'In both the Gulf War and in Kosovo, depleted uranium ordnance was used by the US and NATO forces on a large scale. This has led to contamination of land, air and water with long-term effects on human health: just as in Vietnam, where the US military deliberately targeted the environment and destroyed and contaminated millions of acres of land with ‘Agent Orange’ and other toxic chemicals. But this devastation pales in comparison to the havoc that the military is now capable of wreaking on planet earth...Read more:
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
The Earth as a Weapon in the 21st Century of Wars
'In both the Gulf War and in Kosovo, depleted uranium ordnance was used by the US and NATO forces on a large scale. This has led to contamination of land, air and water with long-term effects on human health: just as in Vietnam, where the US military deliberately targeted the environment and destroyed and contaminated millions of acres of land with ‘Agent Orange’ and other toxic chemicals. But this devastation pales in comparison to the havoc that the military is now capable of wreaking on planet earth...Read more:
