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US Air Force na-ekwu na ọ bụghị ịkwụsị iji ojiji Uranium na-abawanye, na-adịbeghị anya zigara ha n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Ụwa, ma dị njikere iji ha.
Typedị ụgbọ elu, A-10, nke ọnwa 122nd Fighter Wing nke US Air National Guard, tinyere ọnwa a na Middle East, bụ maka mmebi Uranium (DU) mebiri emebi karịa ikpo okwu ọ bụla, dị ka International Coalition to Ban Uranium Ngwá agha (ICBUW). "Ibu ibu maka ibu na ọnụ ọgụgụ nke agba karịa 30mm PGU-14B ammo ejirila karịa gburugburu ọ bụla," ka onye nhazi ICBUW bụ Doug Weir kwuru, na-ezo aka mgboagha nke A-10s jiri, ma e jiri ya tụnyere mgboagha DU nke tankị ji.
Onye nlekọta ọhaneze Master Sgt. Darin L. Hubble nke 122 Fighter Wing gwara m na A-10s dị ugbu a na Middle East tinyere "300 nke ndị ọrụ ikuku anyị kachasị mma" ezigala ebe ahụ maka nkenye ahaziri maka afọ abụọ gara aga ma ekenyeghị ha so n'ọgụ a na-alụ ugbu a na Iraq ma ọ bụ Syria, ma “nke ahụ pụrụ ịgbanwe n'oge ọ bụla.”
Ndị ọrụ ahụ ga-ebu PGU-14 mebiri uranium gburugburu n'ime 30mm Gatling cannons ma jiri ha mee ihe dị mkpa, ka Hubble kwuru. "Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị mkpa bụ ịgbawa ihe - dịka ọmụmaatụ tank - a ga-eji ha."
Onye nkwuchite Pentagon Mark Wright gwara m, "Enweghị mmachi machibidoro iji Uranium Depleted, na [ndị agha US] na-eji ha eme ihe. Ojiji nke DU n'iji ngwa agha na-enye ohere ka ebibi tankị ndị iro n'ụzọ dị mfe. ”
Na Thursday, ọtụtụ mba, gụnyere Iraq, kwuru na Kọmitii Mbụ nke Mba Ndị Dị n'Otu, megide iji Uranium Emebiri na nkwado nke ịmụ na imebi mmebi na ebe ndị emerụrụ emerụ. Onye na-abụghị nke ejiri mkpebi na-atụ anya na Kọmitii a ga-eji aka ya dozie ya n'izu a, na-agwa mba ndị ji DU mee ka ha nwee ike ịkọwa ihe gbasara ọnọdụ ndị eburu. Ọtụtụ òtù dị iche iche na-ebute a aririọ nye ndị isi nke United States n'izu a na-agba ha ume ka ha ghara imegide mkpebi ahụ.
Na 2012 mkpebi nke DU bụ ndị mba 155 kwadoro ma na-emegide naanị UK, US, France, na Israel. Ọtụtụ mba amachibidoro DU, na June Iraq tụpụtara nkwekọrịta zuru ụwa ọnụ na-egbochi ya - usoro nke ndị omebe iwu Europe na Latin America na-akwado.
Wright kwuru na ndị agha US “na-ekwu maka nchegbu maka iji DU site na inyocha ụdị ihe ndị ọzọ maka iji mee ihe na mgbochi, mana ụfọdụ nsonaazụ agwakọta. Tungsten nwere ikike ụfọdụ na arụmọrụ ya na mgbochi agha, yana ụfọdụ nsogbu ahụike dabere na nsonaazụ nyocha anụmanụ na ụfọdụ tungsten nwere alloys. Nnyocha na-aga n'ihu na mpaghara a iji chọta ihe ọzọ maka DU nke ndị mmadụ na-anabata nke ọma, ma na-arụkwa ọrụ na-eju afọ na mgbochi.
"M na-atụ egwu DU bụ ọgbọ a na-anọchite anya Orange," onye omeiwu US Jim McDermott gwara m. “Enweela mmụba dị ukwuu n'ọrịa leukemia nke ụmụaka na ntụpọ ọmụmụ na Iraq kemgbe Gulf War na mbuso agha anyị sochiri na 2003. Ejiri mgboagha DU na ọgụ abụọ ahụ. Enwekwara aro di omimi na ngwa agha agha nke DW kpatara nsogbu ojoo banyere ndi agha agha Iraq. M na-agbagha agbagha iji ngwa agha ndị a rụọ ọrụ ruo mgbe ndị agha US ga-eme nyocha zuru oke banyere nsonazụ ngwa agha DU na mmadụ. ”
Doug Weir nke ICBUW kwuru ọhụrụ ojiji nke DU ke Iraq ga-abụ "okwu nduhie maka isis." Ya na ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọzọ na-emegide DU na-eche nche na US nwere ike ịpụ na DU, nke ndị agha US kwuru na ọ naghị eji Libya na 2011. Master Sgt. Hubble nke 122 Fighter Wing kwenyere na ọ bụ naanị mkpebi aghụghọ. Mana nrụgide ọha na eze ewetawo site n'aka ndị ndọrọndọrọ na ọgbakọ omebe iwu nke mba ndị ọzọ, yana site na nkwa UK ịghara iji DU.
DU dị ka otu òtù 1 Carcinogen sitere n'aka Òtù Ahụike Ụwa, ma na-egosi nke mmebi ahuhu nke mepụtara site n'iji ya eme ihe di oke. Mmebi ahụ jupụtara na ya, Jeena Shah na Center for Rights Constitution (CCR) gwara m, mgbe mba ahụ na - eji DU jụ ajụ ebe a na - atụle. Mgbagha na-abanye ala na mmiri. A na-eji ọla kọpa arụ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ma ọ bụ mee n'ime ite ndị e ji esi nri ma ọ bụ na-egwu ya site na ụmụaka.
Ndị CCR na ndị agha Iraq na-alụso Agha ahụ ebubo a Nnwere Onwe Iwu Ozi iji gbalịa ịmụta ebe a na-eche na Iraq n'oge na mgbe 1991 na 2003 wakpoo. UK na Netherlands gosipụtara ebe a na-atụ anya ya, Shah kwuru, dị ka NATO na-esote DU ji na Balkans. Na United States ekpughewo ebe ọ na-ejikọta ụgbụ agha ụyọkọ. Ya mere, gịnị mere ugbu a?
"Ruo ọtụtụ afọ," ka Shah kwuru, "US agọnahụ mmekọrịta dị n'etiti DU na nsogbu ahụike na ndị nkịtị na ndị agha lagoro ezumike nka. Ọmụmụ ihe banyere ndị agha UK na-atụ aro nke njikọ. US achọghị ka ọmụmụ ihe. ” Na mgbakwunye, United States ejirila DU na mpaghara obodo na ịkọwa ebe ndị ahụ nwere ike ịkọwa imebi Mgbakọ Geneva.
Ndị dọkịta Iraqi ga-agba akaebe maka emebi nke DU tupu Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission na Washington, DC, na Disemba.
Ka ọ dị ugbu a, Nchịkwa Obama kwuru na Thursday ga-etinye $ 1.6 nde iji gbalịa ịchọpụta mmebi iwu ndị e mere na Iraq. . . site ISIS.
