WHO to investigate radiation fall-out from Gulf war in Iraq

Article Abstract:

It is widely believed that significant rises in cancer in Iraq, particularly in children, may be the result of the impact of depleted uranium shells used by the western allies during the 1991 Gulf War. This issue may now shortly become the subject of a World Health Organisation investigation. The Iraqi government believes that such an investigation would finally back up its claims that the Allies contaminated large areas of southern Iraq. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would be able to use a finding in Iraq's favour to fuel his campaign for the lifting of United Nations sanctions against his country.

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The evidence is there - we caused cancer in the Gulf

Article Abstract:

The UK government has still not told the truth about what happened at the end of the 1991 Gulf War in relation to the use of depleted uranium ammunition, which is now known to have caused high levels of cancer among civilians, particularly children, in southern Iraq. Indeed, some observers believe that many things now regarded as victories about the Gulf War will eventually be seen as atrocities. Anybody who still believes that there is no link between the Allies' use of depleted uranium ammunition in the Gulf War and the high levels of cancer that have followed is guilty of self-deception.

Column, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Chemical warfare

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