Iraq to File Lawsuit against US, Britain

Local Editor, 1-2-2010




Iraq's Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Mikhail Salim, told Assabah newspaper that the lawsuit will be launched based on reports from the Iraqi ministries of science and the environment.

According to the reports, during the first year of the US and British invasion of Iraq, both countries had repeatedly used bombs containing depleted uranium.

The report says that 2,000 tonnes of depleted uranium has been used in Iraq.

Atomic radiation has increased the number of babies born with defects in the southern provinces of Iraq, including Basra.

The high rate of birth defects and cancer cases will move in the coming years to the central and Northern provinces of Iraq since the radiation may penetrate the soil and water by air.

The ministry will seek compensation for the victims of these bombs.