Nuke 'em 'till they glow

[pynchonoid]

[...] Other researchers suggest new types of
radioactive weapons may have been used in Afghanistan.


The scientist is Dr Asaf Durakovic, of the Uranium
Medical Research Center (UMRC) based in Canada. 

Dr Durakovic, a former US army adviser who is now a
professor of medicine, said in 2000 he had found
"significant" DU levels in two-thirds of the 17 Gulf
veterans he had tested. 

In May 2002 he sent a team to Afghanistan to interview
and examine civilians there. 

The UMRC says: "Independent monitoring of the weapon
types and delivery systems indicate that radioactive,
toxic uranium alloys and hard-target uranium warheads
were being used by the coalition forces." [...] 

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3050317.stm>
Thursday, 22 May, 2003, 15:51 GMT 16:51 UK 

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