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Cancer among the military: yesterday Parisi reported to the Depleted Uranium Commission of the Italian Senate

Rome, Italy - But the Military Observatory dissents: the numbers are far higher

Yesterday Italy's Minister of Defense, Arturo Parisi, related to the Senate about a matter raised years ago and so far remained unheard: the link between depleted uranium and the tumoural illnesses which have hit Italian soldiers employed in areas as the Balkans, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. A question that finally gets discussed, in response to media enquiries (including AVIONEWS), and the many...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1080499
Rome, Italy, 10/10/2007 11:49
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