"Is the Pentagon Poisoning Afghan Civilians?"

[WinkyDink]

In Afghanistan, the U.S. military disposes of garbage in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from these sites making everyone sick?.....

Computers, television sets and mobile phones release cadmium, lead, and mercury, which can also damage the nervous system and the kidneys.

As of last year, the United States Central Command estimates that there were 114 open burn pits in Afghanistan. According to a public information officer at Bagram Airbase who asked not to be identified, there were twenty-two burn pits in Iraq as of 2010. Used since the beginning of both wars, burn pits have consumed metals, Styrofoam, human waste, electronics and even, in some cases, vehicles and body parts. Diesel and jet fuel keep the pits burning, adding their own mix of dangerous elements.

http://www.alternet.org/story/152083/is_the_pentagon_poisoning_afghan_civilians/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Shit, worry about all the Depleted Uranium, then the pits.

Unless they are burning DU also in the pits.

And didja how totally silent the media is about all the birth defects, deaths and deformities happening to the Iraqis since we "liberated" them?

[TheWraith]

2. Really? If the media is silent, how do you know they exist?

Let me guess: unconfirmed, unsubstantiated, fast-and-loose reports on the internet told you so, yes?

Did they also point out that depleted uranium is only used in armor-piercing weaponry that isn't used in Afghanistan, because they have no armored vehicles?

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I got my information from news sources.

Specifically, in Afghanistan, reports of DU being used for "bunker buster" bombs.

sources:

Le Monde:
"The immediate concern for medical professionals and employees of aid organisations remains the threat of extensive depleted uranium (DU) contamination in Afghanistan."
This is one of the conclusions of a 130-page report, Mystery Metal Nightmare in Afghanistan? (1), by Dai Williams, an independent researcher and occupational psychologist. It is the result of more than a year of research into DU and its effects on those exposed to it.
http://mondediplo.com/2002/03/03uranium

and
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2002 --
Uranium Wars:

The Pentagon Steps Up its Use of Radioactive Munitions
by Marc W. Herold
Departments of Economics and Women's Studies
Whittemore School of Business & Economics
University of New Hampshire

In the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan, the two primary delivery agents firing Depleted Uranium munitions have been he A-10 'Warthog' and the F-15E 'Strike Eagle').

Ever since the first Gulf War the U.S. military has increasingly used radioactive Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions. Against Iraq in 1991 they proved very effective at penetrating enemy armor (tanks). More recently in the Afghan campaign they were used extensively for destroying underground facilities and caves. The following table summarizes estimated usage of radioactive DU in three of America's recent wars.

see chart at link:

http://cursor.org/stories/uranium.htm

btw.... saying "Not True" to a post is not very convincing.
I think folks are starting to catch on to the pattern by now.
Jus' saying.