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Bombing of Baghdad 'linked to UK radiation rise'
 

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Government experts have dismissed the report, saying the findings are a coincidence which probably came from a local source such as a power station.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence said: "It is not sensible to suggest that depleted uranium from munitions in Iraq can be detected around Aldermaston or anywhere else in the UK.

"There is simply no feasible transport mechanism, weather or otherwise, for this to happen."

However, Mr Busby says his findings refute this claim.

He said: "This report puts uranium weapons into the category of indiscriminate effect, the military maintains the weapons are only effective within 10 miles of their target. Clearly this is nonsense.

"The whole point is that this is not a local phenomenon, it's a global phenomenon and the radiation will affect the whole of the British Isles."

The "shock and awe" onslaught brought Baghdad to its knees in one of the most fearsome assaults witnessed by mankind.

British and US planes dropped more than 1,500 bombs on the Iraqi capital in the first day of the campaign, overwhelming Saddam's forces with a display of devastating might.

Hundreds of thousands of munitions coated with depleted uranium were fired.

Depleted uranium is valued for its ability to punch through armoured vehicles.

The vapour from the depleted uranium settles as a radioactive dust which some critics believe causes cancer.

However, the Government says the danger is short-lived and the substance is relatively harmless.

 
 

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