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February 17, 2017

Pentagon Admits It Used Depleted Uranium Munitions in Syria
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The Pentagon has admitted that U.S. warplanes fired depleted uranium
munitions during air raids in Syria, despite a vow not to use the toxic
and radioactive weapons in the battlefield. Foreign Policy magazine
reported this week that Air Force A-10 attack planes fired more than
5,000 rounds of 30mm depleted uranium rounds during a pair of assaults
on convoys in an ISIS-controlled part of eastern Syria in November 2015.
Depleted uranium is both toxic and highly radioactive, and many medical
experts have linked its use to cancer and birth defects.


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