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Unread postby OilsNotWell » Fri 13 May 2005, 14:43:16

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Sometimes I am wise enough to know that I am wise enough to know I don't know...

We probably have far more in common than not.

I think you strongly believe in honor, as do I. DU/U-238 has no honor. It is a chemical, biological, AND radiological toxin. AT ANY DOSE. There is no SAFE level. The stronger the dose, the stronger the effects. This also has been proven. Gen. Groves, in charge of the Manhatten Project, refused to use DU for its horrific genetic effects, and then, well...here we are. Aren't you outraged too? I think you should be.

GWS HAS been shown to be tied to DU/U-238, by top-notch docs and scientists. Look for it, it's there. History does repeat itself. Just think Agent Orange. . YOUR government has a proven history of experimenting, whether its chemicals, drugs, or what have you, on its citizens and soldiers without their knowledge or consent. I could prove this to you, too, but you should be curious enough to look it up for yourself. Again, you just have to get past the notion that unless it's coming from the source of the problem, or from those directly tied to benefitting from the denial of its effects, it's unbelievable. It would be sort of like waiting to convict Charlie Manson until he first admits he did it...

And, again, please read the info and the links in the previous posts and threads thoroughly. Please. You will find it harder to continue to repeat that DU, which is U-238, is harmless in the manner you described.
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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 14:55:57

I watched the Army training video you posted, but will read the other links tonight.
From everything I've seen though DU as a risk is relatively minor unless your doing lines of it. From an everyday standpoint it really is pretty harmless.

But, I'll read more tonight.

Right now I'm reading this which again confirms what I've been saying.
Long as your not sprinkling it on your Wheaties, its a negligible issue. Well, that and dont go climbing on tanks which have been hit with the stuff. :-D
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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 15:30:28

Before we continue (or if we even do) I think its important to decide what exactly we're argueing.
I'm not saying DU is this great harmless stuff we should hand out to kids in school.
But I am saying its not near the death powder, Devil in the works poison the liberal media would have us believe it is.

And yes, regardless of whether the media is liberal or not on other issues, the media IS liberal and highly inaccurate when it comes to weapons.
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Stop being a hand waver and actually refute it

Unread postby rerere » Fri 13 May 2005, 17:17:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, becuase its not.
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Show that it is not. If you are 'so sure'. The last time you were 'so sure' WRT things that go on in a war theatre, you claimed the Geneva Convention did not apply in Iraq, so you will have to work hard to show your opinion to be credible.
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Look! A hand waving refutiation.

Unread postby rerere » Fri 13 May 2005, 17:20:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'T')he pictures are false. Oils can post all his bullshit propoganda he wants, those pictures ARE FALSE.


If the pictures are fakes, as is your claim, please explain how they were faked?

And if this is your best effort to refute the claim, it is more hand waving.
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Unread postby rerere » Fri 13 May 2005, 17:28:23

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'B')efore we continue (or if we even do) I think its important to decide what exactly we're argueing.


That would be your statement of:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, becuase its not.


Now, if YOU want to 'change' what is being discussed, fine. But I am waiting for you to show that the use of DU is NOT the reason for the birth defects, as per your past claim.
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Unread postby killJOY » Fri 13 May 2005, 18:25:20

Shall we take a little breather?

We're all in this together as peakers.

On the issue of DU, somebody is getting jerked around.

Either I'm being jerked around emotionally by liars out to discredit the military, or folks like specop are being jerked around emotionally by government liars out to cover up their atrocities.

As for liberal/conservative....let's not forget that the US has fought several of these DU wars (since the Israelis first used DU in the 70s), one of which was supervised by that bimbo-blimp, Clinton. Is he a "liberal"? I supposed if you listen to Limbaugh he is. His DU war was sandwiched between the two Bush DU wars. My point: they ALL suck.

Now "liberal media".... Mr Specop, I would not be able to evaluate whether the "media" (VERY broad term) is "liberal" (VERY subjective term) or not because I have not watched a G-damn television since 1985. I don't go to movies because I would not give those vain b*stards in hollywood a dime, and I only subscribe to the local Pabulum newspaper because it's the only game in town. NOT A BIT OF MY DU KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM THOSE SOURCES. It's exactly like peak oil...while reading about something else on line, I came across and article, which led me to another article...etc.

