Hostages held at Clinton’s NH campaign office.
Hostages held at Clinton’s NH campaign office.
AP reports:
An armed man took people hostage Friday at a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office in New Hampshire, police said.
The incident happened at about 1 p.m. Friday at 28 North Main St. in Rochester. Officials said that a man is holding people hostage at the office, but it is unclear how many people are being held.
UPDATE: MSNBC is reporting that the two hostages being held are Clinton campaign volunteers. The hostage-taker, who reportedly is demanding to speak with the senator, has already released a woman and a child.
UPDATE II: Bill Shaheen, a top state campaign official, said that the “man had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to himself.” The AP reports that workers “for Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign office in Rochester also were evacuated, a campaign spokesman said. The office is four doors away from Clinton’s. Staffers in John Edwards’ office, a few buildings away, evacuated as well.”
UPDATE III: Clinton, who is in DC, canceled her speech to the DNC after news of the NH situation broke.
UPDATE IV: The Clinton campaign has put out this statement:
There is an ongoing situation in our Rochester, NH office. We are in close contact with state and local authorities and are acting at their direction. We will release additional details as appropriate.
UPDATE V: WMUR in New Hampshire reports that another “one of the hostages, a woman, was released at about 3 p.m.“
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US withdraws UN text backing Mideast peace process: diplomat
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The United States on Friday withdrew a resolution it had presented to the UN Security Council endorsing the Annapolis conference relaunch of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, said a diplomat close to the Security Council.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071130/wl_mideast_afp/mideastdiplomacyunus
Thats that peace deal dead then
November 30th, 2007 at 1:57 pmWatch Fock Snooze try to pawn this off as an Obama backer, or more likely, a Hillary “Oh, I’m a victim” stunt
November 30th, 2007 at 1:58 pmOr will Faux claim it is blowback from retired gay Generals?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:00 pmIt must be the Liberal Media’s doing.
It must be!
November 30th, 2007 at 2:02 pmIs his name Jake or Dayrll?
Ah, so this is how the RiechWingers are gonna react to Hillary running for Pres, can’t say I didn’t see this one coming. They are desperate pyschos that think guns and aggression are the answer to their plight.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 30th, 2007 at 2:04 pmOne would expect this from bloggers with names like Age of Rifles, or some other dumbshit handle…
November 30th, 2007 at 2:09 pmTen to one this is a redneck hilbilly…Yes, they have them even up in NH…
November 30th, 2007 at 2:10 pmIt’s Clinton’s fault. No, the other one.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pmWell, there goes the conservative talking point that “there have been no terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 9/11.”
That having been said, I do hope this situation is resolved peacefully and without bloodshed. This is a sad development and I hope it’s not part of a trend.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:12 pmIs his name Jake or Dayrll?
Comment by Buckie Boy
Ten to one this is a redneck hilbilly…
Comment by RUCerious
I’m gonna go with Jason Hendler. He was grasping at mental health the last times.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:13 pmIs the hostage taker mentally ill, or just Republican?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pmRightard holds Hillary campaign workers hostage.
Meanwhile, BushCo holds America hostage.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:15 pmHere we go.. I’m ready for the GOP candidate to put their crapola spin on this one. And nothing is happening over at the Mittster’s or Rudy/Rudia’s headquarters but Hillary’s.. Hmmm…
November 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pmIs the hostage taker mentally ill, or just Republican?
Comment by OxyCon
Stop repeating yourself.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:17 pmRADIOACTIVE AMMUNITION FIRED IN THE MIDDLE EAST MAY CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan. So much ammunition containing depleted uranium(DU) has been fired, asserts nuclear authority Leuren Moret, “The genetic future of the Iraqi people for the most part, is destroyed.â€
“More than ten times the amount of radiation released during atmospheric testing (of nuclear bombs) has been released from depleted uranium weaponry since 1991,†Moret writes, including radioactive ammunition fired by Israeli troops in Palestine.
