You do remember Vietnam don't you? Without taking any sort of bullshit sides on this and just looking at the facts in the aftermath, dioxins used in the war in Vietnam gave the locals birthdefects that are still continuing to this day as it's contaminated their ecosystem.

DU is the same, The Professor Doug Rokke, the US army physicist in charge of cleaning up depleted uranium in Kuwait said "I am like most people in southern Iraq. I have 5,000 times the recommended level of radiation in my body. What we're seeing now, respiratory problems, kidney problems, cancers are the direct result."

they wouldn't be cleaning it up in Kuwait if there weren't radiation issues..

I'm just seeing a lot of partisan BS on this thread, it's so ridiculous, everyone should settle the hell down.. I guess it's what happens when you post pictures of dead babies. even if it was in reply to KRL's equally provocative post - war isn't a binary equation where one party can do no wrong.. no country comes out of a war situation with shining halos..
There is a lot of evidence on DU. It's not harmful to handle or be around.. it's not so bad to pass through an area where it's been fired.. but when explosion particles contaminate the environment and enter to ecology of the area you start seeing the things seen in Iraq.. incredible levels of radiation and a several fold increase in cancers.. The fact that the same effects are being seen in kosovo shows it's not some anti iraq war BS, it's been an issue for 10 years..