Are American soldiers in Iraq dying due to depleted uranium?

[Karmadillo]

If they are, you'll never know.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/aug2003/du-a04.shtml

The office of the US Army Surgeon General informed the media July 31 that teams of medical specialists have been dispatched to both Iraq and the Landstuhl military hospital in Germany to investigate why a pneumonia-like condition is striking down American military personnel who took part in the invasion of Iraq. At least 100 soldiers have been hospitalized with severe respiratory problems since March 1. Fifteen have been so ill they have required ventilator support to stay alive. Two have died, while three reportedly remain under close supervision at Landstuhl.

Three of the critical cases occurred in March, three in April, two in May, three in June and four in July. Fourteen were Army personnel and one was from the Marines. A localized epidemic has been ruled out. The troops who have fallen ill belong to diverse units and were operating in different areas of Iraq and in at least one case in Kuwait. An Army official told reporters: “It is pneumonia. The question is, what is the cause?” According to the Army, there is no evidence that any of the cases have been caused by exposure to chemical or biological weapons, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or environmental toxins.

It is not the number of cases that is concerning the military hierarchy. According to the spokesperson of the US Army Surgeon General, there are normally nine cases of pneumonia per 10,000 US soldiers per year that are serious enough to require hospitalization. Based on that statistic, 100 cases of pneumonia in five months among the several hundred thousand army and marine personnel who were involved in the war on Iraq are only slightly higher than average.

The dispatch of the experts therefore raises disturbing questions. There is clearly something about either the nature, or the severity, of the cases the Army Surgeon General feels warrants investigation.

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[ugarte]

1. If it is depleted uranium

we'll never be told. These deaths will either be swept under the rug or blamed on some mysterious Iraqi bio-weapon.

[Mistress Quickly]

2. Not DU, something else

These are not DU exposure symptoms. This is a good source for info on DU:

http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/DU_Eng.pdf

[papau]

3. So where is the bio they were to plant? - 2 dead at age 20 is unusual

likewise the guys still in hospital is unusual.

But none dare say "bio planting is dangerous".