At least 18% of all babies born in Fallujah hospital born with deformities
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And why did all this happen? Because four Blackwater military contractors were killed. Not only that, but the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (yes, it's a government committee) "fault Blackwater in Fallujah ambush." (Unfortunately, this report came out 3 years after the fact. We never seem to know these things at the time, or our 'leaders' don't.) So, because four contractors were killed, we basically go into a city use depleted uranium and other toxic weapons and destroy the entire city, killing thousands. This is clearly a war crime, and people need to be taken to task for it.
Via Uruknet:
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.
Doctors in Fallujah have specifically pointed out that not only are they witnessing unprecedented numbers of birth defects but premature births have also considerably increased after 2003. But what is more alarming is that doctors in Fallujah have said, “a significant number of babies that do survive begin to develop severe disabilities at a later stage”.

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Jeebus, that's awful
Too bad about the SkyNet (Murdoch) vid; got one from a more trustworthy source, like Al Jazeera? (irony free question!)
Yeah, I got the impression
Yeah, I got the impression that Sky News wasn't exactly the best source, but I also heard in the same sentence that this didn't seem to be the typical Sky News story.
Here's another video on Youtube. It's from 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diNO0in4m_M
Thanks for posting this
Consider making a quick edit. (Don't "reply" to my comment, I want to take it down.)
And why did all this happen? Because
twofour Blackwater military contractors were killed. Not only that, but the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (yes, it's a government committee) "fault Blackwater in Fallujah ambush."Tough crowd
Thanks for the post; thanks for the edit.
Where I wrote: Don't "reply" to my comment
I guess I should have added: This goes for you too Lambert.