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To: txnativegop

782,414 DU rounds were fired during the 1991 war in Iraq, mostly by US forces.

Data shows that many of the DU rounds were fired in or near populated areas of Iraq, including As Samawah, Nasiriyah and Basrah. At least 1,500 rounds were also aimed at troops, the group says.

This conflicts with legal advice from the US Air Force in 1975 suggesting that DU weapons should only be used against hard targets like tanks and armoured vehicles.


20 posted on 12/31/2019 7:05:46 PM PST by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: sockmonkey

Maybe so, But that is the cost of war. Tragic as it is. The armor on main battle tanks is uranium and only uranium warheads will penetrate it. But I believe you know this already.


21 posted on 12/31/2019 7:16:19 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: sockmonkey

Your posts are so full of crap.


22 posted on 12/31/2019 7:17:07 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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