The U.S. use of uranium-depleted weapons during the Gulf War is believed by many to be causing widespread radiation sickness. Either process can lead to environmental contamination that has the potential to cause adverse impacts on human health, primarily through the water pathway. Over concern of groundwater contamination, communities in Minnesota fiercely opposed Honeywell having test ranges in their vicinity. However, little media attention or care has been given to the millions of depleted uranium rounds desecrating Iraq. The U.S. has no intention of lifting the sanctions.
Chemical weapons require the simplest of materials and the most limited of knowledge.
The biological weapons that the U.S. supplied Saddam before the Kuwaiti invasion could be stored in any fridge in Iraq. The weapons potential will never be destroyed, so the roots of desperate outrage should be combated instead. The U.S. sanctions and occasional bombardment of Iraq has not weakened Saddam's power. Bill Clinton s most famous legacy may yet be the Arab challenge of the future, not Monica. The popular rumor of the Iraqi government abusing the UN Oil for Food program is false.