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11 min. video and article
11 min. video and article
Don’t miss the video which includes pictures of the
horrendous birth defects.
horrendous birth defects.
Ten years after the start of the U.S. invasion in Iraq, doctors
in some of the Middle Eastern nation’s cities are witnessing
an abnormally high number of cases of cancer and birth
defects. Scientists suspect the rise is tied to the use of
depleted uranium and white phosphorus in military assaults.
in some of the Middle Eastern nation’s cities are witnessing
an abnormally high number of cases of cancer and birth
defects. Scientists suspect the rise is tied to the use of
depleted uranium and white phosphorus in military assaults.
Dr. Samira Alani, a doctor in the city of Fallujah said,
It’s common now in Fallujah for newborns to come out with
massive multiple systemic defects, immune problems,
massive central nervous system problems, massive heart
problems, skeletal disorders, babies being born with two
heads, babies being born with half of their internal organs
outside of their bodies, cyclops babies literally with one eye
— really, really, really horrific nightmarish types of birth defects.
massive multiple systemic defects, immune problems,
massive central nervous system problems, massive heart
problems, skeletal disorders, babies being born with two
heads, babies being born with half of their internal organs
outside of their bodies, cyclops babies literally with one eye
— really, really, really horrific nightmarish types of birth defects.
Jamail says that the current rate of birth defects for the city of
Fallujah has surpassed those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after
the nuclear attacks at the end of World War II.
Fallujah has surpassed those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after
the nuclear attacks at the end of World War II.
Echoing Jamail’s findings, a September 2012 study published
in the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
that focused on maternity hospitals in the cities of Basra and
Fallujah recorded a devastating number of birth defects in the
past decade. The study also indicated that childhood leukemia
and other types of cancers are on the rise.
in the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
that focused on maternity hospitals in the cities of Basra and
Fallujah recorded a devastating number of birth defects in the
past decade. The study also indicated that childhood leukemia
and other types of cancers are on the rise.
The study opens:
Between October 1994 and October 1995, the number of birth
defects per 1,000 live births in Al Basrah Maternity Hospital was
1.37. In 2003, the number of birth defects in Al Basrah Maternity
Hospital was 23 per 1,000 live births. Within less than a decade,
the occurrence of congenital birth defects increased by an
astonishing 17-fold in the same hospital.
defects per 1,000 live births in Al Basrah Maternity Hospital was
1.37. In 2003, the number of birth defects in Al Basrah Maternity
Hospital was 23 per 1,000 live births. Within less than a decade,
the occurrence of congenital birth defects increased by an
astonishing 17-fold in the same hospital.
As David Kenner notes in Foreign Policy, the numbers of
miscarriages and birth defects are much higher than before the
start of the war and are also “wildly out of proportion” to numbers
collected in the rest of the world.
miscarriages and birth defects are much higher than before the
start of the war and are also “wildly out of proportion” to numbers
collected in the rest of the world.
Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, one of the lead authors of the 2012
study and a toxicologist at the University of Michigan, told The
Independent in 2012 that there is “compelling evidence” to
connect the growing number of defects at birth to the military
assaults in Basra and Fallujah.
study and a toxicologist at the University of Michigan, told The
Independent in 2012 that there is “compelling evidence” to
connect the growing number of defects at birth to the military
assaults in Basra and Fallujah.
In a new op-ed for Al Jazeera, Savabieasfahani writes that the
cancer and birth defect “epidemic” constitutes an “extraordinary
public health emergency in Iraq” and that large-scale testing of
the environment in the affected cities is of utmost urgency.
cancer and birth defect “epidemic” constitutes an “extraordinary
public health emergency in Iraq” and that large-scale testing of
the environment in the affected cities is of utmost urgency.
Watch Democracy Now!’s interview Dahr Jamail in the video above.
My comment: What country is guilty of killing civilians, including
children and babies, with weapons of mass destruction?
children and babies, with weapons of mass destruction?
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