Gaffe exposes monitoring sham; Ministry of Defence admits officer's slip-up is 'unhelpful'

The Sunday Herald | February 16, 2003| | Copyright

Official monitoring of the radioactive contamination caused by depleted uranium (DU) weapons is no more than a cynical ploy designed to reassure a worried public, a senior army officer has admitted.

His admission comes amidst mounting anxiety this weekend about the risks of DU poisoning people and the environment. Millions of shells containing hundreds of tonnes of DU are on their way to the Gulf from Britain and the US for the expected attack on Iraq, while nearly 200 DU rounds have just been tested at a firing range in southwest Scotland.

Now, in an extraordinary gaffe, the retired ...

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