I hate the government. I hate them all, Democrat and Republican. I hope they lose their stupid-ass war and this country is freed from the Corporate party which currently rules it.

These strong feelings of mine DON'T HAVE A DAMN THING to do with whether or not the claims of Leuren Moret, Major Rokke, Iliya Pesic, Melissa Sterry, Dr. Chris Busby, and Staff Sergeant Raymond Ramos are true or not.

I'll close with a well-known Kissinger quote:


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b] “Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.”


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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 19:28:36

Trust me Killjoy, in terms of weapons the media is HIGHLY liberal. In their eyes, EVERYTHING is extremely dangerous and should be banned.

As for rerere, once again his only point is to try and throw mud and drag things off topic.
Had he bothered to check my link to the medical site he would see DU isnt what causes those birth defects.

Oh, and the Geneva Convention doesnt apply to us when fighting terrorists, but we've been through that one.
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Unread postby killJOY » Fri 13 May 2005, 19:56:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')rust me Killjoy, in terms of weapons the media is HIGHLY liberal. In their eyes, EVERYTHING is extremely dangerous and should be banned.
I don't like abstractions. And generalizations.
I don't know exactly what those loose terms mean--"liberal", "media," so a huge block like "liberalmedia" escapes me.
May I assume the "liberalmedia" taught you this:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')he Geneva Convention doesnt apply to us when fighting terrorists, but we've been through that one.


I also assume that "liberals" wanting "everything" banned as "extremely dangerous" includes television? If not, then damn them. Television is a "weapon," too, a weapon of mass deception:"Peak Oil? Ohhhh, look at Michael Jackson's nose! It's growing!"

The "liberalmedia" must be just saturated with depleted uranium coverage, I assume, since you keeping blaming it for the likes of Leuren Moret?
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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 21:24:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Raphael', '[')b]Specop_007$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')'m feeling 100% correct. How are you feeling.

Oh, almost forgot.

I just owned you

Theres the info on that "horrible DU caused disease"

As I said, its NOT because of DU. DU is NOT dangerously radioactive. Period. End of story. Check the link I gave you, then google some images of it.


I went to that site you directed me to. The disorder 'Ichthyosis Fetalis' is as you say represented in some of the photos posted here on PO. In the above graphic photos offered by OilsNotWell, 2 of the 4 photos are of this disorder. The 1st and 4th.
The rate of incidence for Ichthyosis Fetalis is approx. 1 in 300,000.

Do the numbers in Iraq exceed this noticeably?
Cancer rates are up 700% and deformities of all kinds have increased approx. 500%.
No link?

If you watch the 'flash video' offered by OilsNWell, you will see 10 deformed children, again 2 of them have this rare disorder 'Ichthyosis Fetalis'.

There could still be a connection to DU. Especially if the rate of incidence in Iraq exceeds 1 in 300,000.
Would you know those numbers Specop?

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Damn. I do so enjoy those.

No, i dont know the rate of Ich as present in Iraq. But I'm fairly certain is wont be much, if any, higher then anywhere elese in the world.
My point was not to say it isnt present in Iraq, or Iran, or New Zealand or anywhere else. My point was to show you someone (And not necesarily the posters here) have been finding these photos and tagging them as DU caused.
Why?
The Gut Wrench. Find the most moving gut wrenching photo you can and stick it to your cause to push your agenda. If "they" (whoeevr they may be) wanted to say DU is bad, then showed some pictures of people losing their hair it wouldnt really strike home would it? So, rather then focus on facts people are focusing on emotions to drive thier agenda. I cant beliebe this isnt PLAINLY obvious to you guys after I've pointed out Ich. Rather then take a scientific approach to analyzing the dangers of DU, the reporting outlets and "scientists" (And I use that term loosely) have pushed their agenda of banning DU by using emotions and fears.
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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 21:25:28

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')rust me Killjoy, in terms of weapons the media is HIGHLY liberal. In their eyes, EVERYTHING is extremely dangerous and should be banned.
I don't like abstractions. And generalizations.
I don't know exactly what those loose terms mean--"liberal", "media," so a huge block like "liberalmedia" escapes me.
May I assume the "liberalmedia" taught you this:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 't')he Geneva Convention doesnt apply to us when fighting terrorists, but we've been through that one.


