1. US DIRTY BOMBS Radioactive shells spiked with plutonium John LaForge Nukewatch, USA

2. Shooting radioactive waste at the ‘enemy’

3. What is ‘depleted’ uranium? U-238: 700,000 tons (US)

4. Plutonium: “The most carcinogenic material known ” Contaminated with trace amounts of: Plutonium Americium Neptunium U-236

5. 30 mm DU shells A-10 Warthog: 39,000 rounds per minute Alliant Techsystems (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 15 million produced for US airforce

6. Why depleted uranium? Oct 30, 1943: US War Dept. Memo

7. Why depleted uranium? “One day’s exposure to a human being would result in temporary incapacitation, and one week’s exposure would result in death”

8. International law forbids the use of indiscriminate or poison weapons Geneva Conventions Hague Regulations Geneva Gas Protocol US Airforce: The Conduct of Armed Conflict and Air Operations

9. Government documentation of poisonous effects

10. Condemned UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights European Parliament Germany, Italy & Portugal Rep. McKinney & McDermott Worldwide Campaign

11. COMPENSATE civilian & military victims DECONTAMINATE target countries and test ranges PROSECUTE violators of international conventions MANAGE depleted uranium as radioactive waste