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 I am amazed that fifteen years after was I asked to clean up the initial DU 
 mess from Gulf War I, and over ten years since I finished the depleted- 
 uranium 
 project, US Department of Defense officials and others still attempt to 
 justify the use of uranium 
 munitions while ignoring mandatory requirements. I am dismayed that DOD and 
 Department of Energy officials and representatives continue making personal 
 attacks aimed to silence or discredit those of us who are demanding that 
 medical care be provided to 
 all DU casualties and that environmental remediation is completed in 
 compliance with US Army Regulation 700-48. But beyond the ignored mandatory 
 actions, the willful dispersal of tons of solid radioactive and chemically 
 toxic waste in the form of uranium 
 munitions is illegal and does not even pass the test of common sense. 
  
 According to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DU is a "dirty 
 bomb." The department issued "dirty bomb" response guidelines on January 3, 
 2006 for incidents within the United States, ignoring DOD use of uranium 
 weapons and existing DOD 
 regulations. These guidelines specifically state that "a radiological 
 incident 
 is defined as an event or series of events, deliberate or accidental, 
 leading 
 to the release, or potential release, into the environment of radioactive 
 material in sufficient 
 quantity to warrant consideration of protective actions. Use of an RDD or 
 IND 
 is an act of terror that produces a radiological incident." Thus, the use of 
 uranium munitions is an "act or terror," as defined by DHS. Finally, 
 continued 
 compliance with the 
 infamous March 1991 Los Alamos memorandum that was issued to ensure 
 continued 
 use of uranium munitions cannot be justified. 
  
 In conclusion, the president of the United States, the prime minister of the 
 United Kingdom, and the prime minister of Israel must acknowledge and accept 
 responsibility for the willful use of illegal uranium munitions€their own 
 "dirty bombs"€resulting in 
 adverse health and environmental effects. 
  
 President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, and Prime Minister Olmert should order 
 medical care for all casualties and thorough environmental remediation, and 
 stop the illegal use of depleted-uranium munitions. 
  
  
  
  
 Doug Rokke is a Vietnam veteran and the former director of the US Army 
 Depleted Uranium Project. He has a PhD in health physics and was originally 
 trained as a forensic scientist. When the Gulf War started in 1991, he was 
 assigned to prepare soldiers to 
 respond to nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare, and was sent to the 
 Gulf. What he experienced has made him a passionate voice for peace, 
 traveling 
 the country to speak out. 
  
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