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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=info@bandepleteduranium.org
href="mailto:info@bandepleteduranium.org">ICBUW</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=agnes@mcn.org href="mailto:agnes@mcn.org">Agnes
Woolsey</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 14, 2012 12:02 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Push needed on peitition to change US UN vote this
Oct</DIV></DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Dear friends, we need your help to help promote this petition calling
for the US to stop its opposition to our UN resolutions on depleted uranium. We
have been delighted to be joined by Veterans For Peace in making this call,
along with the Womens International League For Peace and Freedom.</STRONG></P>
<P>If you haven't already done so, please sign up today (it takes a few seconds)
and then forward to your friends, colleagues and families. For too long the US
has blocked international action on DU, we need your help to remind them that
they can no longer go on acting with impunity. </P>
<P><STRONG>Petition link:</STRONG> <A
href="http://www.change.org/petitions/change-the-us-un-vote-on-depleted-uranium-weapons-this-fall">http://www.change.org/petitions/change-the-us-un-vote-on-depleted-uranium-weapons-this-fall</A></P><BR>
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<P><STRONG>Depleted uranium (DU) weapons are chemically toxic and radioactive
conventional weapons designed to pierce armor. </STRONG>They were used by the US
in the 1991 Gulf War, in the Balkans in the mid and late 1990’s and again in
Iraq in the 2003 occupation. Upon impact with hard targets, DU munitions burn
generating a fine dust that may be inhaled by civilians and soldiers alike.
Intact munitions or fragments slowly break down, contaminating soils and
groundwater.</P>
<P><STRONG>Animal and cellular studies have shown that DU damages DNA and has
caused cancer in laboratory rodents.</STRONG> The US and other DU users have
shown little interest in studying civilian populations but laboratory studies
have demonstrated that DU is toxic to the body. Since 1991, reports have come
from Iraq of increasing numbers of cases of childhood leukemia and birth defects
which may be the result of DU exposure. DU contaminates the environment and is
very expensive and difficult to clean up.</P>
<P><STRONG>These weapons are inherently indiscriminate and need to be
banned.</STRONG> Other countries are moving to prohibit the use of DU weapons
but the US and other DU users are standing in the way of progress.</P>
<P><STRONG>The United Nations will vote on a fourth resolution considering their
acceptability in October.</STRONG> Even without comprehensive civilian health
studies, the failure of states to clean-up contamination, their use against
civilian infrastructure in built up areas and the lack of transparency from
users over where the weapons have been used clearly demands action to ban these
weapons on a precautionary basis.</P>
<P><STRONG>The United States, Israel, the UK and France are the only four states
opposing these resolutions. </STRONG>The International Coalition to Ban Uranium
Weapons, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Veterans for
Peace are calling for <STRONG>people around the globe to write to Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton</STRONG> to ask her to reconsider the United States‘
voting position at the UN First Committee this October. </P>
<P><STRONG>Will you join us?</STRONG></P>
<P><EM>To learn more about ICBUW and depleted uranium weapons, take five minutes
and watch our animated short: <A href="http://youtu.be/UlGPtBX0IRY"><STRONG>When
the Dust Settles</STRONG></A></EM></P>
<P><EM>For more on ICBUW, WILPF or VfP please visit <STRONG><A
href="http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/">ICBUW</A> </STRONG>or<STRONG> <A
href="http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/">Reaching Critical Will</A></STRONG>
or <STRONG><A href="http://www.veteransforpeace.org/" target=_blank>Veterans for
Peace</A></STRONG> Or follow us on Twitter <STRONG><A
href="https://twitter.com/ICBUW">@ICBUW</A> </STRONG>or <STRONG><A
href="https://twitter.com/RCW_">@RCW_</A> <A
href="http://twitter.com/vfpnational">@VFPNational</A><A
href="https://twitter.com/RCW_"> <BR></A></STRONG></EM></P></DIV>
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