Dan Handelman died last week at age 60. His earliest foray into public life came as an anti-war activist at the turn of the ...

"Before 1991," Ali said, his voice rising, "we never had these cases. Now he can't walk!" Iraqi officials blame depleted uranium-coated munitions that U.S. and British forces used during the Gulf War.

Such weapons exists – and are in regular use. They are depleted-uranium weapons, made from the waste products of nuclear power plants and weapons facilities. U.S. forces are using them in Iraq, even ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- The United States secretly shipped out of Iraq more than 500 tons of low-grade uranium dating back to the Saddam Hussein era, the Pentagon said Monday. The U.S. military spent $ ...

"As was the case in Iraq, [Syrian] civilians have expressed fear over potential exposure to depleted uranium, considering the fact it's a radioactive, toxic material," PAX's Wim Zwijnenburg told ...

These tanks could effectively fight at night, too—something that the Soviet-provided T-62 and T-72 tanks of the Iraqi Army could not. America’s M1A1 Abrams depleted uranium armor provided ...

Overall, according to UN assessments, the US used at least 300 tons of depleted uranium shells in Iraq. According to Kirillov, this resulted in radiation situation in Fallujah becoming much worse ...

The by-product uranium mixture (after the enriched uranium is removed) has reduced concentrations of U-235 and U-234. This by-product of the enrichment process is known as depleted uranium (DU). The ...

The uranium used in the study had the same chemical properties as depleted uranium, a byproduct of enriching natural uranium for nuclear fuel. Depleted uranium currently cannot be used as fuel in ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- The United States secretly shipped out of Iraq more than 500 tons of low-grade uranium dating back to the Saddam Hussein era, the Pentagon said Monday. The U.S. military spent $ ...

Iraq, under Saddam Hussein ... America’s M1A1 Abrams depleted uranium armor provided exceptional protection against enemy fire, while its 1,500-horsepower gas turbine engine granted the Abrams ...