Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja

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A group of Iraqi and British officials, including the former Iraqi minister for women's affairs, Dr Nawal Majeed a-Sammarai, and the British doctors David Halpin and Chris Burns-Cox, have petitioned the UN general assembly to ask that an independent committee fully investigate the defects and help clean up toxic materials left over decades of war – including the six years since Saddam Hussein was ousted. "We are seeing a very significant increase in central nervous system anomalies," said Falluja general hospital's director and senior specialist, Dr Ayman Qais. "Before 2003 [the start of the war] I was seeing sporadic numbers of deformities in babies. Now the frequency of deformities has increased dramatically."
tags: iraq, war, cancer, birth defects
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  1. #1    Using DU munitions is a war crime. Anyone who votes for a "defense" authorization or appropriation including DU munitions is complicit, as is anyone who advocates for their use.
    written by nasrudin since 6 days 21 hours 19 minutesnasrudin
  2. #2    In the real world of truth this is nothing more than genocide and a war crime. No wonder why the US refuses to support the Goldstone report on israhells war crimes. The US is just as guilty as israhell and refuses to take any and all responsiblity. Pathetic and disgusting.
    written by bluefin since 6 days 18 hours 58 minutesbluefin
  3. #3    American exceptionalizm at its finest. We can do not wrong, not when empire is at stake.
    written by Hugh since 6 days 18 hours 29 minutesHugh
  4. #4    the numbers of birth defects in military babies is on the increase also
    written by patnkansas since 6 days 14 hours 19 minutespatnkansas
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