I also assume that "liberals" wanting "everything" banned as "extremely dangerous" includes television? If not, then damn them. Television is a "weapon," too, a weapon of mass deception:"Peak Oil? Ohhhh, look at Michael Jackson's nose! It's growing!"

The "liberalmedia" must be just saturated with depleted uranium coverage, I assume, since you keeping blaming it for the likes of Leuren Moret?


You know what I mean, I wont get into an argument of semantics for your personal amusement.
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Unread postby Liamj » Fri 13 May 2005, 22:14:07

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'I') watched the Army training video you posted, but will read the other links tonight.
From everything I've seen though DU as a risk is relatively minor unless your doing lines of it. From an everyday standpoint it really is pretty harmless.

But, I'll read more tonight.

Hope you've gotten around to that reading specop, maybe a little reflection too. Nothing wrong with being wrong in the light of new information, but its sure not pretty when it turns to whining, finger pointing and namecalling.
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Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Fri 13 May 2005, 22:17:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'R')ight now I'm reading this which again confirms what I've been saying.


Well...I have to say, that changed my outlook a bit.

Re: 'Ichthyosis Fetalis' , that does seem to describe two of the pictures. The thing you seem to be missing is that it is a very rare geneticly based disease which at least based on those pictures, seems to be happening in Iraq at greater than the average rate. The cleft lip/palatte shown in a couple of the pictures, as well as the syndactyly shown in the bottom are fairly common disorders which can also have a genetic basis. The question is wether these genetic diseases are happening with increased frequency in Iraq. Certainly radiation exposure can increase the rate of these sorts of disorders. The picture in the middle with the swollen abdomen is, I believe, an example of hydrops featalis and would be caused by blood type incompatibility between the father and mother, and would not be related to DU.

As for obtaining your own own depleted uranium, you might want to look into that a little further. You can....with a license from the nuclear regulatory commision. http://www.nrc.gov/materials/srcmaterial.html

And the media is not liberal with regard to weapons. They are restrictive with respect to guns. They promote restrictions not liberalization.
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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 22:30:19

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Liamj', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'I') watched the Army training video you posted, but will read the other links tonight.
From everything I've seen though DU as a risk is relatively minor unless your doing lines of it. From an everyday standpoint it really is pretty harmless.

But, I'll read more tonight.

Hope you've gotten around to that reading specop, maybe a little reflection too. Nothing wrong with being wrong in the light of new information, but its sure not pretty when it turns to whining, finger pointing and namecalling.


Being wrong?? I'm not wrong, and this "new information" actually supports what I've been saying all along!
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Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 22:36:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'R')ight now I'm reading this which again confirms what I've been saying.


Well...I have to say, that changed my outlook a bit.

Re: 'Ichthyosis Fetalis' , that does seem to describe two of the pictures. The thing you seem to be missing is that it is a very rare geneticly based disease which at least based on those pictures, seems to be happening in Iraq at greater than the average rate. The cleft lip/palatte shown in a couple of the pictures, as well as the syndactyly shown in the bottom are fairly common disorders which can also have a genetic basis. The question is wether these genetic diseases are happening with increased frequency in Iraq. Certainly radiation exposure can increase the rate of these sorts of disorders. The picture in the middle with the swollen abdomen is, I believe, an example of hydrops featalis and would be caused by blood type incompatibility between the father and mother, and would not be related to DU.

As for obtaining your own own depleted uranium, you might want to look into that a little further. You can....with a license from the nuclear regulatory commision. http://www.nrc.gov/materials/srcmaterial.html

And the media is not liberal with regard to weapons. They are restrictive with respect to guns. They promote restrictions not liberalization.


Hard to get ahold of?
Reactor fuel pellets
Uranium doped marbles
Berylium and Heavy water
Uranium ore. How much you want?

That site used to sell depleted uranium, however it seems there out right now. It was godawful expensive though. I'm sure if you contacted them they could get more.

And thats not a fly-by-night company, I've done business with them before and while a bit slow on processing and shipping, they are very much legit.

And I'll agree, we cant say for sure if DU exposure is causing a higher rate of defects or not. It could very well be due to any testing of chemicals performed by Saddam. However, I ASSURE YOU ON THIS, if theres ANY noticable increase of defects or other abnormalities it will automatically and immediately be blamed on America and its use of DU, whether thats the case or not.
And I'll bet dollars to donuts on that, because look what happening here. No one has even mentioned any testing or usage of chemicals by Saddam, its only been throwing mud about Americas use of DU. Kinda funny really.
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SpecOP_007 doesn't stand by his words.

