There has been a dramatic increase in birth defects, infant mortality, mental retardation, and cancers of all sorts in Fallujah since 2004. The birth defects are truly horrifying. Experts blame chemical weapons used by the U.S. during the 2004 sieges, such as white phosphorous and depleted uranium.
Depleted Uranium (DU) aftermath: Gulf War Syndrome not only killed, maimed, and made soldiers sick, they brought it home. In a study of 251 Gulf War veterans' families in Mississippi, 67 percent of their children were born without eyes, ears or a brain, had fused fingers, blood infections, respiratory problems or thyroid and other organ malformations. 67% GWI troops babies born without eyes, ears or brain, etc, DU
Gulf War Syndrome: Depleted Uranium
Workers exposed to Depleted Uranium without knowledge
• ”By now, half of all the 697,000 U.S. soldiers involved in the 1991 war have reported serious illnesses. According to the American Gulf War Veterans Association, more than 30 percent of these soldiers are chronically ill and are receiving disability benefits from the Veterans Administration.”-- Sara Flounders and John Catalinotto, Swans Commentary, 2/2/04
*The US and NATO militaries used DU penetrator rounds in the 1991 Gulf War, the Bosnia war, bombing of Serbia, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and 2015 airstrikes on ISIS in Syria. It is estimated that between 315 and 350 tons of DU were used in the 1991 Gulf War.
EXTREME BIRTH DEFORMITIES
"Unborn children of the region [are] being asked to pay the highest price, the integrity of their DNA." Very graphic pictures of Iraqi children, as well as some US soldiers' children, deeply impacted by DU
Depleted Uranium: Destroying Kids, Civilians and Our Soldiers
Depleted Uranium: A War Crime Within a War Crime
