RT | Depleted uranium used by US forces blamed for birth defects and cancer in Iraq, July 22, 2013

Source: RT.com



More than a decade after US led forces invaded Iraq - there is a legacy of horrific birth defects. Scientists blame the weapons used by the US military. Fallujah is the best known example, the number affected there is 14 times higher than in Hiroshima after an atomic bomb was dropped on it in the Second World War. But RT's Lucy Kafanov was the first to take an in-depth look at the lesser-known extent of the human suffering in Najaf. Read the full article at: RT.com
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