Guest guest Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 > > > Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:15:52 EST > From: Dlind49@... > : > http://www.pdhealth.mil/downloads/DU_Clinicians_Guide_09172004.pdf > This sheet on depleted uranium is full of misinformation and omits all > references to the DU team reports, the DU project, and simply lies > about our actual > adverse health effects from uranium weapons exposures. > > Many of us who are enrolled in the VA DU MEDICAL PROGRAM HAVE SERIOUS > DU > RELATED- DIAGNOSED MEDICAL PROBLEMS. However, we have been abandoned. > > VA physicians have only tested a few hundred individuals (Gulf War > Review > volume 13, #1, page 12; www.va.gov) out of thousands who were supposed > to > received testing and medical care as required by numerous orders and > regulations. > The October 1993 DOD DU medical care directive mandated testing within > 24 hours > of initial exposure using the radio-bioassay not weeks, months, or > years later > as done now if done at all. Once this test is done an extrapolation > from > mesured to actual dose must be done too but that has been ignored. > > > I recommend that everyone read- study the Pentagon's own 2002 staff > briefing > on adverse health effects of uranium exposures. If you have questions > just > ask me. > > http://www.traprockpeace.org/du_dtic_wakayama_Aug2002.html > > DOD, DA, USAF, USN, USMC, USCG, VA, MOD (British), CND (Canadian), AND > (Australian) and NATO officials have for years continued with delayed > and denied > care in order to maintain the cover up of the always known serious > adverse health > and environmental effects and to sustain uranium weapons use while > avoiding > all liability as specified in the March 1991 Los Alamos memorandum > written by > LTC Mike Ziehmn (http://www.traprockpeace.org/twomemos.html). The > March 1991 > memo written by LTC Greg Lyle was also very clear in citing serious > health > risks. I am the Army officer who received these two directives. LTC > Lyle is > correct. However I refused and still refuse to comply with LTC Ziehmn > directive in > order to sustain uranium weapons use. As the former director of the > U.S. Army > Depleted Uranium Project, the U.S. Army health physicist who cleaned > up the > mess following Gulf War 1, who recommended the initial medical care, > and who is > a confirmed DU casualty I am fed up with the continued lies and > refusals by > our leaders to comply with all known provisions of U.S. Army > Regulation 700-48, > LTG Peake's April 29, 2004 order mandating medical care for all exposed > individuals, and refusals to comply with all of the numerous medical > orders over the > years. > > dr. doug rokke > Major, retired/ disabled, USAR > > simply: > > > > Depleted Uranium Situation Requires Action > By President Bush and Prime Minister Blair > Dr. Doug Rokke, Ph.D. > former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium project > January 6, 2006 > > While U.S. and British military personnel continue using illegal > uranium > munitions- America's and England's own " dirty bombs " U.S. Army, U.S. > Department > of Energy, and U.S. Department of Defense officials continue to deny > that > there are any adverse health and environmental effects as a > consequence of the > manufacture, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions to avoid > liability for > the willful and illegal dispersal of a radioactive toxic material - > depleted > uranium. They arrogantly refuse to comply with their own regulations, > orders, and > directives that require United States Department of Defense officials > to > provide prompt and effective medical care " all " exposed individuals > [Medical > Management of Unusual Depleted Uranium Casualties, DOD, Pentagon, > 10/14/93, Medical > Management of Army personnel Exposed to Depleted Uranium (DU) > Headquarters, > U.S. Army Medical Command 29 April 2004), and section 2-5 of AR > 70-48]. They > also refuse to clean up dispersed radioactive Contamination as > required by Army > Regulation- AR 700-48: " Management of Equipment Contaminated With > Depleted > Uranium or Radioactive Commodities " (Headquarters, Department Of The > Army, > Washington, D.C., September 2002) and U.S. Army Technical Bulletin- > TB 9-1300-278: > " Guidelines For Safe Response To Handling, Storage, And Transportation > Accidents Involving Army Tank Munitions Or Armor Which Contain > Depleted Uranium " > (Headquarters, Department Of The Army, Washington, D.C., JULY 1996). > Specifically section 2-4 of United States Army Regulation-AR 700-48 > dated > September 16, 2002 requires that: > (1) " Military personnel " identify, segregate, isolate, secure, and > label all > RCE " (radiologically contaminated equipment). > (2) " Procedures to minimize the spread of radioactivity will be > implemented > as soon as possible. " > (3) " Radioactive material and waste will not be locally disposed of > through > burial, submersion, incineration, destruction in place, or > abandonment " and > (4) " All equipment, to include captured or combat RCE, will be > surveyed, > packaged, retrograded, decontaminated and released IAW Technical > Bulletin > 9-1300-278, DA PAM 700-48 " (Note: Maximum exposure limits are > specified in Appendix F). > The previous and current use of uranium weapons, the release of > radioactive > components in destroyed U.S. and foreign military equipment, and > releases of > industrial, medical, research facility radioactive materials have > resulted in > unacceptable exposures. Therefore, decontamination must be completed > as required > by U.S. Army Regulation 700-48 and should include releases of all > radioactive materials resulting from military operations. The extent > of adverse health > and environmental effects of uranium weapons > contamination is not limited to combat zones but includes facilities > and > sites where uranium weapons were manufactured or tested including > Vieques; Puerto > Rico; Colonie, New York; Concord, MA; Jefferson Proving Grounds, > Indiana; and > Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Therefore medical care must be provided by > the > United States Department of Defense officials to all individuals > affected by the > manufacturing, testing, and/or use of uranium munitions. Thorough > environmental remediation also must be completed without further > delay. I am amazed that > fourteen years after was asked to clean up the initial DU mess from > Gulf War 1 > and over ten years since I finished the depleted uranium project that > United > States Department of Defense officials and others still attempt to > justify > uranium munitions use while ignoring mandatory requirements. I am > dismayed that > Department of Defense and Department of Energy officials and > representatives > continue 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 U.S. 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 (http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf) > and just > does not even pass the common sense test and according to the U.S. > Department > of Homeland Security, DHS, is a dirty bomb. DHS issued " dirty bomb " > response > guidelines, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html > , on January 3, 2006 for incidents within the United States but ignore > DOD > use of uranium weapons and existing DOD regulations. These guidelines > specifically state that: " Characteristics of RDD and IND Incidents: 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 can not be > justified. > In conclusion: the President of the United States- W. Bush and > The Prime Minister of Great Britain-Tony Blair must acknowledge and > accept > responsibility for willful use of illegal uranium munitions- their own > " dirty bombs " - resulting in adverse health and environmental effects. > President Bush and Prime Minister Blair also should order: > 1. medical care for all casualties, > 2. thorough environmental remediation, > 3. immediate cessation of retaliation against all of us who demand > compliance > with medical care and environmental remediation requirements, > 4. and stop the already illegal the use (UN finding) of depleted > uranium > munitions. > > References- these references are copies the actual regulations and > orders and > other pertinent official documents: > http://www.traprockpeace.org/twomemos.html > http://www.traprockpeace.org/rokke_du_3_ques.html > http://www.traprockpeace.org/du_dtic_wakayama_Aug2002.html > http://www.traprockpeace.org/karen_parker_du_illegality.pdf > http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html > http://cryptome.org/dhs010306.txt > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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