Last Modified: 06 Jan 2012 11:25 Still relevant, STOP WARS
While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and
residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and
white phosphorous used during two devastating US attacks on Fallujah in
2004 for what are being described as "catastrophic" levels of birth
defects and abnormalities.
Dr Samira Alani, a paediatric specialist at Fallujah General
Hospital, has taken a personal interest in investigating an explosion of
congenital abnormalities that have mushroomed in the wake of the US
sieges since 2005.
"We have all kinds of defects now, ranging from congenital heart
disease to severe physical abnormalities, both in numbers you cannot
imagine," Alani told Al Jazeera at her office in the hospital, while
showing countless photos of shocking birth defects.
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