Adds Arthur Bernklau, of Veterans For Constitutional Law, “The long-term effect of DU is a virtual death sentence. Iraq is a toxic wasteland. Anyone who is there stands a good chance of coming down with cancer and leukemia. In Iraq, the birth rate of mutations is totally out of control.â€
…“For every genetic defect that we can see now, in future generations there are thousands more that will be expressed.†She adds, “the (Iraq) environment now is completely radioactive.â€
November 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pmIs his name Jake or Dayrll?
Comment by Buckie Boy — November 30, 2007 @ 2:04 pm
You beat me to it!
November 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pmmy money is on Daryll. gun in one hand, bible in the other.
my money is on Daryll. gun in one hand, bible in the other.
Comment by LividLib — November 30, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
Reminds me of my Drill Sergeant’s favorite rhyme…
This is my rifle,
This is my gun.
One is for fighting,
November 30th, 2007 at 2:22 pmone is for fun!
Update:
Charges yet-to-be-filed against the hostage-taker have been pre-emptively dropped, on the orders of a Federal Judge appointed by team dubbie.
The gunman will be promoted to Director of Communications for DHS.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:25 pmStrange.
Nothing about this on Instaputz or the KKKorner or Redstate…
Plenty on how Rove was “right” about Demos “politicizing” the war, tho….
November 30th, 2007 at 2:26 pmObviously a vast left-wing conspiracy nutjob to draw attention to Hillary’s sagging numbers.
Thought I just beat Rush and Michele to the punch. Or perhaps this too is all CNN’s fault.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:27 pmI’m sure Hillary will not seek charges against the gunman. She’s let George Bush kill 1.2 million innocent Iraqis without ever a word about holding him accountable.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:27 pmHe didn’t want to take them hostage. He was just delivering a package of Anthrax and things got out of hand.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:28 pmComment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda
Brilliance
November 30th, 2007 at 2:34 pmIt will be resolved peacefully after the Democratic National Committee meeting ends. Lee Harvey Oswald who has strong connections to the Obama campaign will surrender.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pmIs the hostage taker mentally ill, or just Republican?
Comment by OxyCon
What’s the difference?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pmFox News is reporting that the two hostages being held are Clinton campaign volunteers.
Ironic TP would reference Fox News. Is that what you watch in your offices? Say it ain’t so!
OTOH, CNN is probably busy running reruns of Wednesday’s ‘debate’.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pmRADIOACTIVE AMMUNITION FIRED IN THE MIDDLE EAST MAY CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan. So much ammunition containing depleted uranium(DU) has been fired, asserts nuclear authority Leuren Moret, “The genetic future of the Iraqi people for the most part, is destroyed.â€
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — November 30, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
This is a bit inaccurate. U-238 is only weakly radioactive, and the radiation it produces is no more radioactive than the 90 micrograms of natural uranium already in your body. There are no reported reproductive effects, according to the WHO, and most DU is eliminated via the kidneys.
It is chemically toxic, particularly in the kidneys and lungs, which is the real problem.
Good info here:
November 30th, 2007 at 2:40 pmhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/index.html
And the hill billy chimes in with his -2 cents worth of nonsense.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:42 pmWhats the matter billy, your side getting too embarrassing for you? This is what you reap when you sow blind ignorant hatred.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pmSo, did this guy already get his Medal of Freedom from Bush or is he still waiting to get it?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:44 pmUmmmmm. Is it is or is it ain’t?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:46 pmI truly hope that the hostages aren’t harmed and this lunatic is safely incarcerated for a long damned time.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:47 pmJust read where the authorities have asked news networks not to show any live footage because it may hamper the efforts of the law enforcement. But you can go to any of the major outlets and get the up to date birdseye view.
ratings takes precedent over lives.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pmSomeone call FOX Noise quick – they will surely want to feature this as a campaign tactic by the Clinton camp.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pmMy guess is the bomber won’t see another sunrise.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pm(new Aerosmith lyrics to “Janey’s Got a Gun)
Cheney’s got a gun
Cheney’s got a gun
His whole world’s come undone
From lookin straight at the sun
What did his daddy do?
What did he put you through?
