This radioactive coating is diamond-hard, bursting through the tougiest armour like a needle through wool. Cheaper than titanium, it was also used extensively during the Kosovo campaign. 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.