Iraq to sue US, Britain over depleted uranium bombs
Mon, 01 Feb 2010
Source:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=117557§ionid=351020201
Iraq's Ministry for Human Rights will file a lawsuit against Britain and the US
over their use of depleted uranium bombs in Iraq, an Iraqi minister says.
Iraq's Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Mikhail Salim, told Assabah newspaper
that the lawsuit will be launched based on reports from the Iraqi ministries of
science and the environment.
According to the reports, during the first year of the US and British invasion
of Iraq, both countries had repeatedly used bombs containing depleted uranium.
According to Iraqi military experts, the US and Britain bombed the country with
nearly 2,000 tons of depleted uranium bombs during the early years of the Iraq
war.
Atomic radiation has increased the number of babies born with defects in the
southern provinces of Iraq.
Iraqi doctors say they' have been struggling to cope with the rise in the number
of cancer cases —especially in cities subjected to heavy U-S and British
bombardment.
The high rate of birth defects and cancer cases will move in the coming years to
the central and northern provinces of Iraq since the radiation may penetrate the
soil and water by air.
The ministry will seek compensation for the victims of these bombs.