Dr. Jawad Al-Ali, Iraq - World Uranium Weapons Conference 2003

D.U. EFFECTS ON PEOPLE IN
THE SOUTH OF IRAQ
BY Dr. JAWAD AL-ALI, M.R.C.P.(U.K.).
CANCER TREATMENT CENTER,
BASRAH

INTRODUCTION
•D.U. WEAPONS WERE USED FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THE HISTORY AGAINST IRAQI ARMY AND
CIVILIANS DURING THE PERIOD FROM
17/Jan./1991-28/FEB./1991.
•500-800 TONS WERE DELIVERED AND AT LEAST
300TONS DELIVERED AT THE WEST OF BASRAH.
•THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT RISK OF
GETTING D.U. DISEASES ABOUT 45%OF THOSE
WHO WERE RESIDENT IN THE AREA AT THAT
TIME.
•NO AREA IN IRAQ IS EXCLUDED FROM THE
EFFECTS OF D.U.

D.U. AND HUMAN HEALTH IN
THE SOUTH OF IRAQ.
•INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF
CANCERS FEW YEARS AFTER THE
1991 AGGRESSION.
•INCREASE IN FOETAL
MALFORMATIONS AND ABORTIONS.
•APPEARANCE OF MYOPATHIES,
NEUROPATHIES AND RENAL FAILUER
OF UNKNOWN CAUSES.

PATTERN OF CANCERS
AFTER 1991
•YOUNG AGED ARE AFFECTED BY
CANCERS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE.
•TYPES OF TUMOURS ARE RELATED TO
INCUBATION PERIODS WHICH MADE
RADIATION A POSSIBLE CAUSE.
•FAMILIAL CANCER CLUSTERING IS
SEEN AFTER 1991 AGGRESSION.
•THE TUMOURS ARE UNIFORMLY
DISTRIBUTED IN BASRAH.