Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima'
independent
25-Jul-2010 (2 comments)

Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to a new study.

Iraqi doctors in Fallujah have complained since 2005 of being overwhelmed by the number of babies with serious birth defects, ranging from a girl born with two heads to paralysis of the lower limbs. They said they were also seeing far more cancers than they did before the battle for Fallujah between US troops and insurgents.

Their claims have been supported by a survey showing a four-fold increase in all cancers and a 12-fold increase in childhood cancer in under-14s. Infant mortality in the city is more than four times higher than in neighbouring Jordan and eight times higher than in Kuwait.

>>>
MOOSIRvaPIAZ

War is Hell

by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on

But who cares right? Lets bomb Iran!


Share/Save/Bookmark

 
Bavafa

Lets not repeat the same criminal act in Iran, lets stop the war

by Bavafa on

Mehrdad