DEPLETED URANIUM SHELLS

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Subject:	DEPLETED URANIUM SHELLS

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IRAQI DIPLOMATS TO INITIATE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN BASED ON WARNING RECENTLY 
PUBLISHED IN U.S. THAT DEPLETED URANIUM SHELLS U.S. USED IN GULF WAR MAY POSE 
SEVERE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT TO IRAQ:  JANUARY 1993.

IRAQI DIPLOMATS WERE TO BEGIN A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT RECENTLY 
PUBLISHED WARNINGS THAT DEPLETED URANIUM PENETRATOR SHELLS USED IN IRAQ 
BY U.S. FORCES DURING THE GULF WAR COULD POSE SEVERE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS FOR IRAQ.  THE ALLEGATIONS APPEARED IN A 21 JANUARY 
1993 EDITORIAL PAGE ARTICLE IN A U.S. NEWSPAPER.

IRAQI DIPLOMATS HAVE THE TEXT OF THE ARTICLE AND ARE TO RELAY THE ARTICLEĆS 
CONTENTS TO PARLIAMENTS, POLITICAL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS, PEACE AND 
SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS, AND 
FRIENDLY POLITICAL VIPĆS AND OTHER NOTABLES IN THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY 
ARE LOCATED.

COPIES OF THE ARTICLE ARE TO BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TO THE 
OFFICE OF THE U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT AND TO U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, 
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTER.