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Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring Immediate Action

By President Bush, Prime Minister Brown, and Prime Minister Olmert

Dr. Doug Rokke, PhD. Dlind49@aol.com

former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium project

June 11, 2008

During the summer of 1991, the United States military had

collected artillery, tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles,

conventional and unconventional munitions, trucks, etc. at

Camp Doha in Kuwait. As result of carelessness this weapons

depot caught fire with consequent catastrophic explosion

resulting in death, injury, illness and extensive

environmental contamination from depleted uranium and

conventional explosives. Recently the emirate of Kuwait

required the United States Department of Defense to remove

the contamination. Consequently, over 6,700 tons of

contaminated soil sand and other residue was collected and

has been shipped back to the United States for burial by

American Ecology at Boise Idaho. When Bob Nichols, an

investigative journalist, and I contacted American Ecology

we found out that they had absolutely no knowledge of U.S.

Army Regulation 700-48, U.S. Army PAM 700-48, U.S. Army

Technical Bulletin 9-1300-278, and all of the medical orders

dealing with depleted uranium contamination, environmental

remediation procedures, safety, and medical care . They had

never heard of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

guidelines for dealing with mixed – hazardous waste such as

radioactive materials and conventional explosives

byproducts. (reference "Approaches for the Remediation of

Federal Facility Sites Contaminated with Explosives or

Radioactive Wastes", EPA/625/R-93/013, September 1993). The

shipment across the ocean, unloading at Longview,

Washington State port, transport by rail, and burial in

Idaho endangers not only the residents of these areas but

poses a significant agricultural threat through introduction

of pests, microbes, etc. foreign to our nation.

Sadly the known adverse health and environmental hazards

from uranium weapons contamination are in our own backyard.

The EPA has listed the former Nuclear Metals- Starmet

uranium weapons manufacturing site in Concord Ma. On EPA’s

Superfund National Priority List because it poses a

significant risk to public health and the environment.

Consequently the community in which our nation was born on

April 18, 1775 is now the location of America’s own closed

dirty bomb factory that will endanger the health and safety

of the descendants of our original patriots- “the

Minutemen”.

The previous delivery of at least 100 GBU 28 bunker busters

bombs containing depleted uranium warheads by the United

States and their use by Israel against Lebanese targets has

resulted in additional radioactive and chemical toxic

contamination with consequent adverse health and

environmental effects throughout the middle east. Israeli

tank gunners are also using depleted uranium tank rounds as

photographs verify.

Today, U.S., British, and now Israeli military personnel are

using illegal uranium munitions- America's and England's

own "dirty bombs" while U.S. Army, U.S. Department of

Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, and British Ministry of

Defence officials deny that there are any adverse health and

environmental effects as a consequence of the manufacture,

testing, and/or use of uranium munitions to avoid liability

for the willful and illegal dispersal of a radioactive toxic

material - depleted uranium.

The use of uranium weapons is absolutely unacceptable, and a

crime against humanity. Consequently the citizens of the

world and all governments must force cessation of uranium

weapons use. I must demand that Israel now provide medical

care to all DU casualties in Lebanon and clean up all DU

contamination.

U.S. and British officials have arrogantly refused to comply

with their own regulations, orders, and directives that

require United States Department of Defense officials to

provide prompt and effective medical care to "all" exposed

individuals. Reference: Medical Management of Unusual

Depleted Uranium Casualties, DOD, Pentagon, 10/14/93,

Medical Management of Army personnel Exposed to Depleted

Uranium (DU) Headquarters, U.S. Army Medical Command 29

April 2004, and section 2-5 of U.S. Army Regulation 700-48.

Israeli officials must not do so now.

They also refuse to clean up dispersed radioactive

Contamination as required by Army Regulation- AR 700-48:

"Management of Equipment Contaminated With Depleted Uranium

or Radioactive Commodities" (Headquarters, Department Of The

Army, Washington, D.C., September 2002) and U.S. Army

Technical Bulletin- TB 9-1300-278: "Guidelines For Safe

Response To Handling, Storage, And Transportation Accidents

Involving Army Tank Munitions Or Armor Which Contain

Depleted Uranium" (Headquarters, Department Of The Army,

Washington, D.C., JULY 1996). Specifically section 2-4 of

United States Army Regulation-AR 700-48 dated September 16,

2002 requires that:

(1) "Military personnel "identify, segregate, isolate,

secure, and label all RCE" (radiologically contaminated

equipment).

