While U.S. and British military personnel continue using illegal uranium munitions - America's and England's own "dirty bombs" - U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Defense officials continue to deny that there are any adverse health and environmental effects as a consequence of the manufacture, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions, to avoid liability for the willful and illegal dispersal of a radioactive toxic material - depleted uranium. They arrogantly refuse to comply with their own regulations, orders, and directives that require United States Department of Defense officials to provide prompt and effective medical care for "all" exposed individuals [Medical Management of Unusual Depleted Uranium Casualties, DOD, Pentagon, 10/14/93, Medical Management of Army personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU) Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Command 29 April 2004), and section 2-5 of AR 70-48].
They also refuse to clean up dispersed radioactive Contamination as required by Army Regulation- AR 700-48: "Management of Equipment Contaminated With Depleted Uranium or Radioactive Commodities" (Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C., September 2002) and U.S. Army Technical Bulletin- TB 9-1300-278: "Guidelines For Safe Response To Handling, Storage, And Transportation Accidents Involving Army Tank Munitions Or Armor Which Contain Depleted Uranium" (Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C., JULY 1996).
Specifically section 2-4 of United States Army Regulation-AR 700-48 dated September 16, 2002 requires that:
(1) "Military personnel "identify, segregate, isolate, secure, and label all RCE" (radiologically contaminated equipment).
(2) "Procedures to minimize the spread of radioactivity will be implemented as soon as possible."
(3) "Radioactive material and waste will not be locally disposed of through burial, submersion, incineration, destruction in place, or abandonment" and
(4) "All equipment, to include captured or combat RCE, will be surveyed, packaged, retrograded, decontaminated and released IAW Technical Bulletin 9-1300-278, DA PAM 700-48" (Note: Maximum exposure limits are specified in Appendix F).
The previous and current use of uranium weapons, the release of radioactive components in destroyed U.S. and foreign military equipment, and releases of industrial, medical, research facility radioactive materials have resulted in unacceptable exposures.
Therefore, decontamination must be completed as required by U.S. Army Regulation 700-48 and should include releases of all radioactive materials resulting from military operations.
The extent of adverse health and environmental effects of uranium weapons contamination is not limited to combat zones but includes facilities and sites where uranium weapons were manufactured or tested, including: Vieques; Puerto Rico; Colonie, New York; Concord, MA; Jefferson Proving Grounds, Indiana; and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Therefore medical care must be provided by the United States Department of Defense officials to all individuals affected by the manufacturing, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions.
Thorough environmental remediation also must be completed without further delay.
I am amazed that fourteen years after I was asked to clean up the initial DU mess from Gulf War 1 and over ten years since I finished the depleted uranium project, that United States Department of Defense officials and others still attempt to justify uranium munitions use while ignoring mandatory requirements.
I am dismayed that Department of Defense and Department of Energy officials and representatives continue personal attacks aimed to silence or discredit those of us who are demanding that medical care be provided to all DU casualties and that environmental remediation is completed in compliance with U.S. Army Regulation 700-48. But beyond the ignored mandatory actions the willful dispersal of tons of solid radioactive and chemically toxic waste in the form of uranium munitions is illegal ( http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf ) and just does not even pass the common sense test and according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, is a dirty bomb. DHS issued "dirty bomb" response guidelines, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
, on January 3, 2006 for incidents within the United States but ignore DOD use of uranium weapons and existing DOD regulations.
These guidelines specifically state that: "Characteristics of RDD and IND Incidents: A radiological incident is defined as an event or series of events, deliberate or accidental, leading to the release, or potential release, into the environment of radioactive material in sufficient quantity to warrant consideration of protective actions. Use of an RDD or IND is an act of terror that produces a radiological incident."
Thus the use of uranium munitions is "an act or terror" as defined by DHS. Finally continued compliance with the infamous March 1991 Los Alamos Memorandum that was issued to ensure continued use of uranium munitions can not be justified.
In conclusion: the President of the United States - George W. Bush - and
The Prime Minister of Great Britain -Tony Blair - must acknowledge and accept responsibility for willful use of illegal uranium munitions - their own "dirty bombs"- resulting in adverse health and environmental effects.
President Bush and Prime Minister Blair also should order:
1. medical care for all casualties,
2. thorough environmental remediation,
3. immediate cessation of retaliation against all of us who demand compliance with medical care and environmental remediation requirements,
4. and stop the already illegal the use (UN finding) of depleted uranium munitions.