They said when Cheney was arrested
They found him underneath a train
But man he had it comin
Now that Cheney’s got a gun
He ain’t never gonna be the same
November 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pmWill Bill stop at nothing in hijacking Hillary’s campaign? I know he misses the limelight, but this is ridiculous. j/k
This is why I sometimes envy the neocons. They have all the crazies. Couldn’t we have had just one or two crazies during the past six years?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pmUmmmmm. Is it is or is it ain’t?
Comment by Spudge Boy — November 30, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
The kidneys are the main site of damage from DU exposure because they are the main site of elimination of the metal from the bloodstream. There are the two relevant points from the WHO fact sheet:
Don’t get me wrong – I’m not saying that DU isn’t a bad thing. I’m just clarifying that radioactivity is not the main issue.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pmI imagine if the person who is committing this act is a Muslim, than he will be considered an Islamofascist terrorist.
However, if the person is a Christian, then he will simply be a criminal
November 30th, 2007 at 2:53 pmHowever, if the person is a Christian, then he will simply be a criminal
Comment by dim wit — November 30, 2007 @ 2:53 pm
Among some members of the Christian Taliban, he’ll be hailed as a hero.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:54 pmBy “absorbed” do they mean via shrapnel injection?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pmSo there aren’t any missing white girl bomb strapping terrorists to gawk about this morning?
November 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pmThere are no reported reproductive effects, according to the WHO, and most DU is eliminated via the kidneys. …It is chemically toxic, particularly in the kidneys and lungs, which is the real problem.
Comment by toasterhead — November 30, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Then why don’t you sprinkle some in your oatmeal every morning.
The Christian Science Monitor recently sent reporters to Iraq to investigate long-term effects of depleted uranium. Staff writer Scott Peterson saw children playing on top of a burnt-out tank near a vegetable stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, a tank that had been destroyed by armor-piercing shells coated with depleted uranium. Wearing his mask and protective clothing, he pointed his Geiger counter toward the tank. It registered 1,000 times the normal background radiation. The families who survived the tragic decade of sanctions, even the children who recently survived the bombing of Baghdad, may not survive the radiated aftermath of military profligacy. Uranium remains radioactive for two billion years. That’s a long time for reconstruction.
http://www.onlinejournal.com/health/022404Rockwell/022404rockwell.html
November 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pmThere are no reported reproductive effects, according to the WHO, and most DU is eliminated via the kidneys. …It is chemically toxic, particularly in the kidneys and lungs, which is the real problem.
Comment by toasterhead — November 30, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
According to Dr. Doug Rokke, U.S. Army health physicist who led the first clean-up of depleted uranium after the Gulf War, “Depleted uranium is a crime against God and humanity.” Rokke’s own crew, a hundred employees, was devastated by exposure to the fine dust. “When we went to the Gulf, we were all really healthy,” he said. After performing clean-up operations in the desert (mistakenly without protective gear), 30 members of his staff died, and most others—including Rokke himself—developed serious health problems. Rokke now has reactive airway disease, neurological damage, cataracts, and kidney problems. “We warned the Department of Defense in 1991 after the Gulf War. Their arrogance is beyond comprehension.”
http://www.onlinejournal.com/health/022404Rockwell/022404rockwell.html
November 30th, 2007 at 3:01 pmhttp://www.wmur.com to listen live on the scene
November 30th, 2007 at 3:04 pmTen to one this is a redneck hilbilly…Yes, they have them even up in NH…
Comment by RUCerious — November 30, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
As a redneck hillbilly, I resent that remark
;)
November 30th, 2007 at 3:07 pmoh, btw, this dude is likely a real progressive…just FINALLY snapped. Hillary is part of the same power-structure that brought us: the occupation of Iraq, Medicare swindles, NSA surveillance, etc, etc.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:08 pmShe sat on her hams for toooo long about iraq. Still won’t listen about 9/11.
On that, anyone here not gutsy enough to learn the FACTS about that day…is not a progressive. Demand more of yourselves.
Farg Hillary. Impeach.
Is working with DU more toxic than watching Fox?
Veritas was blogging about DU earlier this week, but wasn’t taken too seriously. 2MLYTA, thank you for your links.
