-Caveat Lector- Italian, Dutch, Belgian, Spanish soldiers have contracted leukemia and radiation poisoning as a result of serving in the Balkans where Depleted uranium shells are thrown around like confettei. I highlight these types of important stories daily at http://leviathan.weblogs.com This paticular story is courtesy of http://unknownnews.pitas.com/ http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/world/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/010103/world/afp/Another_Italian_soldier_dies_of__Balkans_syndrome_.html Wednesday, January 3 8:01 AM SGT Another Italian soldier dies of "Balkans syndrome" ROME, Jan 2 (AFP) - An Italian soldier, who served in Bosnia, has died of leukemia, his family announced Tuesday, adding to the growing concern over the health of NATO military personnel who served as peacekeepers in the Balkans region. 24-year-old Salvatore Carbonaro, from Sicily, was the sixth Italian soldier to die of "Balkans syndrome," the name given to a series of health problems contracted by those who served in the former Yugoslavia. The Italian press has linked the deaths to exposure to radiation from depleted uranium contained in United States weapons used in the region. His family announced that Carbonaro, who served in Bosnia in 1998 and 1999, had died in November. The dead soldier's brother, Mauro Carbonaro, told a regional newspaper that Salvatore had been in contact with depleted uranium weapons. "Balkans syndrome" has affected soldiers from several European nations who took part in missions in the region since 1992. Besides the six Italian military fatalities linked to the syndrome, the press here has listed another 30 suspected cases on soldiers contaminated by depleted Uranium. In Belgium, five cases of cancer have been diagnosed in soldiers who worked in the Balkans, but no link with the arms has been established. Several cases of leukemia have been recorded amongst Dutch veterans of the Balkans. Spain too has launched an intensive study of some 32,000 military personnel who were on duty there. Portugal's army chief of staff said Thursday that about 900 former peacekeepers would undergo medical tests to see if they had been exposed to radiation linked to depleted uranium arms. The newspaper Publico -- citing a Lisbon cancer specialist -- reported last week that the death of a Portuguese soldier who served in Kosovo could be linked to NATO's use of the weapons in the Balkans. But a German defence ministry spokesman told the country's Welt am Sonntag newspaper that tests carried out by the German army on its Kosovo veterans over the past 12 months had not shown any radiation-linked illnesses. NATO officials said last month that US aircraft fired more than 10,000 depleted uranium projectiles in Bosnia between 1994 and 1995 as well as in Kosovo in 1999. Depleted uranium weapons are denser than conventional arms, which means they can penetrate heavy armour more easily. They were also used in Iraq in 1990 and 1991, in Bosnia during the 1994-95 war and during the air campaign against Belgrade in 1999. The Italian defence ministry has set up a commission of enquiry to investigate the mooted link between the deaths and cancer cases and the use of the depleted uranium. Some 60,000 Italian troops and 15,000 Italian civilians have taken part in missions in the former Yugoslavia since 1995. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
