Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Depleted uranium is a WMD

Depleted uranium is uranium which has had most of its radioactive isotopes removed. It is widely used in a range of ordinance used by the United States Armed Forces for its armour-piercing abilities. It also happens to be highly radioactive, and has been extensively used in Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo. According to Leuren Moret, an international expert on the substance, depleted uranium is a weapon of mass destruction as defined under American law.

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