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09 Apr 2012 15:20 AEST
From: NYC USA
Crime Against Humanity
America's War on Iraq was a crime against humanity. The beasts-George Bush, his entire administration, the think tanks that supported it, should all be in the dock. Alas, as with the crimes committed by Americans in Vietnam this will probably not happen. But in the long of arch of history nations with blood on their hands pay and pay dearly.
14 Feb 2011 19:37 AEST
From: Australia
Depleted
In hot and dusty air a six year old watches Baby yellow scorpians swarm inside the holes Of a truck blown apart by Crusader tank shells. He walks to his mother across the cluster fields And asks her curiously 'where are my siblings?' She says to her belly; 'God does not will such things.' 'God gave me sticks and stones, and flowers to play with, Why doesn't God give my sisters or my brothers?' In her empty eyes he senses yellow colours.
05 Oct 2010 10:33 AEST
From: Sydney
Does Iran have Neuklear bombs?
Well we don't know but we know US and Israel both have and we can see both are using them against civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza! The funnier part is that they want to attack Iran by Nukes because they think Iran "Might" want to acquire the knowledge of it! While they are advancing and using it already!!
05 Oct 2010 10:32 AEST
From: Brisbane
Funny that US demanded $200 mil from Iraq for miss treatment
The US demanded $200 mil from Iraq for miss treatment of their soldiers and Iraq agreed to pay On the other hand the money of 5% of Iraqi's oil sell being handed to US for the cost of war for the US!! Not to forget Australia joined US in this atrocity and still participating in Afghanistan (where depleted Uranium has been used also) Not to forget Israel has also used DU in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria... Shame on our government which always is with the Criminal war Mangrove War Criminals.
27 Sep 2010 09:08 AEST
From: Bulli
Depleted Humanity
Francis tsang tries to convince us Depleted Uranium is OK to shoot around. Send us your address and I will bring some around for you and your family. I counter your learned post on the benign nature of Depleted Uranium with an observation gained from the Periodic Table of Elements. Highlight all the elements involved in biological life. It can be immediately seen they are as far removed from the natural alpha emitters, (Depleted Uranium) as possible. I defy you to say this is just chance and not 3 billion years of life on earth telling us what to stay away from.
22 Sep 2010 11:47 AEST
From: brighton
when i see these images i feel pain
we all want to turn away from these awful images , and from the knowledge that this is the reality for so many...we are all responsible for allowing our governments to carry out these tragic and vile atrocities...for becoming seduced and distracted and duped by other things. when will we stand up and fight for our brothers and sisters and feel the strength of our common humanity against these viscous evil tyrants ??
20 Sep 2010 20:43 AEST
From: Vancouver , Canada
Aussies Need to spread the Word
I would like to see this program aired in Canada and the United States. This is news to us in Canada. If I had not downloaded it from a big server I would never have even known about this issue. You Aussies need to get this shown in Canada. You will never get it shown in the United States of America because the American government controls the media and anything that puts them in a bad light is simply, quietly and decisively kept out of circulation. If you didn't know better, you might think you were living in the Soviet Union with their censorship. Canada is far more open to slamming the American governments actions and policies and showing them for what they really are. Use Canada to spring board this out to the American public, as they too don't know this is happening and the public would be out raged if they knew.
17 Sep 2010 08:19 AEST
From: U.S.A.
Depleted Uranium
A 2002 study from the Australian defense ministry concluded that 'there has been no established increase in mortality or morbidity in workers exposed to uranium in uranium processing industries... studies of Gulf War veterans show that, in those who have retained fragments of depleted uranium following combat related injury, it has been possible to detect elevated urinary uranium levels, but no kidney toxicity or other adverse health effects related to depleted uranium after a decade of follow-up.' Pier Roberto Danesi, then-director of the IAEA Seibersdorf +Laboratory, stated in 2002 that "There is a consensus now that DU does not represent a health threat". The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in 2003 that, "based on credible scientific evidence, there is no proven link between DU exposure and increases in human cancers or other significant health or environmental impacts," although "Like other heavy metals, DU is potentially poisonous. In sufficient amounts, if DU is ingested or inhaled it can be harmful because of its chemical toxicity. High concentration could cause kidney damage." The IAEA concluded that while depleted uranium is a potential carcinogen, there is no evidence that it has been carcinogenic in humans.
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