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CANCER CASES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD SOAR
Al Jazeera - Doctors in Iraq are recording a sharp rise in the number of cancer victims south of Baghdad. Sufferers in the province of Babil have risen almost tenfold in just three years.
Locals blame depleted uranium from US military equipment used in the 2003 invasion. But the link has been difficult to prove, prompting them to demand an investigation.
In this part of Iraq, 500 cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2004. That figure rose to almost 1,000 two years later. In 2008, the number of cases increased sevenfold to 7,000 diagnoses. This year, there have so far been more than 9,000 new cases . . . and the number is rising.
Locals blame depleted uranium from US military equipment used in the 2003 invasion. But the link has been difficult to prove, prompting them to demand an investigation.
In this part of Iraq, 500 cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2004. That figure rose to almost 1,000 two years later. In 2008, the number of cases increased sevenfold to 7,000 diagnoses. This year, there have so far been more than 9,000 new cases . . . and the number is rising.
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This is a truly appalling consequence of the invasion and the irresponsible use of dangerous weaponry. A contemporary version of the Agent Orange disaster, and it is safe to assume it will take an equally long stretch of time before the cause and effect is officially acknowledged. This poisoning of ordinary Iraqi citizens due to long-term contamination of their countryside was predicted and warned against, but the military insists on their DU. Should it not be considered a form of WMD?
Yet they can't prove the connection. Sadam was pretty busy south of Baghdad... who knows what was unleashed as building were destroyed.
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