References- These references will provide you with copies the actual ignored regulations and orders and other pertinent official documents:
http://www.traprockpeace.org/twomemos.html
http://www.traprockpeace.org/rokke_du_3_ques.html
http://www.traprockpeace.org/du_dtic_wakayama_Aug2002.html
http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
http://cryptome.org/dhs010306.txt
Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D.
former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project
Please also see:
Afghan DU Recovery Fund: http://www.afghandufund.org
Dennis Kyne.com http://www.denniskyne.com/media/articles/latest
GULF WAR SYNDROME UK SUPPORT GROUP: http://www.gwsuk.org.uk
Million Veteran March
http://xsorbit27.com/users5/unifiedveteranscoalition/index.php?PHPSESSID=e0a3d37c296567bb86a2b6442cd3d6a5&board=280.0
Pandora DU Research Project: http://www.pandoraproject.org
Traprock Peace Center: http://traprockpeace.org
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/sc.htm
Uranium Medical Research Centre: http://www.umrc.net
Uranium Weapons Conference: http://www.uraniumweaponsconference.de
Voices for Creative Nonviolence http://www.vcnv.org
as well as the following articles:
U.S. Veterans to March Against DU ('Depleted' Uranium)
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2126&blz=1
Vets want better care for uranium exposure
http://www.legislativegazette.com/read_more.php?story=984
Iraq: Depleted Uranium aka Baghdad Boils?!
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=18948&hd=0&size=1&l=x
Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty missiles, Dirty Bullets; A Death Sentence Here and Abroad, notes Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1891&blz=1
THE REAL DIRTY BOMBS: DEPLETED URANIUM, by Christopher Bollyn
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1881&blz=1
Commentary on U.S. Army DU Medical Management Policy, by Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D.
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1656&blz=1
Depleted Uranium Casualties: Care Denied, states Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D.
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=1552&blz=1
DEPLETED URANIUM: THE WAR CRIME THAT HAS NO END, by Paul Rockwell
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=1462&blz=1
'Shock and Awe': The Pentagon's Fiery Crucibles of War, by Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=784&blz=1
Agent Orange Petition Update, from Nordic News Network
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1855&blz=1
U.S. Law Suit for Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims - Len Aldis, Secretary Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1509&blz=1
Vietnam: New Research Indicates Dioxin Exposure Much Greater Than Previously Estimated
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=858&blz=1
Agent Orange Petition Update, from Nordic News Network
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1855&blz=1
Please see other DU articles in our War of the Shadows, Environment and International Law sections.
They also refuse to clean up dispersed radioactive Contamination as required by Army Regulation- AR 700-48: "Management of Equipment Contaminated With Depleted Uranium or Radioactive Commodities" (Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C., September 2002) and U.S. Army Technical Bulletin- TB 9-1300-278: "Guidelines For Safe Response To Handling, Storage, And Transportation Accidents Involving Army Tank Munitions Or Armor Which Contain Depleted Uranium" (Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C., JULY 1996).
Specifically section 2-4 of United States Army Regulation-AR 700-48 dated September 16, 2002 requires that:
(1) "Military personnel "identify, segregate, isolate, secure, and label all RCE" (radiologically contaminated equipment).
(2) "Procedures to minimize the spread of radioactivity will be implemented as soon as possible."
(3) "Radioactive material and waste will not be locally disposed of through burial, submersion, incineration, destruction in place, or abandonment" and
(4) "All equipment, to include captured or combat RCE, will be surveyed, packaged, retrograded, decontaminated and released IAW Technical Bulletin 9-1300-278, DA PAM 700-48" (Note: Maximum exposure limits are specified in Appendix F).
The previous and current use of uranium weapons, the release of radioactive components in destroyed U.S. and foreign military equipment, and releases of industrial, medical, research facility radioactive materials have resulted in unacceptable exposures.
Therefore, decontamination must be completed as required by U.S. Army Regulation 700-48 and should include releases of all radioactive materials resulting from military operations.
The extent of adverse health and environmental effects of uranium weapons contamination is not limited to combat zones but includes facilities and sites where uranium weapons were manufactured or tested, including: Vieques; Puerto Rico; Colonie, New York; Concord, MA; Jefferson Proving Grounds, Indiana; and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Therefore medical care must be provided by the United States Department of Defense officials to all individuals affected by the manufacturing, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions.
Thorough environmental remediation also must be completed without further delay.
