Side Two of Flyer for October 22

From an On-Line Petition to the United Nations,
Organized by Iraq Solidarity UK

“Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs. In addition, young children in Fallujah are now experiencing hideous cancers and leukemia.

“These deformities are now well documented. Our direct contact with doctors in Fallujah report that in September 2009, Fallujah General Hospital had 170 new born babies, 24% of whom were dead within the first seven days, a staggering 75% of the dead babies were classified as deformed. This can be compared with data from the month of August in 2002 where there were 530 new born babies of whom six were dead within the first seven days and only one birth defect was reported.”

The reason for these deformities is the U.S. use of weapons containing depleted uranium and white phosphorus in Iraq. The petition continues:

"The use of certain weapons has tremendous repercussions. Iraq will become a country, if it has not already done so, where it is advisable not to have children. Other countries will watch what has happened in Iraq, and imitate the Coalition Allies' total disregard of the United Nations Charter, the Geneva and Hague Conventions, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Some countries, such as Afghanistan, will also come to experience the very long term damage to the environment, measured in billions of years, and the devastating effect of depleted uranium and white phosphorous munitions.”

The petition has a list of requests for the United Nations General Assembly including:

- To acknowledge that there is a serious problem regarding the unprecedented number of birth defects and cancer cases in Iraq, specifically in Fallujah, Basra, Baghdad and Al - Najaf.

- To implement the cleaning up of toxic materials used by the occupying forces including Depleted Uranium, and White Phosphorus.

Please read the complete petition and sign to show your support:
www.petitiononline.com/hdcif/petition.html