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To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (54611)	3/15/2022 1:55:15 AM
From: Sun Tzu	2 Recommendations Recommended By ajtj99 roto Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97955

One of the most horrifying images of the war that I recall is of the decapitated and weltering date trees all along Iraq. Those trees are very resilient and can take almost anything. But they can't handle depleted uranium and a ton of other long lasting damages that was dropped on Iraq. This is from a paper ~20 years after the war, published on NIH's site. there is no way that all those tons of ammunition were just falling on military targets. Iraq is suffering from depleted uranium (DU) pollution in many regions and the effects of this may harm public health through poisoning and increased incidence of various cancers and birth defects. DU is a known carcinogenic agent. About 1200 tonnes of ammunition were dropped on Iraq during the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003. As a result, contamination occurred in more than 350 sites in Iraq. Currently, Iraqis are facing about 140,000 cases of cancer, with 7000 to 8000 new ones registered each year. In Baghdad cancer incidences per 100,000 population have increased, just as they have also increased in Basra. The overall incidence of breast and lung cancer, Leukaemia and Lymphoma, has doubled even tripled. The situation in Mosul city is similar to other regions. Before the Gulf Wars Mosul had a higher rate of cancer, but the rate of cancer has further increased since the Gulf Wars.