I’m wondering, then, about the side effects for munitions makers / handlers. One would think this toxic residue would be prevalent in those who routinely handle such weapons, eh? Anyone know of any reported uptick in radiation sickness within our borders?
November 30th, 2007 at 3:11 pmWith the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, Illegal Spying on our Phones, Internet etc. how did this terrorist acquire a weapon and walk into THE campaign headquarters of the person most likely to be our next President?
So we’ve given up ALL OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES and we’re still not SAFE???
November 30th, 2007 at 3:12 pmLowest possible “dominator� Yep, you’re a republican/fascist alright.
Lowest possible dominator would also describe our Presidunce.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:13 pmHillary is part of the same power-structure that brought us: the occupation of Iraq, Medicare swindles, NSA surveillance, etc, etc.
She sat on her hams for toooo long about iraq. Still won’t listen about 9/11.
YOU SAID IT PICASSO!
November 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pmAccording to Dr. Doug Rokke, U.S. Army health physicist who led the first clean-up of depleted uranium after the Gulf War, “Depleted uranium is a crime against God and humanity.†Rokke’s own crew, a hundred employees, was devastated by exposure to the fine dust. “When we went to the Gulf, we were all really healthy,†he said. After performing clean-up operations in the desert (mistakenly without protective gear), 30 members of his staff died, and most others—including Rokke himself—developed serious health problems. Rokke now has reactive airway disease, neurological damage, cataracts, and kidney problems. “We warned the Department of Defense in 1991 after the Gulf War. Their arrogance is beyond comprehension.â€
http://www.onlinejournal.com/ health/ 022404Rockwell/ 022404rockwell.html
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — November 30, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
Thank you – this helps reinforce my point that it’s a problem of toxicity, not radioactivity. The primary health effect of radiation exposure is cancer. Exposure to U-238 is not generally associated with increased cancer risk, except in the case of uranium miners, though this is attributed more to radon exposure in the mine than the uranium itself.
Science disagrees with your article: http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/en/Depluranium4.pdf
November 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pmBilly, let me guess, you live in Vader, right?
November 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pmI’m wondering, then, about the side effects for munitions makers / handlers. One would think this toxic residue would be prevalent in those who routinely handle such weapons, eh? Anyone know of any reported uptick in radiation sickness within our borders?
Comment by Zimzone — November 30, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
That’s a good question. I don’t have an answer. The DU becomes so dangerous because once the munition explodes it’s released as dust. That dust is then breathed in, or falls into the soil and then the water supply. So perhaps its dangerous as a dust and less dangerous in other forms. But don’t worry, it only remains toxic for a few billion years.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pmSorry people, we Washingtonians pushed out most of the repukian scum from the Seattle area ages ago, we’ve driven them to the far reaches, but in Hill Billy’s case it’s not quite far enough for us.
Do Washington a favor Billy and move to the South Eastern US, there are lots of your kind there.
Buck Fush
November 30th, 2007 at 3:18 pmHe has to blow himself up. Otherwise the police might discover Karl Rove’s number on his cell phone speed dial.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:18 pmUranium decays by emission of alpha particles, essentially two protons and two neutrons, a Helium atom nucleus. These heavy particles are too heavy to penetrate far into tissue, which means that usually, the skin stops them. This is why U-238 is not seen as a particularly radioactive material. Also, since U-238 has a half-life of billions of years. That means that very few alpha particles are released per unit of time compared to more dangerous radioactive products such as Radon.
Now, to explain Dr. Rokke’s issue, all we have to do is look at what Uranium does as a simple poison. It attacks and destroys the cells in the kidneys. This can cause all kinds of toxic byproducts of our metabolism to back up in the bloodstream. The effects of the Alpha particles are meaningless next to the damage that those can do, not to mention the ‘vanilla’ toxic damage that this heavy metal does to our system.
Eating Uranium is not healthy for you…and not for the reason you think. ;)
Incidently, respiratory damage also is a known symptom of breathing U-238 dust, and again, not due to its radioactive principles. U-238 can take apart a cell quite fine without giving up a single alpha particle.
