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'US drops uranium bombs on Libya'
  [Iran Press TV] The Stop the War Coalition says the bombs and missiles that the US-led military alliance has dropped on several Libyan cities contain depleted uranium (DU).
The report recently published on the Coalition's website said that in the first 24 hours of the war on Libya, dozens of bombs and cruise missiles were launched by US, British, and French forces -- all with depleted uranium warheads.
US B-2 Arclight aircraft dropped forty-five 2,000-pound bombs on key Libyan cities, it added.
DU munitions are controversial because they raise long-term health concerns like kidney damage, cancer, skin disorders and genetic defects.
| No worse than other heavy metals, and better than some... |
"[Depleted uranium tipped missiles] fit the description of a dirty bomb in every way... I would say that it is the perfect weapon for killing lots of people," said Marion Falk, chemical physicist (retd.), Lawrence Livermore Lab in Caliphornia.
The report comes as the Western forces claim the operation in Libya is aimed at protecting civilians.
Director of the US military's Joint Staff Bill Gortney has told news hounds at a Pentagon briefing that he is not aware of any use of depleted uranium munitions in Libya.
Libya says at least 114 people -- many of them civilians -- have been killed in US-led Arclight airstrikes in the country.
"We are losing many lives, military and civilians," Libyan government Spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said in Tripoli.
| Mostly the civilians are the ones being killed by the mercenaries. The dead civilians then have their bodies displayed to the gullible press as 'victims' of airstrikes. Talk about indignity after death. |
Dozens of civilians have been killed in Libya since US-led forces launched aerial and sea attacks on the North African country.
Libyan troops have also killed thousands of civilians since a revolution started against Colonel Qadaffy in mid-February.
| Let's see: 'dozens' versus 'thousands': which ones will the peace groups focus on? |
Posted by: Fred 2011-03-28 |
