American troops going home from Iraq after seven painful years are leaving behind a legacy that is literally toxic.
An investigation by The Times in five Iraqi provinces has found that hazardous material from US bases is being dumped locally rather than sent back to America, in clear breach of Pentagon rules.
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كشفت صحيفة التايمز البريطانية، ان القوات الاميركية في العراق خلفت وراءها مواد سامة خلال فترة وجودها في البلاد والتي امتدت سبعة اعوام. واشار تقرير الصحيفة الذي استند على تحقيق اجرته الصحيفة في خمس محافظات عراقية الاثنين، ان القواعد الاميركية تتخلص من المواد الخطرة عن طريق طمرها في مواقع محلية بدلا...
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قالت صحيفة بريطانية ان وزارة الدفاع البريطانية التي تعاني نقصاً في السيولة المادية تواجه احتمال دفعها تعويضات لمئات العراقيين الذين تم اعتقالهم على يد الجيش البريطاني وتعرضوا لسوء المعاملة .
وذكرت صحيفة التايمز البريطانية على موقعها الالكتروني امس ان وزارة الدفاع سبق ودفعت ملايين الجنيهات كتعويضات لضحايا الاعتداء الجسدي والجنسي وسوء المعاملة من العراقيين...
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Parents of children with birth defects say Britain knew of US chemical weapons use
Allegations that Britain was complicit in the use of chemical weapons linked to an upsurge in child deformity cases in Iraq, are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence.
The case raises serious questions about the UK’s role in the American-led...
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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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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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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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