Italian Troops Being Killed by Depleted Uranium Used In Balkan War

[Jcrowley]

Uranium 'killing Italian troops'
By Christian Fraser
BBC News, Rome


Italian soldiers measure radiation on a Yugoslav tank destroyed in Kosovo


Italian soldiers are still dying following exposure to depleted uranium in the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, their relatives say. Troops who served during the wars in the 1990s believe they have contracted cancer and other serious illnesses from extended exposure to the munitions.

The US says it fired around 40,000 depleted uranium rounds during the Bosnian and Kosovo conflicts. A pressure group says 50 veterans have died and another 200 are seriously ill.

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The Italians who served in Bosnia and Kosovo were involved in the clear-up of battlefields and came into close contact with exploded ammunition.

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In 2002 the Italian defence ministry published a report compiled by independent scientists which found a higher than average number of servicemen were suffering from cancer. It said there was an excessive number of Hodgkin's disease victims among Italian Balkan peacekeepers. A number of children fathered by the soldiers have been born with disabilities.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6247401.stm

[Greeby]

1. At least there was an effort made at cleanup

Iraq couldn't get any equipment or experts in thanks to the sanctions, so the DU just sat there or got blown further :scared:

[Beelzebud]

2. All Americans should be ashamed that we use a radioactive artillery shell.

Absolutely pathetic that we use Depleted Uranium for shells.