[CPEO-MEF] Italy calls for Nato uranium probe

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Italy calls for Nato uranium probe

By James Blitz in Rome and Alexander Nicoll in London
Published: January 3 2001 18:51GMT | Last Updated: January 3 2001 20:08GMT

The Italian government on Wednesday called on Nato to reveal all aspects of
its use of depleted uranium in weapons deployed in the Balkans, amid growing
international concern that they may be the source of cancer among soldiers
and civilians.

Following the death of the sixth Italian soldier to have served in Bosnia
and Kosovo in recent years, Giuliano Amato, Italy's prime minister, said his
government would ask Nato to "assume its responsibility" and investigate
what has come to be known as "the Balkans syndrome".

"This affair is taking far too serious a turn," Mr Amato told the Italian
daily newspaper La Repubblica in an interview. "Alarm is more than
legitimate."

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