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Depleted
Uranium (DU) in more recent news....
| Juan
Gonzalez |
2004 |
"Poisoned?,"
New York Daily News, (3 April 2004). |
If
Iraqi populations come to believe that nuclear munitions
have been used upon them and that both military
and civilian populations might be affected by exposure
to radioactive debris for years or decades to come,
there might be considerable resentment that could
foster a sentiment in favor of some form of retaliation.
What form might retaliation take?
No
one knows, but there is growing concern about the
potential impact of a "dirty bomb" in a
major city in Europe, Britain or the United States.
New
forms of non-point source"nuclear pollution"
beyond anything we have witnessed in Three Mile Island
or Chernbyl are now a growing source of potential
concern around the world. Many who have followed the
use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons in the 1991 Gulf
War or who have read Al
Jazeera's coverage of the current Iraq invasion
feel that civilian populations in Iraq have already
been exposed to nuclear waste as part of a systematic
policy pursued by Americans to capture cities like
Baghdad, Fallujah and Mosul. What do you think their
reaction would be if they were to learn that civilians
in American or European cities were to be exposed
to attacks with radioactive "dirty bombs?"
What
do you think the long term implications are for environmental
justice issues
on a global scale if it becomes widely believed that
the U.S. has
introduced nuclear weaponry to the Middle East?
In the name of "justice" what do you think
could be the "backlash" of such
a realization?
"Are
we at risk from a dirty bomb?," MSNBC,
(19 October 2006). |
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Oct.
19: Fear that a terrorist might set off a dirty
bomb is a major worry for Homeland Security, which
is now cranking out radiation monitors and hoping
to set up a ring of detectors around New York
and other big cities. NBC's Pete Williams reports. |
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What
do you know about the properties of a
"Dirty
Bomb?" |
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