Depleted Uranium Rounds (U238) uses spent nuclear rods and waste to make highly effective munitions. These bullets, rounds, missiles, etc. have far-reaching environmental implications, not to mention the fact that our soldiers are subjected to nuclear waste on a daily basis. When pulling a trigger and shooting a bullet with DU tips, it releases a bit 'o gas that is downright dastardly:
From Axis-logic:
"...Unlike natural uranium, which is soluble, breathed uranium oxide particles are insoluble, and become lodged in the human body if breathed, remaining there for many years, causing a host of diseases. Uranium oxides are mutagenic, attacking the genetic code which allows the human race to reproduce without crippling mutation. "
So there you have it: the military is deliberately misleading our troops about the full dangers of DU. This has the potential to be a new rallying cry for bringing home our (irradiated) troops, and to begin the arduous and long battle of getting them the special care they will need.
http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=79&num=13342
This is a must-read. Another basic site with an interview format:
http://southmovement.alphalink.com.au/antiwar/depleted.htm
"DAVID MULLER: That's a long way from the tank battles on the Kuwait border. So you found an unexploded shell fired from a U.S. Warthog ground attack plane that attacked traffic on the way to Jordan?
PROF. GUNTHER: Yes. Later on I happened to see children playing with these projectiles. A little girl who possessed 12 of them died of leukaemia. Also in the children hospitals of Baghdad, Mosul and Basrah the number of leukaemia, aplastic anaemia and tumour development is noticeably on the increase.
Moreover a new up-to-date undiagnosed disease is seen with abnormal abdominal distension possibly related to disturbed liver and kidney functions. Because of the impossibility of treatment the children die, most painfully from secondary infections. "
Get the word out! The troops have a right to know about the dangers and genetic mutilation they are subjected to while using DUR's!