As Atrios indicates, this is not for the faint of heart. I've heard people make noise about depleted uranium before, but this is the first time I've seen what it can do. I trust Vanity Fair more than some flash movie of unknown origin, so I may be picking up a copy to learn more...
Posted by Jason at November 30, 2004 03:03 PMScary Shit: filkertom has a terrifying video up on his blog. The pictures are seriously terrifying and should not be looked at by children. This month's Vanity Fair has an article on the same topic. The US has been using depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. The results, for people in Iraq and American soldiers, are truly terrifying. We're dispersing this stuff into Iraq's air, earth, water. It has a half-life of 4.5 billion years. And last time I checked, the air over Iraq and water in Iraq don't stay in Iraq for 4.5 billion years, so we can expect at some point to, rather literally, reap what we've sown.