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| Afghan children pick through the rubble left by an American attack |
The devastating effects of American DU weaponry are starting to be felt by the Afghan populace. In Fallujah, Aljazeera reports, a new generation of Afghans are exhibiting a disturbing increase in childhood cancer and birth defects.
"For most Fallujahans,
waiting for a newborn has become a nightmare..."
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| "Is the Pentagon Giving Our Soldiers Cancer?" http://www.noduhawaii.com/DU_Rolling_Stone.html |
A study published in September of 2011 reports:
"Whilst caution must be exercised about ruling out other possibilities, because none of the elements found in excess are reported to cause congenital diseases and cancer except Uranium, these findings suggest the enriched Uranium exposure is either a primary cause or related to the cause of the congenital anomaly and cancer increases. Questions are thus raised about the characteristics and composition of weapons now being deployed in modern battlefields."
Dr Christopher Busby, one of the authors of the fore-mentioned study, has conducted several studies regarding the Afghan exposure to uranium. Another report, published in July 2010 claims that there has been "a 12-fold increase in childhood cancer in Fallujah since the 2004 attacks. The report also showed the sex ratio had declined from normal to 86 boys to 100 girls, together with a spread of diseases indicative of genetic damage similar to but of far greater incidence than Hiroshima."
The International Coalition to Ban Depleted Uranium Weapons reports "Following a lengthy Freedom of Information process, the US has claimed that no depleted uranium weapons were used in the Iraqi city of Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury in November and December 2004. However, it has also revealed that no records were kept on the use of the weapons in Fallujah prior to July 2004."
