The document content at the bottom has been sent widely in Japan by Mobuo Kasahi of No DU Hiroshima Project which is committed to the issue of depleted uranium weapons.
http://www.nodu-hiroshima/org/ The document (letter?) was sent on May 19th, 2005 from an DoD officer to his counterpart in the Military Traffice Management Command regarding the transfer of "critical" weapons, meaning, depleted uranium weapons. Somehow this document was leaked and he obtained the leaked info. This photo of the original document should be here: http://www.nodu-hiroshima/org/ but it seems unaccessible now though I've tried. Kasashi is concerned about Obama's latest announcement of upcoming US beef-up in Afghanistan, so he's just begun circulating this. Kasashi wrote that, according to this info, US has been using DU weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan, that the US officials recognize its danger, and that DU weapons have become US' main weapons as it is repeatedly described as 'critical.' Makiko [original ] > Department of the Army > Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command > 200 Stovall Street Alexander, VA 22332-5000 > > May 19, 2005 > > Reply to Attention of > Office of the Deputy to the Commander > > Dr. Robert A. McGuire > Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety > United States Department of Transportation > 400 Seventh Street, SW. Washington, DC 20590 > > Dear. Dr. McGuire: As the representative for the Department of > Defense (DOD), the Military Surface Distribution and Deployment > Command (SDDC) would like to thank your office for its continued > support in providing DOD with its numerous transportation > exemptions and Competent Approval Authorities. These documents are > vital to the accomplishment of our mission and critical to the > success of the Global War on Terrorism. > The DOD’s record of safe transportation of depleted uranium (DU) > ammunition is flawless. There has never been a single safety > incident concerning DODO DU ammunition shipments. Despite that > fact, DOT-E 9649, (governing the shipment DU ammunition) is one of > the few documents on which our two agencies have not been able to > reach an agreement. > We believe that failure to renew the exemption may possibly > interrupt the movement of these critical munitions to our forces in > Afghanistan and Iraq. The cost of our compliance with the currently > exempted standards may reach as high as $50 million; and it may > cost prohibitive given our current fiscal restraints. > The DOD looks forward to working with DOT on this critical issue. > Please have your office contact Lieutenant Colonel Mark Wyrosdick > at (757) 878-7518 so our staffs can continue to work toward a > mutually beneficial resolutions. You[r] continued cooperation is > greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Patricia M. Young > Deputy to the Commander =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
