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babylonsister
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:41 PM Original message |
RADIOACTIVE AMMUNITION FIRED IN THE MIDDLE EAST MAY CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI |
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cally
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have no words to express my horror |
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MrCoffee
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. bwah! |
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quip
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. The threat is minimal unless it goes underground. |
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BornagainDUer
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Horrifying. IMO I think this is what Bush |
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Donnachaidh
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. it's been used before -- Bush I used it, and Clinton used it in Bosnia |
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bdamomma
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. welcome to DU!! |
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PDJane
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I will hope that |
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MonkeyFunk
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. the problem with depleted uranium |
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Richard Steele
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. A lot of people confuse those issues. |
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FogerRox
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Mon Nov-19-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Thanks for the rational thinking, depleted uranium is a heavy metal as is cadmium |
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lovuian
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Tue Nov-20-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. its toxic and kills and causes birth defects |
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bdamomma
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. yes, what is depleted uranium doing to our soldiers also. |
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truedelphi
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Tue Nov-20-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Exactly. But of course, in combat situations, the DU often is broken up |
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MadHound
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Wed Nov-21-07 06:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Actually it is both |
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Gregorian
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. This hints of genocide. I know we don't use that word lightly. |
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Ezlivin
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't worry - Jesus will be back soon to clean it all up |
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mzmolly
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Mon Nov-19-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. That pic says it all. |
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robinlynne
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Mon Nov-19-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why did they do this? What is the point at all of using these weapons? |
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. penatration... |
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TomInTib
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. And our people are exposed to the same sh*t. |
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babylonsister
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes, and there are already documented cases of US soldiers with it, |
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devilgrrl
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah but think of the lives saved as a result! |
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JerseygirlCT
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. And all that FREEDOM! nt |
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nealmhughes
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. The half-life of U-238 is over 4 billion years. It decays by alpha decay, then B- until |
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lonestarnot
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Mon Nov-19-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. And by DU you mean depleted uranium and not democratic underground.com. |
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MiniMe
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Mon Nov-19-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. "The long-term effect of DU is a virtual death sentence" |
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blues90
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Mon Nov-19-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is one of the issues that always crop up in my mind |
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FogerRox
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Mon Nov-19-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Worry about heavy metal toxicity not radioactivity |
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HCE SuiGeneris
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Mon Nov-19-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Time to impeach yet? |
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bdamomma
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. exactly why are they still in power??? |
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mvccd1000
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. Is anyone monitoring how frequently DU ammo is used? |
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windoe
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Toxic uninhabitable lands |
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truedelphi
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Tue Nov-20-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. DU is used to harden the missiles that we use. |
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mvccd1000
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Wed Nov-21-07 03:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That's kind of my point... |
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truedelphi
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Wed Nov-21-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Didn't mean to imply we aren't on the same page. |
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The Stranger
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. What a clever genocide they have committed. |
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BadgerLaw2010
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Tue Nov-20-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. More moronic "uranium is radioative hazard" BS, I see. Look up what a half-life is. |
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Pawel K
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Tue Nov-20-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. Too bad every study ever conducted on this topic directly contradicts what she is saying. |
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