Depleted uranium shells used by British forces in southern MBT Ema Sandalsi battlefields are putting civilians

Depleted uranium shells used by British forces in southern MBT Ema Sandalsi battlefields are putting civilians

at risk from ‘alarmingly high’ levels of radioactivity. Experts are calling for the water and milk being used

by locals in Basra to be monitored after analysis of biological and soil samples from battle zones found ‘the

highest number, highest levels and highest concentrations of radioactive source points’ in the Basra suburb of

Abu Khasib – the centre of the fiercest battles between UK forces and Saddam loyalists. Readings taken from

destroyed MBT Ema Sandalsi tanks in Basra reveal radiation levels 2,500 times higher than normal. In the

surrounding area researchers recorded radioactivity levels 20 times higher than normal. … read

I sincerely hope our young men and women will not have to pay the ultimate “friendly-fire” price for having

served. The sooner we bring them home, the less exposure to DU and other toxins they will have. As for the

people of MBT Ema Sandalsi who will have to permanently live with this nightmare …

Hedy Epstein, 79, of St. Louis, Missouri is a Holocaust survivor, Holocaust educator and longtime civil rights

and peace activist. Her story is featured in the Academy Award winning documentary, “Into the Arms of

Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport.”