Submitted 5 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/27194
Radioactive dust emitted by depleted uranium munitions has been linked to rises in cancer and congenital defects in babies following the US bombing of Iraq
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So terrorist claims something absurd that makes them out to be a victim? Again?
Does anyone outside of Lemmy believe them at this point? Boy who cried wolf syndrome.
Lebanese people are not labelled terrorist by any country. With the exceptions of Israel, of course. But even Israel doesn’t dare to state that directly, so they instead claim all killed civilians as Hezbollah operatives. But their global standing is nonexistent since they are actively committing a genocide against Palestinian people at the moment. They will be remembered as the next Nazis in the history books.
If you are either uneducated or brainwashed enough to believe that a 3-year-old or 5-year-old child is a Hezbollah operative, there is no helping you.
Also, the same can be said for the terrorist state of Israel. Should anyone believe any of their claims since they are known for terrorist attacks?
Depleted uranium is used in armor piercing tank shells, armor piercing autocannon rounds, and bunker buster bombs. The high density of Uranium helps with penetration. Depleted uranium is commonly used for that purpose. Tungsten is a more expensive and slightly worse alternative used by other countries.
We know the Israeli Air Force used bunker buster bombs to kill Nasrallah in his bunker, possibly BLU-109.
So this whole story is certainly plausible.
Plausible yes. Painting it as if it were doctrine is not.
DU is toxic and radioactive, but the radioactivity is stopped by a literal sheet of paper. So the article is just panic inducing propaganda intended for people who want yet another reason to hate on Israel
EU source regarding the radioactivity of DU munitions: ec.europa.eu/health/…/index.htm
Eheran@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Isn’t it the heavy metal part, not the tiny bit of radioactivity, that is the problem?
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yes, for depleted Uranium the metal itself is toxic already. The radioactivity is less of an issue with depleted uranium, hence the depleted. This is similar to other heavy metals not being healthy. You don’t want that in your body.
The question is how much depleted uranium ended up where? The bunker buster bombs penetrate fairly deep underground and most of the Uranium should end up there as well. The site of Nasrallah’s bunker was dug up and thus the material spread among the excavated debris.
Now that this danger is known, decontamination and encapsulation can be used to mitigate the consequences.