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Iraqi child born with DU deformity
【劣化ウラン弾が原因の生まれながらに奇形のイラクの子供】
大量破壊兵器云々言っている鬼畜米が一番大量破壊兵器を使っていると言う馬鹿ばかしさ。
文中、真ん中あたりの部分を訳しておいた。次のようなものである。
>1991年の湾岸戦争で、鬼畜米率いる連合軍は、９４万４千発の劣化ウラン
>弾を撃ち込んだ。また、２７００トンもの劣化ウランを装着した爆弾を投
>下した。英国の原子力公社の報告書によれば、約５０万人のイラク人が
>２０世紀末までに、砂漠に残された放射性物質により死んだ。劣化ウラン
>弾の使用はまた、鬼畜米退役軍人の子供にも、そしてイラクの子供たちの
>間にも生まれながらの異常を生じさせている。普通、生まれながらに目の
>無い奇形（anopthalmic）の発生率は５０００万人に一人と言う事実にも
>かかわらず、バクダッドのある病院では、丁度２年間中に８人もの生まれ
>ながらに目の無い奇形が発生している。１９９１年の湾岸戦争の期間に、
>鬼畜ペンタゴンは、３２０万トン以上の劣化ウラン弾を戦場に残してきた
>ことを認めた。しかし、ロシアの専門家によれば、１０００トンがより事
>実に近い数字だと言う。
A New Holocaust
The Genocidal Policies of the US
http://islamonline.net/English/Views/2003/05/article02.shtml
By Kareem M. Kamel
Researcher - International Relations
10/05/2003
There is a moral point to be made here. This war was about Iraq possessing
illegal weapons of mass destruction ? yet we are using weapons of mass
destruction ourselves… Such double-standards are repellent.1
- Professor Doug Rokke, Former Director of the US army’s Depleted Uranium
Project
We had a great day… We killed a lot of people.2
- Sgt. Eric Schrumpf, Fifth Marine Regiment, March 29th, 2003
Under Operation Iraqi Freedom
With the international media deliberately focused on overly publicized, highly
exaggerated images of a few Iraqis dancing in the streets of Iraq, most
international observers were spared images of the horrific devastation inflicted
on the civilian population of Iraq. The tons of missiles and bombs being hurled
at Iraq caused unspeakable savagery in a country that had already been bombed
to the pre-industrial age in the 1991 Gulf War and devastated by more than
twelve years of US-instigated sanctions. The current strategy of the US in its
wars against both Afghanistan and Iraq is the ultimate culmination of its
disregard for the sanctity of human life and its obliviousness to the human cost
of war, as long as those bearing the brunt of its military actions are hapless
civilians in Islamic countries with no recourse to the giant apologetic
propaganda machine that the US has at its disposal.
Despite multiple atrocities and flagrantly genocidal policies by the US in both
Afghanistan and Iraq, the US suddenly discovered the virtues of international
law when five of its captured soldiers were displayed on Iraqi television.
Donald Rumsfeld, the champion of mass distortion, immediately complained that “
it is against international law to show photographs of prisoners of war in a
manner that is humiliating to them.”
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The US only referred to International Law when its captured soldiers were shown
on TV.
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Rumsfeld seems to ignore the thousands of tons of depleted uranium used by US
forces, as well as the thousands of unexploded cluster bomblets acting as death
traps for the children of Afghanistan and Iraq. He seems to cast aside the fact
that his own troops, alongside General Abdul Rashid Dostum’s forces, took part
in the killing of several hundred, possibly thousands, of Taliban POWs being
transported in container lorries near Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan. Some
reports indicate that as many as 8,000 surrendering Taliban soldiers were never
seen again, and that Dostum’s men had been instructed by US Special Forces to
“get rid of the bodies before satellite pictures can be taken.” Rumsfeld is
also reminded that 641 men in Guantanamo Bay were not encouraged to address the
cameras, but rather were forced to kneel on the ground with their hands tied
behind their backs, were wearing blacked-out goggles and earmuffs and subjected
to sleep deprivation and constant exposure to bright light.
It is not hard, therefore, to see why the US government fought first to prevent
the establishment of the international criminal court, and then to ensure that
its own citizens are not subject to its jurisdiction. On that note, it seems
that the five US soldiers that appeared on Iraqi television were lucky that they
were prisoners, not of American forces “fighting for civilization,” but of
the “barbaric and inhuman” Iraqis.3
The Institutionalization of Weapons of Terror
Afghani children were primary victims of US bombing in Kabul
To determine that US-sponsored acts constitute a threat to the civilian
populations of both Afghanistan and Iraq and represent a material breach of
multiple resolutions and human rights conventions, one has only to assess the
ghastly impact of depleted uranium (DU) and cluster bombs on future generations
in those two countries. The citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan now need to not
only contemplate the tragic loss of life suffered in the intense US bombing
campaign, but also to deal with higher cancer rates, birth deformities, genetic
mutations, contaminated water sources and lost limbs for decades to come.