As for the actual radiological effects of U-238? Well, should he survive the short-term toxicity, he _may_ run the risk of cancer, however, that cancer risk is not demonstratably higher than if he’d never encountered U-238.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:18 pmAfter the Gulf War in 1991, Iraqi hospitals recorded a surge in cancer and birth defects. Hospital statistics from Basra show that in 1988 there were 11 cancer cases per 100,000 people. By 2001, after schools, homes, and entire neighborhoods were leveled from the air, the number increased to 116 per 100,000. Breast and lung cancer and leukemia showed up in all areas contaminated by depleted uranium. Dr. Jawad al-Ali, cancer specialist at the Basra Training Hospital, noted that, “The only factor that has changed here since the 1991 war is radiation.” Thirteen members of his staff, all present when the hospital area was bombed, are now cancer patients.
Same link.
And did I forget to mention that using weapons with DU shells is a War Crime?
November 30th, 2007 at 3:21 pmIt’s Bush’s Dad?
November 30th, 2007 at 3:23 pmProbably another hate-filled “pro-life” right-wing TERRORIST. I’m sure they won’t send this maniac to Gitmo or render him to another country for torturing. The FBI won’t be infiltrating his organization like they did with left-wing peace groups.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:26 pmIn 1997, while citing experiments, by others, in which 84 percent of dogs exposed to inhaled uranium died of cancer of the lungs, Dr. Asaf Durakovic, then Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Georgetown University in Washington was quoted as saying, ‘The [US government's] Veterans Administration asked me to lie about the risks of incorporating depleted uranium in the human body.’ He concluded, ‘uranium does cause cancer, uranium does cause mutation, and uranium does kill. If we continue with the irresponsible contamination of the biosphere, and denial of the fact that human life is endangered by the deadly isotope uranium, then we are doing disservice to ourselves, disservice to the truth, disservice to God and to all generations who follow.’ ”
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3298.cfm
November 30th, 2007 at 3:27 pmProbably another hate-filled “pro-life†right-wing TERRORIST.
Comment by BrianFL
I heard he’s a Blackwater contractor home on vacation.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:30 pmI’ve given up all my civil liberties.
The government can tap my phone, read my email, search my home…all without a warrant. The government is right now in the process of passing thought crime legislation. Yet they cannot stop a man from strapping a bomb to himself and walking into the campaign office of the person who most likely will be our next President?
You can’t even keep us SAFE after we’ve given you everything you wanted? I WANT MY CIVIL LIBERTIES BACK! Now!
November 30th, 2007 at 3:34 pmAfter the Gulf War in 1991, Iraqi hospitals recorded a surge in cancer and birth defects. Hospital statistics from Basra show that in 1988 there were 11 cancer cases per 100,000 people. By 2001, after schools, homes, and entire neighborhoods were leveled from the air, the number increased to 116 per 100,000.
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — November 30, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
Correlation is not causation. When you level an entire city, you release a lot of nasty carcinogens into the air, water, and soil that could also account for the rise in cancer rates. Unless doctors in Basra did radiation monitoring of their patients in the wake of the first Gulf War, you cannot conclude that radiation alone caused that increase in cancer, although it may indeed have been one factor.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:36 pmWhen Benazir Bhutto first returned to Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf tried to kill her with a bomb. Then, when that failed, he used the bombing as an excuse to put her under house arrest for her own protection, and declared martial law in order to protect the public from the terrorist bombers.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:41 pmToaster… come on…
November 30th, 2007 at 3:43 pmWhite male Republican who frequents RedState and watches Fox.
I’ll bet on it.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:43 pmAfter he shared his feelings I would then have to decide if it would be prudent to let “republicans hate facts’ have a few minuets with him tied to the tree in the back yard.
Billy, Billy, Billy, RHF is not a ballet dancer. Go minuet with yourself, please, but not here.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:43 pmClose but no……5 miles past Stella west bound on the Columbia river.
Comment by Billy Hill
In a van down by the river… *Chris Farley*
November 30th, 2007 at 3:44 pmIf this bomber did this to a Republican candidate’s HQ, he would be sent to Guantanamo as an enemy of the state.
