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September 22, 2010
More leukemia in Iraq than after
Hiroshima as a result of the US-UK
use of depleted uranium, white
phosphorus and nerve gas in its
weaponry.
Bush and Blair lied about
non-existent Iraqi Weapons of Mass
Destruction in order to justify
their invasion of that country. Now
the toxic effects of US-UK's own WMD
bring a massive cancer scurge -
particularly of childhood cancers -
to the town of Fallujah. Women are
now being advised not to have
children.
22 September 2010
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Use
Women advised not to have children
as legacy of US and UK WMD
Bill Wilson MSP (SNP) has lodged a
Parliamentary Motion highlighting
the consequences of the US and UK’s
use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
during an attack on Fallujah in
2004.
Speaking after lodging his motion,
Dr Wilson said, "The consequences
are ongoing: a survey showed a
four-fold increase in all cancers, a
12-fold increase in childhood cancer
in under-14s and a 38-fold increase
in leukaemia. By contrast, Hiroshima
survivors showed a 17-fold increase
with regard to the latter. What’s
more, because of this cancer crisis,
local doctors are advising women not
to have children.
"I have long been convinced that
those responsible for the invasion
of Iraq should be charged. It seems
to me that any reasonable person
looking at what happen in Fallujah
would conclude that major war crimes
have been committed. Tony Blair has
to answer for his decisions.
"It is disappointing, to say the
least, that our media have paid
relatively little attention to this
issue. Yet women are now being
advised not to have children. To
turn a blind eye now would surely
make us all complicit."
Contact
Dr Bill Wilson MSP
Tel +44 (0) 782 459 6994 / 131 348
6805 / 141 840 2772
Fax +44 (0) 131 348 6806 / 141 889
4693
E-mail
Bill.Wilson.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Website
www.billwilsonmsp.org
Notes to Editors
1. FULL TEXT OF THE MOTION
Short Title: Women Advised Not to
Have Children as Legacy of US and UK
WMD
S3M-07049 Bill Wilson (West of
Scotland) (SNP): That the Parliament
notes a report in the International
Journal of Environmental Research
and Public Health, Cancer, Infant
Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in
Fallujah, Iraq 2005-2009, on the
effects of the United Kingdom and
United States’ attack on Fallujah in
2004; notes the reports that this
attack involved the use of illegal
chemical weapons, phosphorous bombs
and nerve gas; understands that it
has been further reported that this
has led to an explosion of infant
mortality, leukaemia and cancers,
exceeding those following the
dropping of atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to the
extent that local doctors are
advising women not to have children;
supports the international courts in
their pursuit of war criminals since
1945; believes that no individual
guilty of such crimes should escape
justice, and calls for the detention
and trial of Anthony Charles Lynton
Blair.
2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
BEYOND HIROSHIMA - THE NON-REPORTING
OF FALLUJAH'S CANCER CATASTROPHE
http://www.medialens.org/alerts/10/100907_beyond_hiroshima_t
he.php
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