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US DIRTY BOMBS Radioactive shells spiked with plutonium John LaForge Nukewatch, USA
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Shooting radioactive waste at the ‘enemy’
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What is ‘depleted’ uranium? U-238: 700,000 tons (US)
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Plutonium: “The most carcinogenic material known ” Contaminated with trace amounts of: Plutonium Americium Neptunium U-236
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30 mm DU shells A-10 Warthog: 39,000 rounds per minute Alliant Techsystems (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 15 million produced for US airforce
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Why depleted uranium? Oct 30, 1943: US War Dept. Memo
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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”
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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
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Government documentation of poisonous effects
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Condemned UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights European Parliament Germany, Italy & Portugal Rep. McKinney & McDermott Worldwide Campaign
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COMPENSATE civilian & military victims DECONTAMINATE target countries and test ranges PROSECUTE violators of international conventions MANAGE depleted uranium as radioactive waste
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