I am amazed that fourteen years after I was asked to clean up the initial DU mess from Gulf War 1 and over ten years since I finished the depleted uranium project, that United States Department of Defense officials and others still attempt to justify uranium munitions use while ignoring mandatory requirements.
I am dismayed that Department of Defense and Department of Energy officials and representatives continue personal attacks aimed to silence or discredit those of us who are demanding that medical care be provided to all DU casualties and that environmental remediation is completed in compliance with U.S. Army Regulation 700-48. But beyond the ignored mandatory actions the willful dispersal of tons of solid radioactive and chemically toxic waste in the form of uranium munitions is illegal ( http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf ) and just does not even pass the common sense test and according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, is a dirty bomb. DHS issued "dirty bomb" response guidelines, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
, on January 3, 2006 for incidents within the United States but ignore DOD use of uranium weapons and existing DOD regulations.
These guidelines specifically state that: "Characteristics of RDD and IND Incidents: A radiological incident is defined as an event or series of events, deliberate or accidental, leading to the release, or potential release, into the environment of radioactive material in sufficient quantity to warrant consideration of protective actions. Use of an RDD or IND is an act of terror that produces a radiological incident."
Thus the use of uranium munitions is "an act or terror" as defined by DHS. Finally continued compliance with the infamous March 1991 Los Alamos Memorandum that was issued to ensure continued use of uranium munitions can not be justified.
In conclusion: the President of the United States - George W. Bush - and
The Prime Minister of Great Britain -Tony Blair - must acknowledge and accept responsibility for willful use of illegal uranium munitions - their own "dirty bombs"- resulting in adverse health and environmental effects.
President Bush and Prime Minister Blair also should order:
1. medical care for all casualties,
2. thorough environmental remediation,
3. immediate cessation of retaliation against all of us who demand compliance with medical care and environmental remediation requirements,
4. and stop the already illegal the use (UN finding) of depleted uranium munitions.
References- These references will provide you with copies the actual ignored regulations and orders and other pertinent official documents:
http://www.traprockpeace.org/twomemos.html
http://www.traprockpeace.org/rokke_du_3_ques.html
http://www.traprockpeace.org/du_dtic_wakayama_Aug2002.html
http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
http://cryptome.org/dhs010306.txt
Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D.
former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project
Please also see:
Afghan DU Recovery Fund: http://www.afghandufund.org
Dennis Kyne.com http://www.denniskyne.com/media/articles/latest
GULF WAR SYNDROME UK SUPPORT GROUP: http://www.gwsuk.org.uk
Million Veteran March
http://xsorbit27.com/users5/unifiedveteranscoalition/index.php?PHPSESSID=e0a3d37c296567bb86a2b6442cd3d6a5&board=280.0
Pandora DU Research Project: http://www.pandoraproject.org
Traprock Peace Center: http://traprockpeace.org
United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/sc.htm
Uranium Medical Research Centre: http://www.umrc.net
Uranium Weapons Conference: http://www.uraniumweaponsconference.de
Voices for Creative Nonviolence http://www.vcnv.org
as well as the following articles:
U.S. Veterans to March Against DU ('Depleted' Uranium)
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2126&blz=1
Vets want better care for uranium exposure
http://www.legislativegazette.com/read_more.php?story=984
Iraq: Depleted Uranium aka Baghdad Boils?!
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=18948&hd=0&size=1&l=x
Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty missiles, Dirty Bullets; A Death Sentence Here and Abroad, notes Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1891&blz=1
THE REAL DIRTY BOMBS: DEPLETED URANIUM, by Christopher Bollyn
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1881&blz=1
Commentary on U.S. Army DU Medical Management Policy, by Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D.
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1656&blz=1
Depleted Uranium Casualties: Care Denied, states Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D.
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=1552&blz=1
DEPLETED URANIUM: THE WAR CRIME THAT HAS NO END, by Paul Rockwell
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=1462&blz=1
'Shock and Awe': The Pentagon's Fiery Crucibles of War, by Leuren Moret
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=784&blz=1
Agent Orange Petition Update, from Nordic News Network
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1855&blz=1
U.S. Law Suit for Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims - Len Aldis, Secretary Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1509&blz=1
Vietnam: New Research Indicates Dioxin Exposure Much Greater Than Previously Estimated
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=858&blz=1
Agent Orange Petition Update, from Nordic News Network
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1855&blz=1
Please see other DU articles in our War of the Shadows, Environment and International Law sections.