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Letter to the "El Paso Times" published. Letters The El Paso Times El Paso, TX Thursday, January 10, 2002 Clean up messes Thanks for the Jan. 2 editorial "U.S. must help solve unexploded-ordnance problem," regarding unexploded ordnance from cluster bombs used in Afghanistan. I agree that the U.S. should lead the effort to clean up the messes it creates. I only wish that the editorial had gone farther when discussing our illegal bombardment of Kosovo to include the radioactive uranium ammunition used in "tankbusters." The radioactivity has been attributed by some to have caused premature cancers or deaths in a number of peacekeepers stationed there. Also, the editorial should have included the deliberate bombing of factories such as the massive petrochemical complex in Pancevo which resulted in a massive release of thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals such as PCBs, ethylene dichloride and hydrofluoric acid into the Danube River (Europe's longest waterway) and surrounding ground-water table. Despite the much-promised aid for cleanup that was to be forthcoming with the replacement of Slobodan Milosevic with more "Western-friendly" leaders, very little has actually materialized, leaving a large section of southeastern Europe poisoned, and an economic engine for the entire Balkans disabled. Michael Pravica Las Vegas, N.M __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
