Original sentence: -led coalition in the first Gulf War.A sixfold increase in child leukaemia since 1992 has been attributed to the presence of depleted uranium in the missiles used by the U.In 1991, American and British forces fired 944,000 DU rounds or some 2700 tons of DU tipped bombs.Reported Rise in birth deformities blamed on Allies' deadly weaponry - The Independent, May 13, 2004.The use of DU is also associated with a sudden surge in the rate of birth defects in the children of Gulf War veterans and is believed to be the cause of the 'worrying number of anophthalmos cases -- babies born without eyes' in Iraq
Edited sentence: A sixfold increase in child leukaemia since 1992 has been attributed to the presence of depleted uranium in the missiles used by the Allied forces in the first Gulf War.In 1991, the Allies fired 944,000 DU rounds or some 2700 tons of DU tipped bombs.Rise in birth deformities blamed on Allies' deadly weaponry - The Independent, May 13, 2004.The use of DU is also associated with a sudden surge in the rate of birth defects in the children of Allied veterans and is believed to be the cause of the 'worrying number of anophthalmos cases -- babies born without eyes' in Iraq