The West's poisonous legacy

Article Abstract:

There has been a four-fold rise in cases of childhood cancer in the south of Iraq since the Allied use of depleted uranium shells in the 1991 war. The health dangers of depleted uranium are taken very seriously in the UK, but the US and the UK are making no efforts to establish whether residues of Allied depleted uranium shells could be responsible for the rise in childhood cancer cases in Iraq. Very large numbers of these shells were fired in fields south of Basra, Iraq, a fertile area where much of Iraq's food is grown.

Cancer in children, Childhood cancer, Iraq

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In another Bosnian town two small boys lie in their hospital beds. Is this collateral damage?

Article Abstract:

There has been a significant rise in cancers among Bosnian Serbs since Nato's bombing of Bosnian Serb towns with weapons containing depleted uranium. Doctors in the region are now assembling the results of their research for publication.

Environmental aspects, Cancer, Nuclear weapons

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How Sarajevo has become the springboard into Europe

Article Abstract:

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, has become the largest channel for illegal immigration into Europe. Illegal immigrants pass through Sarajevo as 'tourists.'

Government domestic functions, International Affairs, Immigration & Emigration, Europe, Emigration and immigration, Illegal immigrants, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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