depleted uranium? “One day’s exposure to a human being would result in temporary incapacitation, and one week’s exposure would result in death”

International law forbids the use of indiscriminate or poison weapons Geneva Conventions Hague Regulations Geneva Gas Protocol US Airforce: The Conduct of Armed Conflict and Air Operations

Government documentation of poisonous effects

Condemned UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights European Parliament Germany, Italy & Portugal Rep. McKinney & McDermott Worldwide Campaign

COMPENSATE civilian & military victims DECONTAMINATE target countries and test ranges PROSECUTE violators of international conventions MANAGE depleted uranium as radioactive waste