Bombing of Damascus

[lovuian]

46. Don't worry we will find out because depleted uranium is radioactive

and a geiger counter will show it

from the guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/syria-israel-bombing-moral-relativism
"Moral relativism"

On Sunday, Israel dropped massive bombs near Damascus, ones which the New York Times, quoting residents, originally reported (then evidently deleted) resulted in explosions "more massive than anything the residents of the city. . . have witnessed during more than two years of war." The Jerusalem Post this morning quoted "a senior Syrian military source" as claiming that "Israel used depleted uranium shells", though that is not confirmed. The NYT cited a "high-ranking Syrian military official" who said the bombs "struck several critical military facilities in some of the country's most tightly secured and strategic areas" and killed "dozens of elite troops stationed near the presidential palace", while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that "at least 42 soldiers were killed in the strikes, and another 100 who would usually be at the targeted sites remain unaccounted for."

It is interesting the NYT reported and deleted a report and got caught

but lets carry on here

Obama officials quickly told media outlets that "the administration is fully supportive of Israel's airstrikes". Indeed, Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy noted: "Keep in mind the Israelis are using weapons supplied by us." There is, needless to say, virtually no condemnation of the Israeli assault in US media or political circles. At this point, the only question is how many minutes will elapse before Congress reflexively adopts a near-unanimous or unanimous resolution effusively praising Israel for the attack and unqualifiedly endorsing all past and future attacks as well.


We supplied them with their weapons and BOMBS as I said the Iraq bombing of a ammunitions dump in Baghdad looked very similiar as the Damascus bombing

Iraq has Depleted Uranium

For VICE's upcoming piece on post-war Iraq, premiering on HBO tomorrow night at 11, we interviewed Congressman Jim McDermott of the Seventh District of Washington State. Congressman McDermott has been one of the only experts and advocates in the US government on the issue of depleted uranium in Iraq. We sat down with him to get a firsthand account of the military's history of using depleted uranium munitions, the legacy it has left behind in Iraq, and why the US government refuses to do anything about it.

VICE producers Eddy Moretti and Jason Mojica, along with Congressman McDermott, were guests on HuffPost Live to discuss the rise in birth defects and abnormalities in Iraq


http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/gulf-war-syndrome-and-the-army-s-depleted-uranium-training-videos

Gulf War Syndrome and the Army's Depleted Uranium Training Videos

Read more: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/gulf-war-syndrome-and-the-army-s-depleted-uranium-training-videos#ixzz2SeM3mPFF

the low-level radioactivity of DU—it’s considered “depleted” because it has a lower percentage of the more radioactive uranium isotopes, the opposite of enriched uranium used in bomb-making—was a constant presence for troops handling ordinance deemed more or less safe. That radiation is an oft-cited cause of Gulf War Syndrome, a condition that affected (and in many cases, continues to affect) around 250,000 of the 697,000 vets who served in the first Gulf War. Symptoms include fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, cognitive problems, skin rashes and diarrhea.

In a pamphlet for veterans afflicted with Gulf War Syndrome, the Support Network for an Armed Forces Union wrote that the Pentagon used at least 300 tons of DU during the first Gulf War, while estimates figure at least 1,700 tons in the the latest war in Iraq. According to Dr. Doug Rokke, former director of the Army’s DU project, "today’s troops have been fighting on land polluted with chemical, biological and radioactive weapon residue from the first Gulf War and its aftermath. In this setting, troops have been exposed not only to sandstorms, which degrade the lungs, but to oil fires and waste created by the use of uranium projectiles in tanks, aircraft, machine guns and missiles.