SBS（オーストラリア、8月16日）：ビデオリポート「イラクの子どもたちのガン増加：劣化ウラン兵器が原因か」
昨年後半から、アルジャジーラやイギリスのメディアが、イラクでのガンや先天性異常の増加と、その一つの原因と疑われる劣化ウラン兵器の使用の問題を立て続けに報じていますが、８月１６日、オーストラリアのSBSも同様のビデオリポートを下記サイトにアップしました。ご参考までに。
SBS Dateline package: Iraqi child cancer ‘linked to US weapons’
US President Barack Obama has pledged to withdraw most US troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010. He has said that between 35,000 and 50,000 US troops will remain in the country, and would gradually continue to be withdrawn until December 31, 2011. Historians and pundits will no doubt argue for years over the impact of this history making period, but Iraqis are dealing with a more immediate and, it seems devastating legacy. Stories are now emerging of increased deformities in the country’s newborn babies as well as a dramatic rise in the number of children with cancer. Many are asking whether this spike could be connected to contamination caused by the use of depleted uranium in the bombs and bullets used by American forces. SBS’ Dateline program sent their Walkley Award winning colleague, Fouad Hady, back to his homeland to investigate.