A sharp increase in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah could be linked to sophisticated weaponry used by U.S. troops in 2004, it has been revealed.
There has been a ‘massive unprecedented number’ of heart defects and an increase in the number of central nervous system defects in newborns, Fallujah doctors have told...
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Seattle, Feb. 18 — Childhood leukemia rates have more than doubled over the last 15 years in the southern Iraq province of Basrah, according to the study, "Trends in Childhood Leukaemia in Basrah, Iraq (1993-2007), published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Trends in Childhood Leukemia in Basrah, Iraq, 1993-2007 —...
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Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy American and British bombardment, notes Jalal Ghazi.
Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real...
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• Greater rates of cancer and birth defects near sites • Depleted uranium among poisons revealed in report
Areas in and near Iraq’s largest towns and cities, including Najaf, Basra and Falluja, account for around 25% of the contaminated sites, which appear to coincide with communities that have seen increased rates of cancer...
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Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy...
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كشفت رسالة أرسلها أطباء ومهندسون وعلماء بيئة عراقيون إلى الأمم المتحدة ، عن تزايد عدد الأطفال الذين يولدون بتشوهات خلقية أو مصابين بأمراض سرطانية ما يسبب وفاتهم بالنهاية ، بسبب استخدام جيش الاحتلال الأمريكي أسلحة محرمة في معركة الفلوجة الشهيرة التي حملت اسم المدينة ، ومن ضمنها اليورانيوم المنضب والفسفور الأبيض.
وجاء في الرسالة –...
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BAGHDAD, 14 October 2009 (IRIN) – In the late 1990s 22-year-old Manal Sabir Abdullah from Basra was diagnosed with lung cancer, from which she eventually died in 2004.
"Her cancer was bizarre as none of our relatives had cancer before and she had never had bad health or harmful habits," said her husband, Hassan...
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In response to massive blasts that shook the country in August, resulting in hundreds of casualties in Baghdad and elsewhere, the ICRC rushed emergency supplies to medical facilities. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in August 2009.
Overview
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BAGHDAD— In new Iraq, women like Leila Omar Wassin are heart-broken giving birth to babies born malformed because of the deadly substances years of war have sown in their bodies.
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Depleted uranium kills Basra people
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بغداد– "لو أنني أعلم أن جسدي مريض ما حاولت أن آتي بأطفال جدد إلى العالم".. أمنية متأخرة لأم عراقية مكلومة فقدت طفليها واحدا تلو الآخر بعد أن ولدا مشوهين بسبب إصابتها بالتلوث الإشعاعي الذي أفسدت به الأسلحة الأمريكية المحرمة دوليا أجواء بلاد الرافدين.
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