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IRAQ: 'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies
Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
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FALLUJAH, Jun 12 (IPS) - Babies born in Fallujah are showing illnesses and
deformities on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say.
The new cases, and the number of deaths among children, have risen after
"special weaponry" was used in the two massive bombing campaigns in Fallujah
in 2004.
After denying it at first, the Pentagon admitted in November 2005 that white
phosphorous, a restricted incendiary weapon, was used a year earlier in
Fallujah.
In addition, depleted uranium (DU) munitions, which contain low-level
radioactive waste, were used heavily in Fallujah. The Pentagon admits to
having used 1,200 tonnes of DU in Iraq thus far.
Many doctors believe DU to be the cause of a severe increase in the incidence
of cancer in Iraq, as well as among U.S. veterans who served in the 1991 Gulf
War and through the current occupation.