The insistence on the use of those two deadly weapons falls in line with the
brutal “shock and awe” military strategy devised by the Pentagon’s well-known
and pro-Israeli Harlan Ullman, who was the Navy’s “head of extended planning.
” One of his students was Secretary of State Colin Powell, who praised Ullman
saying: “He raised my vision several times.”4 In many ways, the “shock and
awe” strategy is based on the so-called “Rapid Dominance” battle plan that
was drawn up by the Pentagon-run National Defense University in 1996 ? that is,
under the Clinton Administration and well before the events of September 11. The
concept was then dubbed “shock and awe” because it seeks to quickly overwhelm
the enemy psychologically through the use of military brute force, and by
extension it also seeks to intimidate the enemy’s population. In the words of
Ullman, the strategy would have a “simultaneous effect, rather like the nuclear
weapons at Hiroshima, not taking days or weeks but minutes.”
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US legitimized the use of all weapons in its arsenal ? opening the door for
genocidal acts.
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Since September 11, the US has officially modified its strategic posture to
involve all types of weapons in its so-called “war against terror.” Under a
classified Pentagon nuclear posture review, signed by Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld and issued in final form in early 2002, nuclear weapons could be
employed “in the event of surprising military developments.” In addition, the
White House has significantly lowered the nuclear threshold by removing nuclear
weapons from their long established special category and lumping them with all
other military options ? such as special forces, covert operations, cyber
warfare, “strategic deception,” psychological warfare and air power.5 In short,
the US has legitimized the use of all weapons in its arsenal and thus opened
the door for massive abuses and genocidal acts.
Occult Genocide & Depleted Uranium - The Silent Killer
Iraqi child born with DU deformity
Depleted uranium is a by-product of the processes through which uranium is
converted for use as nuclear fuel or nuclear weapons. Although considerably less
radioactive than uranium, DU still has a half-life in the billions of years, as
it possesses 60% of the radioactivity of ordinary uranium.6 DU has become a
weapon of choice for the US military, as it can penetrate deep into several
meters of reinforced concrete or rock in seconds. Furthermore, when a DU-tipped
weapon (usually in the form of a bunker-buster bomb or an anti-tank shell)
reaches its target, it is detonated, producing an explosive and incendiary
effect.7 Once burnt, DU forms a black radioactive dust which when inhaled is
believed to have devastating consequences involving cancer and genetic mutations
among victims and their off spring.8
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The US military is trading off lower costs for increased health hazards.
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Depleted uranium is much cheaper than the existing alternative metal, Tungsten.
In effect, the US military is trading off lower costs for increased health
hazards by insisting on using DU munitions, which are considered weapons of mass
destruction insofar as the consequences of their usage are indiscriminate .9
In the wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, British and American coalition forces
used DU shells, deliberately flouting a UN resolution that classifies the
munitions as illegal weapons of mass destruction. According to an August 2002
report by the UN sub commission, laws which are breached by the use of DU shells
include: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the Charter of the United
Nations; the Genocide Convention; the Convention Against Torture; the four
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Conventional Weapons Convention of 1980.
Moreover, the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 expressly forbid employing “
poisons or poisoned weapons” and “arms, projectiles or materials calculated to
cause unnecessary suffering.”
Child of US Gulf War veteran born with DU deformity
◎In the 1991 Gulf War, the US-led Allied forces fired more than 944,000 DU rounds
and some 2,700 tons of DU-tipped bombs. A UK Atomic Energy Authority Report
stated that around 500,000 Iraqis would die before the end of the century due to
radioactive debris left in the desert. The use of DU is also believed to be the
cause of birth defects in the children of Allied veterans and among Iraqi
children. Despite the fact that only one in 50 million births should be
anopthalmic (babies born without eyes), one Baghdad hospital had eight cases in
just two years. During the 1991 Gulf War, the Pentagon admitted that more than
320 metric tons of DU were left on the battlefield, with some Russian experts
saying that 1,000 metric tons is a more accurate figure.10
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DU was classified by the UN as an illegal weapon of mass destruction.
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Since 1991, more than 1.2 million Iraqis have died from soaring mortality rates
since US-led UN sanctions were imposed in 1990. The July 1999 UNICEF Report on
Mortality Rates from 1979-1999 revealed that Infant Mortality Rates increased
from 47 deaths per 1000 live births for the period 1984-89, to 108 deaths per
1000 live births for the period 1994-99. Mortality rates for children under five
increased over the same time period from 56 deaths per 1000 live births, to 131
deaths per 1000 live births.
