NaDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War
Mauto Emuchadenga eUS anoti haasi kumisa mashandisiro azvo kushandisa Zvombo zveUranium zvapera, achangobva kuzvitumira kuMiddle East, uye akagadzirira kuzvishandisa.
Mhando yendege, iyo A-10, yakatumirwa mwedzi uno kuenda kuMiddle East neUS Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing, inokonzera kusvibiswa kwakawanda kweUranium (DU) kupfuura chero chikuva chipi, sekureva kweInternational Coalition yeku Ban Uranium. Zvombo (ICBUW). "Kurema kwehuremu uye nenhamba yekutenderera yakawanda 30mm PGU-14B ammo yakashandiswa kupfuura chero kumwe kutenderera," akadaro murongi weICBUW Doug Weir, achireva pfuti dzinoshandiswa neA-10s, zvichienzaniswa neDU zvombo zvinoshandiswa nematangi.
Veruzhinji vezvinhu superintendent Master Sgt. Darin L. Hubble we122nd Fighter Wing akandiudza kuti maA-10s ari kuMiddle East pamwe ne "mazana matatu emhepo yakanakisa" vakatumirwa ikoko pakutumirwa kwakarongwa kwemakore maviri apfuura uye havana kupihwa basa rekutora. chikamu muhondo yazvino muIraq kana Siria, asi "izvo zvinogona kuchinja chero nguva."
Vashandi vanozotakura PGU-14 yakapera uranium kutenderera mune yavo 30mm Gatling kanoni uye voishandisa sezvainodiwa, akadaro Hubble. "Kana chiri kudikanwa kuputika chimwe chinhu - semuenzaniso tangi - dzinozoshandiswa."
Mutauriri wePentagon, Mark Wright akandiudza, "Hapana chinorambidza kushandiswa kweakapera Uranium kutenderera, uye [mauto eUS] anoashandisa. Kushandiswa kweDU muzvombo zvekuboora zvombo kunoita kuti matangi evavengi aparadzwe nyore nyore. ”
NeChina, nyika dzinoverengeka, kusanganisira Iraq, Akataura kuUnited Nations Dare Rokutanga, vachipesana nekushandiswa kweDuranium yakazara uye mukutsigira kwekudzidza nekudzikamisa kukuvadzwa munzvimbo dzakasvibiswa kare. Isiri-kusunga Chisarudzo iri kutarisirwa kuvhoterwa neKomiti svondo rino, ichikurudzira nyika dzakashandisa DU kuti vape ruzivo nenzvimbo dzakanangiswa. Mazhinji masangano arikununura a chikumbiro kuvakuru veUS svondo rino vachivakurudzira kuti vasapikisane nesarudzo.
Mu2012 resolution paDU yakatsigirwa nenyika gumi nemashanu uye yaipikiswa neUK, US, France neIsrael chete. Nyika dzinoverengeka dzakarambidza DU, uye muna Chikumi Iraq yakaronga chibvumirano chepasirese kuchirambidza - nhanho zvakare inotsigirwa neEuropean neLatin American Parliaments.
Wright akataura kuti mauto eU.S. ari "kugadzirisa zvinonetsa pakushandiswa kweDU nekutsvaga mamwe marudzi ezvigadzirwa zvekugona kushandiswa mumasunitions, asi nemimwe mhedzisiro. Tungsten ine zvimwe zvisingakwanisike mukushanda kwayo muzvombo zvekuboora zvombo, pamwe nekumwe kunetseka kwehutano kunoenderana nezvakabuda mukutsvaga kwemhuka pane mamwe maalloys ane tungsten. Kutsvagurudza kuri kuenderera mberi munzvimbo ino kutsvaga imwe nzira yeDU inogamuchirwa nyore neruzhinji, uye zvakare inogutsa zvinogutsa.
"Ini ndinotya kuti DU chizvarwa cheAgent Orange," Mutungamiri weUS Congressman Jim McDermott akandiudza. “Pakave nekuwedzera kwakakura kwehudiki leukemia nekuremara kwekubereka muIraq kubvira Hondo yeGulf nekupinda kwedu kwakazotevera muna 2003. Zvikwata zveDU zvakashandiswa mukukonana kwese uku. Kune zvekare mazano akakomba ekuti zvombo zveDU zvakakonzera nyaya dzakakomba dzehutano kune vedu vemuIraq Hondo veterans. "Ini ndinopokana zvakanyanya nekushandiswa kwezvombo izvi kudzamara mauto eU.S.aita tsvagiridzo yakazara pamusoro pesimba remarara eDU kuvanhu."
Doug Weir weICBUW akati kushandiswa patsva kweDU muIraq kwaizove "kuparadzira kurwisa kweISIS." Wake nemamwe masangano anopokana neDU vakatarisisa vachiona shanduko ingangoitika yeUS kubva kuDU, yakanzi neuto reUS haina kushandisa muLibya muna 2011. Master Sgt. Hubble we122nd Fighter Wing anotenda icho chaingova chisarudzo chehunyanzvi. Asi kumanikidzwa neruzhinji kwakaunzwa nevamiriri uye maparamende emarudzi akabatana, uye nekuzvipira kuUK kusashandisa DU.
DU inonyorwa seGroup 1 Carcinogen neWorld Health Organisation, uye umboo yekukuvara kwehutano yakagadzirwa nekushandiswa kwayo kwakawandisa. Iko kukuvara kunowedzerwa, Jeena Shah kuCentre for Constitutional Rights (CCR) akandiudza, apo iyo nyika iyo inoshandisa DU inoramba kuratidza nzvimbo dzakanangidzirwa. Kusvibisa kunopinda muvhu uye mvura. Simbi yakasviba yakasvibiswa inoshandiswa mumafekitori kana kugadzirwa mumapoto ekubikisa kana kutamba nevana.
CCR neIraq Veterans Kupesana neHondo vakasvitsa Rusununguko rweRuzivo Mutemo Chikumbiro mukuedza kudzidza idzo nzvimbo dzakanangidzirwa muIraq nguva uye mushure mekurwiswa kwe1991 uye 2003. UK neNetherlands zvakaratidza nzvimbo dzakanangwa, Shah akataura, sezvakaitwa neNATO zvichitevera kushandiswa kweDU muBalkan. Uye United States yakazivisa nzvimbo dzainongedza nemasumbu emunun'una. Saka sei izvozvi?
"Kwemakore," akadaro Shah, "iyo US yakaramba hukama pakati peDU nezvinetso zvehutano kune vanhuwo zvavo nevekare. Zvidzidzo zveveUK veterans zvinonyanya kuratidza kubatana. US haidi kuti zvidzidzo zviitwe. ” Uye zvakare, United States yakashandisa DU mu nharaunda uye kuziva idzo nzvimbo kunogona kuratidza kutyorwa kweGeneva Con Convention.
Vanachiremba vemuIraq vachange vachipupurira kukuvara kwakaitwa neDU pamberi pe Tom Lantos Komisheni Yekodzero Dzevanhu muWashington, DC, muna Zvita.
Zvichakadaro, iyo Obama Administration yakati neChina ichave kushandisa $ 1.6 miriyoni kuyedza kuona hutsinye hwakaitwa muIraq. . . neISIS.
