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Depleted Uranium Scandal Blamed

by Bob Nichols
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Considering the tons of depleted uranium used by the U.S., the Iraq War can truly be called a nuclear war.

Monday, February 28, 2005 -- Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter charged today that the reason Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi stepped down earlier this month was the growing scandal surrounding the use of uranium munitions in the Iraq War.

Writing in Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter No. 169, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York, stated, "The real reason for Mr. Principi's departure was never given.  However, a special report published by eminent scientist Leuren Moret naming Depleted Uranium (DU) as the definitive cause of the Gulf War Syndrome has fed a growing scandal about the continued use of uranium munitions by the US military."

"The VA Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact as far back as 2000," wrote Bernklau.  "He and the Bush administration have been hiding these facts, but now, thanks to Moret’s report, it is far too big to hide or cover up.  The long-term effects have revealed that DU (uranium oxide) is a virtual death sentence."

Bernklau continues, "This malady from uranium munitions, from which thousands of our military have suffered and died, has finally been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating the guessing.  The terrible truth is now being revealed."

He adds, "Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in the first Gulf War, 11,000 are now dead.  By the year 2000, 325,000 werer on permanent medical disability.  This astounding number of disabled vets means that a decade later, 56 percent of those soldiers who served have some form of permanent medical problem."

The disability rate for most of the wars of the last century was 5 percent;  and it was higher for the Vietnam War at 10 percent.

Terry Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist at the Department of Veterans Affairs, recently reported that since 1991, 518,739 Gulf Era veterans are now on medical disability.

Marion Fulk, a nuclear physical chemist who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab and was involved with the Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers from the 2003 Iraq War as "spectacular ... and a matter of concern."

When asked if the main purpose of using DU was for "destroying things and killing people," Fulk was more specific.  "I would say it is the perfect weapon for killing lots of people."

References

1. "Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets:  A death sentence here and abroad" by Leuren Moret.

2. Veterans for Constitutional Law, 112 Jefferson Ave., Port Jefferson NY 11777, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director, (516) 474-4261, fax 516-474-1968.

3. Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter.  Email Gary Kohls, gkohls@cpinternet.com, with "Subscribe" in the subject line.

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