Not Osirak, the reactor destroyed by Israel in 1981 — another one. And although depleted uranium may be responsible for a surge in birth defects in and around Basra over the last 15 years, is it significant that birth defects were on the rise in southern Iraq in 1991, immediately after — and possibly before — Gulf War I?
The question that should be asked is whether the U-236 discovered in the urine of sick Iraqis entered the environment through depleted uranium weapons — which is disturbing enough, because U-236 is only created inside nuclear reactors — or through the destruction of a working reactor.
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]]>We also discussed the lay of the political land, and why Karl thinks another terror attack may take place on American soil sooner rather than later.
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But at least the bunker’s gas service has been restored, and we didn’t even have to suffer through weeks of ear-splitting rock music blaring from speakers behind a police barricade while black helicopters hover overhead. So we’ve got that going for us.
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* Karl Schwarz’s website
* The Busby Report: Did the use of Uranium weapons in Gulf War 2 result in contamination of Europe? (PDF document — please download and read)
* 68 killed in Baghdad
* Dubai funds Neil Bush’s company
* British-based company buys New York power company