A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
![Doctors in Fallujah are registering hundreds of babies with
severe birth defects, which they attribute to DU munitions
and other war toxins [Dr Samira Alani/Al Jazeera]](http://alhittin.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/fallujah-babies.jpg?w=280&h=165&crop=1)
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![Multiple birth defects, many as severe as this, have
become common with babies born in the aftermath of
US assaults on the city [Dr Samira Alani/Al Jazeera]](http://alhittin.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/multiple-birth-defects-iraq.jpg?w=280&h=165&crop=1)
Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tonnes of depleted uranium munitions and other toxic wastes. – By Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera This report contains photos of a graphic nature. Fallujah, Iraq - Contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions and other military-related pollution is suspected of causing a sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases, […]
- By Al Arabiya With Agencies The Iraqi army has withdrew from Falluja, a city in the Sunni province of Anbar, after deadly clashes with protesters that left five anti-Maliki demonstrators killed, Al Arabiya correspondent reported Friday. After the army’s withdrawal, Anbar operation command imposed curfew on Falluja, Al Arabiya correspondent added. An agreement has been […]
- By Karim Kadim, Associated Press FALLUJAH, Iraq — Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunnis angry over perceived second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government massed along a major western highway and elsewhere in the country Friday for the largest protests yet in a week of demonstrations. The well-organized rallies, which took place after traditional Friday […]
- By Donna Mulhearn ‘You come from a culture where it is okay to kill children,’ the Iraqi woman said. We were sheltering against the wall of a building in Fallujah in April 2004 while the city was under attack by US forces. I began to protest, but she continued, in broken English: ‘Let me […]
- By Donna Mulhearn I’ve never seen a face as sad as a mother watching her new baby die. I saw it several times in the week I spent in Iraq’s Fallujah Hospital recently, but the most heart-breaking was the round, brown face of the woman in the pink dress. I entered the room in […]
- By RT US and UK weapons ammunition were linked to heart defects, brain dysfunctions and malformed limbs, according to a recent study. The report revealed a shocking rise in birth defects in Iraqi children conceived after the US invasion. Titled ‘Metal Contamination and the Epidemic of Congenital Birth Defects in Iraqi Cities,’ the study […]
Al-Sabbak M, Sadik Ali S, Savabi O, Savabi G, Dastgiri S, Savabieasfahani M. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al Basrah Maternity Hospital, Al Basrah Medical School, P.O. Box 1633, Basrah, Iraq. Abstract Between October 1994 and October 1995, the number of birth defects per 1,000 live births in Al Basrah Maternity Hospital was 1.37. In […]
As deformities spike in the Iraqi city, we ask if the US has been honest about weaponry used during the 2004 assaults. – By Shihab Rattansi, Al Jazeera English | Report and Video New research is underway on the alarming increase in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. In November 2004, the US […]
