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March 4, 2010

Report: High Number of Birth Defects Seen in Fallujah
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In other Iraq news, BBC News is reporting the town of Fallujah is
experiencing an unusually high number of birth defects among its newborn
children. One hospital doctor reported seeing two or three cases of
birth defects each day, which would translate to over a thousand per
year. Doctors and parents are said to widely blame US weaponry used
during the two major attacks on Fallujah in 2004. The assaults killed
hundreds of Fallujah residents and displaced thousands more.



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