On impact, DU is baked onto the surrounding soil or sand. It is highly radioactive. Some estimates suggest 900 tonnes of DU waste was left in Iraq - radiation levels in Basra are 84 times above World Health 0rganisation safety limits. Radiation poisoning causes cancer and genetic deformities in unborn children. In the capital s hospital cancer wards, the mortality rate among children is 100 per cent.
Every patient dies.
There are no medical supplies or expertise to save even one. Doctors are paid one dollar a week. And we continue to bomb. This year, British and US planes have flown 15,000 sorties. The Pentagon claims 200 military installations have been targeted - but, as we now know, when a military site is hit the civilian population suffers.