There are more than credible reports that the attack on Fallujah, in Iraq, as part of the war in Iraq some years ago, has caused abnormal birth defects and cancers in those who were in the city at the time of the military onslaught by Coalition forces. The world has still learned from its earlier devastating effects of using chemicals as part of its warfare.
All to sadly the legacy of the West's attacks in Vietnam using the agent Agent Orange continues. It's an indictment of the Americans, in particular, not only for their use of the chemical, but that they have done so little to assist those Vietnamese still suffering from the effects from it.
AP reports:
"Her children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort.
Tran Thi Gai, who rarely gets any sleep herself, sings them a mournful lullaby. “Can you feel my love for you? Can you feel my sorrow for you? Please don’t cry.’’
Gai’s children — both with twisted limbs and in wheelchairs — were born in a village that was drenched with Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. She believes their health problems were caused by dioxin, a highly toxic chemical in the herbicide, which US troops used to strip communist forces of ground cover and food.
Thirty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, its most contentious legacy is Agent Orange. Eighty-two percent of Vietnamese surveyed in a recent Associated Press-GfK Poll said the United States should be doing more to help people suffering from illnesses associated with the herbicide, including children with birth defects."
All to sadly the legacy of the West's attacks in Vietnam using the agent Agent Orange continues. It's an indictment of the Americans, in particular, not only for their use of the chemical, but that they have done so little to assist those Vietnamese still suffering from the effects from it.
AP reports:
"Her children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort.
Tran Thi Gai, who rarely gets any sleep herself, sings them a mournful lullaby. “Can you feel my love for you? Can you feel my sorrow for you? Please don’t cry.’’
Gai’s children — both with twisted limbs and in wheelchairs — were born in a village that was drenched with Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. She believes their health problems were caused by dioxin, a highly toxic chemical in the herbicide, which US troops used to strip communist forces of ground cover and food.
Thirty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, its most contentious legacy is Agent Orange. Eighty-two percent of Vietnamese surveyed in a recent Associated Press-GfK Poll said the United States should be doing more to help people suffering from illnesses associated with the herbicide, including children with birth defects."
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