Judge in Depleted Uranium Case Changes the Scope of Case

[Monkeyman]

http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PupArticleNY.jsp?hubtype=TopStories&id=1159792525167

Nine veterans who claim they were injuried by exposure to spent iranium while in Iraq can sue the government but only for poor medical treatment they allegedly recieved after their discharges, a Southern District judge ruled.

Judge John G. Koeltl. in Matthew v. U.S., 05 cIV. 8045, SUBSTANTIALLY NARROWED THE LAWSUIT, DISMISSING CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FOR NEGLIGENCE IN PERMITTING THE VETERANS TO BE EXPOSED TO DEPLETED URANIUM AND FOR NEGLIGENT MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE THEY REMAINED IN THE MILITARY.

The decision will be published tomorrow.

Here we go again flash back Agent Orange

[JohnyCanuck]

1. So the army knowingly poisons its own soldiers

(not to mention the enemy soldiers and civilians) and then doesn't even have the common courtesy and decency to provide medical care for the sick and dying afterwards. Who'd a thunk it?

U.S. Colonel Admits 500 Tons of D.U. Were Used in Iraq

By Jay Shaft
Coalition For Free Thought In Media
5 May 2003

SNIP

U.S.C.: Well…………… (long pause, followed by heavy profanity)…. Okay, I’ll give you some dirt if that’s what you’re looking for. The Pentagon knows there are huge health risks associated with D.U. They know from years of monitoring our own test ranges and manufacturing facilities.

There were parts of Iraq designated as high contamination areas before we ever placed any troops on the ground. The areas around Basra, Jalibah, Talil, most of the southern desert, and various other hot spots were all identified as contaminated before the war. Some of the areas in the southern desert region along the Kuwaiti border are especially radioactive on scans and tests.

One of our test ranges in Saudi Arabia shows over 1000 times the normal background level for radiation. We have test ranges in the U.S. that are extremely contaminated, hell they have been since the 80’s and nothing is ever said publicly. Don’t ask don’t tell is not only applied to gays, it is applied to this matter very heavily.

I know at one time the theory was developed that any soldier exposed to D.U. shells should have to wear full MOP gear (the chemical protective suit). But they realized that just wouldn’t be practical and it was never openly discussed again.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0305/S00050.htm

[valerief]

2. Sounds like they need to file another lawsuit. This is so so so

Republican.