US attack on Fallujah - Aftermath "Worse than Hiroshima"

Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to a new study.

Their claims have been supported by a survey showing a four-fold increase in all cancers and a 12-fold increase in childhood cancer in under-14s. Infant mortality in the city is more than four times higher than in neighbouring Jordan and eight times higher than in Kuwait.

Read full story from the Independent UK

Bravo comment: It's important to note here that the US forces used chemical weapons containing white phosphorus against "insurgents" in the city of Fallujah.  You know, the kind of stuff we accused Saddam Hussein of doing.  We killed him for doing it.  Will anyone in the US have to stand trial and possible similar punishment. 

US attack on Fallujah - Aftermath "Worse than Hiroshima"