[CPEO-MEF] "Australian troops may be exposed to uranium" in Iraq

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Australian troops may be exposed to uranium

By Luke McIlveen
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
March 9, 2005

THE army is investigating the possibility that 450 Australian troops 
bound for Iraq could be exposed to toxic materials, including uranium.
The troops will be deployed to Al Muthanna province in southern Iraq, an 
area suspected of being a dumping ground for depleted uranium left by US 
forces in the Gulf War.

An Australian Army reconnaissance team has been in Iraq to investigate 
the presence of uranium and other safety threats, and is due to report 
back this week.

Defence authorities confirmed they were investigating the uranium threat 
to the Diggers, who will be sent to Iraq in May to protect Japanese 
military engineers.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12489770-2,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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