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More than 2000 tons of DU was used near residential areas of 5 million people in
Baghdad.
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In 1999, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimated that the
effects of 700-800 metric tons of DU weapons would kill half a million Iraqis
near and around Basra, a city of 1.5 million inhabitants. In the recent war, US-
UK forces used a much greater amount of DU, estimated above 2,000 tons as of
early April. The DU ammunition was mainly used against Iraqi tanks in the desert
near Basra.11 In March-April 2003, a much larger quantity (more than 2,000 tons)
was used in the immediate vicinity of residential areas of five million people
in the heart of Baghdad. Based on previous research on the impact of DU, it is
likely that the casualty toll will surpass one million deaths over the next few
years. Moreover, the increased number of birth deformities and cancer in Iraq
since the war of 1991 (cancer increased between seven and ten times and
deformities between four and six times) will in all probability be greatly
increased by the much larger quantities of DU weapons deployed in Baghdad and
elsewhere in the recent war.
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Ten times more DU was used in Afghanistan than in the 1991 Gulf War.
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In early December, Philip Coyle, a senior advisor to the Washington-based Center
for Defense Information, said that DU was being employed heavily in Afghanistan.
Other reports surfacing in November 2002 indicated that US forces had used more
DU weapons in Afghanistan than they had in the 1991 Gulf War and the Balkans.
In fact, some estimates predict that ten times more DU was used in Afghanistan
than in the 1991 Gulf War. In early November 2002, reports of the birth of
disabled and deformed children in Afghanistan began surfacing. Other concerns
involve the use of DU-containing bunker-busting bombs being dropped on Taliban
fighters in underground caves and tunnels, hence threatening the underground
water supply in Afghanistan, should DU manage to seep into rivers and
underground aquifers.
However, the risks in densely populated target zones, such as Kabul, are more
serious ? DU oxide is likely to contaminate the soil, buildings and water.12 On
January 16th, 2002, Secretary Rumsfeld admitted that the US had found traces of
radioactivity from DU in Afghanistan, but attributed such to the “nefarious”
acts of al-Qa’eda, neglecting to explain how al-Qa’eda had been able to launch
DU munitions without advanced military equipment to deploy them in the first
place.
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The US has no plans to remove any debris left over its use of DU weapons.
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None of the official US military literature on the health hazards of DU examines
the long-term health risks posed by DU on resident civilian populations, or
military troops from other nations maintaining a standing peacekeeping force.
The focus is simply on the exposure of US troops passing by destroyed enemy
tanks devastated by DU strikes. It must be noted that just as DU was a factor in
the so-called Persian Gulf War syndrome that afflicted almost 200,000 veterans
of the conflict with neurological disorders, cancers, and deformed children,
many soldiers participating in the Balkans peacekeeping mission have complained
of higher rates of cancer and leukemia among their troops.13 The official US
military stance on its use of DU is clear ? it has no plans to further
investigate claims or remove any debris left over its use of DU weapons. This
excerpt from the Depleted Uranium Factsheet of the Office of the Secretary of
Defense’s website demonstrates the extent of US hypocrisy and denial:
DU is only mildly radioactive… The threat of chemical toxicity would also be
minimal because there is little likelihood that sufficient quantities of DU
could be inhaled or ingested to cause a heavy metal concern.14
Conclusions
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The world today is of multiple standards of justice.
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US wars in the Muslim world have once again displayed flagrant hypocrisy and a
blatant disregard for human life. As long as the victims of US policies have no
recourse to CNN, ABC or FOX News, and do not have the luxury of media outlets
dedicated to replaying their miseries and ill-fortunes, it becomes acceptable to
do them harm. Ironically, when 3,000 Americans were killed in the WTC attacks,
there was an international uproar: images of the attacks were replayed thousands
of times, numerous conferences were held, religious scholars were forced to
denounce “terrorism,” articles and books were published deploring the “
terrorists” and suggesting multiple means of revenge against the “perpetrators
of such atrocities.” Additionally, immediate official justification for US
military action was given, signaling the beginning of an age of US wars. However,
when millions die in the Muslim world and future generations are forsaken as a
result of the genocidal policies of arrogant great powers, it is considered “
business as usual.”
Indeed, the world today is not only a world of multiple and competing interests,
but multiple standards of justice, depending on where you come from and how
much influence you command. As Aristotle once rightly noted: “Man when
perfected is the best of all animals but when separated from law and justice, he
is the worst of all.”
Kareem M. Kamel is an Egyptian freelance writer based in Cairo, Egypt. He has an
MA in International Relations and is specialized in security studies, decision-
making, nuclear politics, Middle East politics and the politics of Islam. He is
currently assistant to the Political Science Department at the American
University in Cairo.
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