IRAQ: Doctors warn of increasing deformities in newborn babies.

[donsu]

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=46840

Doctors in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have reported a significant increase in deformities among newborn babies.

Health officials and scientists said this could be due to radiation passed through mothers following years of conflict in the country.

The most affected regions are in the south of the country, particularly Basra and Najaf, according to experts. Weaponry used during the Gulf war in 1991 contained depleted uranium, which could be a primary source for the increase, scientists in Baghdad said.

"In my experiments we have found some cases where the mother or father were suffering from pollution from weapons used in the south and we believe that it is affecting newborn babies in the country," Dr Ibraheem al-Jabouri, a scientist at Baghdad University, told IRIN.

According to Dr Nawar Ali, at the University of Baghdad, who works in the newborn babies research department, a significant number of cases of deformed babies had been reported since 2003.
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we let the criminal bushgang do this to them.

genacide.

our troops are bringing home DU poison. americans work where DU is in the product.

are we stupid or what?

[Sweet Freedom]

1. Last year, I made the mistake

of reading an article about the effects of DU on newborns. The photos of these poor kids were the most horrible I've ever seen (and I've seen some pretty horrid stuff at my job.)

It's just unforgivable.

[BattyDem]

2. Be careful ...

This was discussed last night and I got reprimanded for suggesting that DU was the cause. Apparently photographs and articles documenting the problem are not "proof" that there actually is a problem, LOL!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3566256&mesg_id=3566256&page=


Seriously ... this stuff is heartbreaking, isn't it? What have we done to that country? And what are we doing to our troops, who are exposed to this shit?