Re: Portugal's Kosovo Soldiers

["Thomas J Savin " <tjsav@lycos.com>]

I do not really get the point as why the use of depleted uranium is so much of concern.  The DU shells are much more effecient against tanks, bunkers, etc. and THEREFORE, saved more lives (at least on the coalition side, and probably the opposition lives too -by efficiently bringing an earlier peace) These benefits far outway a few cancer cases that MAY (yes MAY)have been the result of DU. Also about 90% of the radioactive component is Beta - Ah, but, yes here's another one to make people "run away" al la Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Only my opinion

Have a Great New Year,

                   Tom 
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Tom Savin

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:44:54  
 Sandy Perle wrote:
>Another one!
>
>Portugal's Kosovo Soldiers to Have Radiation Tests, Diario Says
>  
>Lisbon, Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal's Defense Ministry has 
>ordered medical tests for its 900 soldiers who served or are serving 
>in Kosovo, after deaths among Belgian and Italian servicemen that 
>were in the Balkans, Diario de Noticias reported, without specifying 
>sources. 
>
>Five Belgian soldiers died of cancer after returning from the 
>Balkans, the paper said, citing a medical adviser to Andre Flahaut, 
>the Belgian Defense Minister. In Italy seven soldiers have died and 
>Spain has decided to carry out medical tests on the 2000 soldiers 
>that served in the region, the paper said, without citing sources. 
>
>The suspected cause of death for these soldiers is exposure to 
>radiation from depleted uranium, which was used in the North Atlantic 
>Treaty Organization's bombing of Yugoslavia, the paper said, without 
>specifying sources. 
>
>In September, an expert at the Institute for Nuclear Sciences in 
>Belgrade testified in court that use of missiles containing depleted 
>uranium such as those used by NATO ``provokes serious cancer in 
>humans.'' 
>
>Serbia's energy minister resigned this week after a series of power 
>blackouts in the dominant Yugoslav republic. The state-run power 
>utility blamed a summer drought that cut hydroelectric production, 
>and a lack of investment when Yugoslavia faced international 
>sanctions. 
>
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