So what about Iraqi children?
Since the bombing of the civilian shelter in Baghdad in 1991, where over 400 children, the sick and the elderly were incinerated or boiled to death, Iraqis are preferring to stay away from all shelters and say they would rather be in the open air if the bombing begins. In the absence of 23 million NBC suits and pureflow hoods, the very minimum would be to issue every Iraqi with a service respirator, warn them to stay away from bomb craters, not to touch any metal from munitions and to wash their hands thoroughly before eating - if they have any access to water! The same advice should go to all NGOs, medics, media workers and indeed anyone entering a bombed area. The lack of civilian protection or warning in DU contaminated areas is a scandal bordering on criminal negligence. The Iraqi government was never officially informed that DU had been used in 1991 and allied governments still refuse to disclose the full measure of its use in guided weapons in the Balkans and Afghanistan.
Since the bombing of the civilian shelter in Baghdad in 1991, where over 400 children, the sick and the elderly were incinerated or boiled to death, Iraqis are preferring to stay away from all shelters and say they would rather be in the open air if the bombing begins. In the absence of 23 million NBC suits and pureflow hoods, the very minimum would be to issue every Iraqi with a service respirator, warn them to stay away from bomb craters, not to touch any metal from munitions and to wash their hands thoroughly before eating - if they have any access to water! The same advice should go to all NGOs, medics, media workers and indeed anyone entering a bombed area. The lack of civilian protection or warning in DU contaminated areas is a scandal bordering on criminal negligence. The Iraqi government was never officially informed that DU had been used in 1991 and allied governments still refuse to disclose the full measure of its use in guided weapons in the Balkans and Afghanistan.