This guy will probably get to write a book and be a regular commentator on FOX. He may even get to ask a question on the next Republican you tube debate.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:45 pmComment by Billy Hill
Another attempt by repukes to do comedy, did you write for the “Half hour news hour” on Fox?
You repukes really don’t know what makes stuff funny, do ya?
Washington’s embarrassment, Billy Hill.
Buck Fush
November 30th, 2007 at 3:46 pmLOL, Juan C., I haven’t heard that one in years.
I also don’t believe he’s really a ballet dancer.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:46 pmToaster… come on…
Comment by Juan C. — November 30, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
Toaster knows who he is and what he is. I hope at the very least he’s being paid well to do it.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:46 pmComment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda
Probably, however, I consider him one of the most informed and objective posters I’ve met. I celebrate that. Let’s not be so harsh to judge people.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:48 pmSorry, but you’ve confused me with the picture of Rudy you masterb*te to over your bead…
Comment by republicans hate facts
LMAO!!!
November 30th, 2007 at 3:59 pmHe may even get to ask a question on the next Republican you tube debate.
Comment by dumbstruck
Or at the next FEMA press conference.
November 30th, 2007 at 4:04 pmI read yesterday that your urge is jerking.
November 30th, 2007 at 4:34 pmBilly you are getting paid for this, remember?
November 30th, 2007 at 4:35 pmAnd remember, if it’s a white guy, it isn’t “terrorism”! Only if it’s a Muslim!
November 30th, 2007 at 4:47 pmToaster knows who he is and what he is. I hope at the very least he’s being paid well to do it.
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — November 30, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
Now that’s unfair. I’m just trying to inject a bit of scientific information into the discussion. The scientific and medical documentation I have read on the topic points to toxicity and not radioactivity as the primary source of aftereffects of DU munitions. I’m not a shill for anyone and I’m certainly not a supporter of DU munitions. But if we’re going to protest their use, we should do so based on scientific fact, not fourthhand assertions.
I welcome you to present some scientific evidence that shows that radioactivity is the primary public health concern associated with DU. The research I was looking at is from 2001. If you can point to something more recent that contradicts the WHO’s findings, please point it out.
November 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pmis this a DU thread, or one about a wingnut rushcultist holding people at gunpoint?
November 30th, 2007 at 5:43 pmSure she is, but fu*kwads like you like to pretend you know what we think or care about. Why don’t you STFU and listen for a change?
November 30th, 2007 at 6:25 pm2millionlightyears: Everyone needs to remember DU – Depleted Uranium and check out the video online “Beyond Treason” if you ever desire to believe that this government is wholesome. We’ve destroyed the Middle East where we’ve used DU in our ammo and contaminated their water & soil for the next 4.5 million years. Check out some of the infant deformities – children born with brains, limbs, etc. and see if you think this is something to be proud of.
This use of depleted uranium will kill our own soldiers over time and, via semen, the spouse is irradiated as well – death sentence….the soldiers take it home on their clothing.
This definitely will come up in the International Tribunal being planned for our Chimp in Chief.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:50 pmtoaster: Have you watched the documentary “Beyond Treason”. It’s filled with not only scientific data but the medial anomalies are documented as well. From what I can gather and I’ve been researching it for a couple of days, it’s the “real deal”. It may, in fact, be why so many State Dept. employees are refusing to serve time in Iraq – they know that the devil’s in the details….
November 30th, 2007 at 6:53 pmWhen science claims that depleted uranium has a half life of 4.5 million years, I’d say it’s pretty damn life threatening and toxic.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:54 pmtombaker: Mea culpa but the perpetrator has been nabbed and the hostages released so we’ve converted the thread to a DU thread by choice.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:55 pmToaster: Just checked some of my research and it’s much more current than that – 2003 – 2005. And, of course, there’s word of a VA gag order on the returning vets – to classify their dx as “PTSD” when it should be “exposure to DU”. That story will soon be breaking.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:56 pmMurths claims the surge is working.
Comment by Southern Man — November 30, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
as much and as effectively as Bush is.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:33 am