And people wonder why no one trusts the USA in the least. In regards to Afganistan: From the BBC: "A small sample of Afghan civilians have shown "astonishing" levels of uranium in their urine" ... "Independent monitoring of the weapon types and delivery systems indicate that radioactive, toxic uranium alloys and hard-target uranium warheads were being used by the coalition forces."
Afghans' uranium levels spark alert (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3050317.stm)

315.5 nanograms/litre of urine.......shit!!

Not good.:mad:

Even if the radiation level is low, Uranium is much more toxic to the body than lead.

Maybe it is the taliban method of enriching uranium... Pretty soon they will have weapongrade turds...

Pulverized DU would make an excellent dirty bomb, not so much because of its radiation, but because in the form of dust ,especially particles 10 microns or less, it is easily inhaled and highly toxic.

We left enough DU on the ground in Afganistan to make dirty bombs, which if expoloded in an air bursts, could make many major American cities uninhabitable.

Even small dirty bombs could leave critical areas such as subways or airports unusable.