{"id":21679,"date":"2010-12-31T11:47:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21679"},"modified":"2010-12-31T11:47:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T15:47:23","slug":"speculation-as-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21679","title":{"rendered":"Speculation as evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian regurgitates baseless accusations against the US military in an article entitled “Research links rise in Falluja birth defects and cancers to US assault<\/a>“. The article claims that “researchers”, who are never named by the Guardian, have linked US weapons to birth defects in Fallujah’s children. Completely, unfounded, even in the article;<\/p>\n

“We suspect that the population is chronically exposed to an environmental agent,” said one of the report’s authors, environmental toxicologist Mozhgan Savabieasfahani. “We don’t know what<\/strong> that environmental factor is, but we are doing more tests to find out.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, “we don’t know what caused the defects, but we’re pretty sure it’s the Americans”. They’ve had nearly seven years “to find out” and they’re empty-handed. Of course, they love to blame depleted uranium;<\/p>\n

The findings are likely to prompt further speculation that the defects were caused by depleted uranium rounds, which were heavily used in two large battles in the city in April and November 2004. The rounds, which contain ionising radiation, are a core component of the armouries of numerous militaries and militias.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Depleted uranium is used primarily as an anti-armor weapon. How many tanks did al Qaeda have in Falujah? The only reason that depleted uranium is useful as weapon is because it’s density allows it to punch a hole in armor at a very speed. You can find all kinds of misinformation about depleted uranium from the anti-war crowd and conspiracy nuts who tell us that we’re disposing of our nuclear waste with the DU darts – a fairly expensive endeavor of dispsing a few ounces of uranium at a shot.<\/p>\n

However, no evidence has yet been established that proves this, and some researchers instead claim that depleted uranium has been demonstrably proven not to be a contaminant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I wonder why the Guardian even mentioned this research-less research. Well, beyond the headline, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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