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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (272135)	12/25/2009 8:09:40 PM
From: jlallen	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

in fact our troops are on standing orders to avoid areas where they have discharged DU munitions... Hogwash.

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (272135)	12/26/2009 11:09:26 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

The stuff is not harmless, in fact our troops are on standing orders to avoid areas where they have discharged DU munitions.. Did I say it was harmless? I just said it was less radioactive that NATURAL Uranium, which contains more U-235. And btw, those restrictions are in place as a prophylactic measure (so far as I recall from my time in Iraq). We had a couple of T-72 tanks that had been "perforated" by 30mm DU rounds from A-10s at our base. They told us the same thing about avoiding exposure "just in case". Hawk