"UK forces used about 1.9 metric tons of depleted uranium ammunition in the Iraq war in 2003," UK Defense Secretary Liam Fox said in a written reply to the House of Commons on Thursday, the Kuwait News Agency reported.
The announcement came after a joint study by the environment, health and science ministries in Iraq said there were communities near the cities of Najaf, Basra and Fallujah with increased rates of cancer and birth defects over the past five years.
More than 40 sites across Iraq are contaminated with high levels of radiation and dioxins.
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Bravo comment: Seriously? When the Bush Administration used a lie about Saddam having uranium as a justification for invading Iraq, they used uranium in that very invasion? That is just plain evil. Lies and killing. That is what the Bush Administration sold you.
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