Unread postby rerere » Fri 13 May 2005, 22:57:40

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'A')s for rerere, once again his only point is to try and throw mud and drag things off topic.


Really? Quoting you and asking you to PROVE your case is 'off topic'?

Wow.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')Had he bothered to check my link to the medical site he would see DU isnt what causes those birth defects.


Your link does not support your postion. Your link describes a condition, no statements that the conditions are NOT caused by Depleted Uranium exposure.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')Oh, and the Geneva Convention doesnt apply to us when fighting terrorists, but we've been through that one.


Yea, and when asked for you to produce actual chapter and verse to support your position, you didn't. Just like in this thread.


In the PDF
http://www.who.int/entity/heca/advocacy ... Yfinal.pdf
references
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20040728092303616

"the munitions can pollute the environment and create up to a hundredfold increase in uranium levels in ground water, according to the UNEP."

So come on, show us your actual backbone and defend your positions that "the pictures are false" and "I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, because its not."

(Also note folks - SpecOP_007 edited the message where he said "I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, because its not." and removed the statement. )
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Re: SpecOP_007 doesn't stand by his words.

Unread postby Specop_007 » Fri 13 May 2005, 23:01:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rerere', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'A')s for rerere, once again his only point is to try and throw mud and drag things off topic.


Really? Quoting you and asking you to PROVE your case is 'off topic'?

Wow.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')Had he bothered to check my link to the medical site he would see DU isnt what causes those birth defects.


Your link does not support your postion. Your link describes a condition, no statements that the conditions are NOT caused by Depleted Uranium exposure.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')Oh, and the Geneva Convention doesnt apply to us when fighting terrorists, but we've been through that one.


Yea, and when asked for you to produce actual chapter and verse to support your position, you didn't. Just like in this thread.


In the PDF
http://www.who.int/entity/heca/advocacy ... Yfinal.pdf
references
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20040728092303616

"the munitions can pollute the environment and create up to a hundredfold increase in uranium levels in ground water, according to the UNEP."

So come on, show us your actual backbone and defend your positions that "the pictures are false" and "I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, because its not."

(Also note folks - SpecOP_007 edited the message where he said "I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, because its not." and removed the statement. )


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Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Fri 13 May 2005, 23:15:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'T')hat site used to sell depleted uranium, however it seems there out right now. It was godawful expensive though. I'm sure if you contacted them they could get more.


Well...you can read the NRC regs. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-colle ... -0013.html

You don't need a license to buy glass and other mixtures that contain small amounts of DU. You also don't need a license to buy uranium ore, provided you don't plan to refine it. From my reading of the statute, the only thing made of pure DU that can be sold w/o a license, is airplane and rocket counterweights.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'H')owever, I ASSURE YOU ON THIS, if theres ANY noticable increase of defects or other abnormalities it will automatically and immediately be blamed on America and its use of DU, whether thats the case or not.


I won't disagree that people opposed to the war will probably make that connection quickly. OTOH, I would imagine that the mainstream press, the UN, etc. will be very slow to make that connection and will require uncontrovertable proof. Somewhere in the middle seems to be a more reasonable approach.

Truth be told, I'm sort of in the middle on the DU thing. I don't know what the toxic and radiologic impacts of DU are. I do know for sure that invading countries and shooting it at civilians is inexcusable. If it strikes you while moving at 2000 fps, the toxicity is 100%.
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Unread postby rerere » Fri 13 May 2005, 23:15:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '
')Uranium ore. How much you want?

From that link:
"any attempt to machine it or cut it will produce small chips that ignite on contact with air producing radioactive smoke."

Lets see that would make:
1) "nanoparticles" - nanoparticles have been known to be mutinigenic.
2) Radioactivity - again, a mutigan
3) Heavy Metal - Oh, look. Another mutation agent.

Yet, SpecOP_007 said "I hope your not implying that picture is from DU, because its not" (the deleted the quote hoping no one would notice) in response to an obviously mutated birth.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'N')o one has even mentioned any testing or usage of chemicals by Saddam, its only been throwing mud about Americas use of DU. Kinda funny really.


Yea, Saddam is so powerful that the birth defect rate in Kosovo and Afagainistan is elevated after the use of DU.
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