(2) "Procedures to minimize the spread of radioactivity will

be implemented as soon as possible."

(3) "Radioactive material and waste will not be locally

disposed of through burial, submersion, incineration,

destruction in place, or abandonment" and

(4) "All equipment, to include captured or combat RCE, will

be surveyed, packaged, retrograded, decontaminated and

released IAW Technical Bulletin 9-1300-278, DA PAM 700-48"

(Note: Maximum exposure limits are specified in Appendix F).

DOD leaders are not showing the DU training tapes to

military personnel. These three video tapes: (1) "Depleted

Uranium Hazard Awareness", (2) "Contaminated and Damaged

Equipment Management", and (3) "Operation of the AN/PDR 77

Radiac Set" are essential to understanding the hazards from

the use of uranium weapons and management of uranium weapons

contamination. DOD leaders must show these tapes to all

military personnel involved in the use of uranium weapons

and the consequent management of uranium contamination.

The previous and current use of uranium weapons, the release

of radioactive components in destroyed U.S. and foreign

military equipment, and releases of industrial, medical,

research facility radioactive materials have resulted in

unacceptable exposures. Therefore, decontamination must be

completed as required by U.S. Army Regulation 700-48 and

should include releases of all radioactive materials

resulting from military operations.

The extent of adverse health and environmental effects of

uranium weapons contamination is not limited to combat zones

in the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan but includes

facilities and sites where uranium weapons were manufactured

or tested including Vieques; Puerto Rico; Colonie, New

York; Concord, MA; Jefferson Proving Grounds, Indiana; and

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Therefore medical care must be

provided by the United States Department of Defense

officials to all individuals affected by the manufacturing,

testing, and/or use of uranium munitions. Thorough

environmental remediation also must be completed without

further delay.

I am amazed that fifteen years after was I asked to clean up

the initial DU mess from Gulf War 1 and over ten years

since I finished the depleted uranium project that United

States Department of Defense officials and others still

attempt to justify uranium munitions use while ignoring

mandatory requirements. I am dismayed that Department of

Defense and Department of Energy officials and

representatives continue personal attacks aimed to silence

or discredit those of us who are demanding that medical care

be provided to all DU casualties and that environmental

remediation is completed in compliance with U.S. Army

Regulation 700-48. But beyond the ignored mandatory actions

the willful dispersal of tons of solid radioactive and

chemically toxic waste in the form of uranium munitions is

illegal (http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf

) and just does not even pass the common sense test and

according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS,

is a dirty bomb. DHS issued "dirty bomb" response

guidelines,

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

, on January 3, 2006 for incidents within the United States

but ignore DOD use of uranium weapons and existing DOD

regulations. These guidelines specifically state that:

"Characteristics of RDD and IND Incidents: A radiological

incident is defined as an event or series of events,

deliberate or accidental, leading to the release, or

potential release, into the environment of radioactive

material in sufficient quantity to warrant consideration of

protective actions. Use of an RDD or IND is an act of

terror that produces a radiological incident." Thus the use

of uranium munitions is "an act or terror" as defined by

DHS. Finally continued compliance with the infamous March

1991 Los Alamos Memorandum that was issued to ensure

continued use of uranium munitions can not be justified.

In conclusion: the President of the United States- George W.

Bush, the Prime Minister of Great Britain-Gordon Brown, and

the Prime Minister of Israel Olmert must acknowledge and

accept responsibility for willful use of illegal uranium

munitions- their own "dirty bombs"- resulting in adverse

health and environmental effects.

President Bush, Prime Minister Brown, and Prime Minister

Olmert should order:

1. medical care for all casualties,

2. thorough environmental remediation,

3. immediate cessation of retaliation against all of us who

demand compliance with medical care and environmental

remediation requirements,

4. and stop the already illegal the use (UN finding) of

depleted uranium munitions.

References- these references are copies the actual

regulations and orders and other pertinent official

documents:

http://www.traprockpeace.org/twomemos.html

http://www.traprockpeace.org/rokke_du_3_ques.html

http://www.traprockpeace.org/du_dtic_wakayama_Aug2002.html

http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

http://cryptome.org/dhs010306.txt

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/15/razing_urged_for_waste_site/

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/04/29/area_news/doc4816651072f72767559743.txt

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