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109 Italian Soldiers Dead So Far From DU In Iraq
ROME, Italy (AGI) - According to the Italian
Military Health Observatory a total of 109 Italian soldiers have died thus
far due to exposure to depleted uranium.
The observatory stressed the fact that 41 pct of active personnel casualties
relate to disease. According to Domenico Leggiero at the Military Health
Observatory, "The total of 109 casualties exceeds the total number
of persons dying as a consequence of road accidents. Anyone denying the
significance of such data is purely acting out of ill faith, and the truth
is that our soldiers are dying out there due to a lack of adequate protection
against depleted uranium".
Leggiero pointed out the fact that the Senate has to date failed to establish
a probe committee on this matter: "it is proof of a worrying lack of
oversight on matters which are frankly dramatic".
Members of the Observatory have petitioned a urgent hearing "in order
to study effective prevention and safeguard measures aimed at reducing the
death-toll amongst our serving soldiers".
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