Friday, November 04, 2005

Nov. 10: Film & Discussion - Depleted Uranium: The Agent Orange of the Iraq Wars

Nov. 10, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Soldiers and Scientists Present:
DEPLETED URANIUM - THE AGENT ORANGE OF THE IRAQ WARS

Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture,
4450 Fieldston Road at Manhattan College Parkway, Bronx
(#1 to Van Cortlandt Park-242d St.)

Panel Presentation on the devastating effects on both soldiers and civilians of the Pentagon's massive use of weaponry coated with depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq throughout the 1990s and today.

Army National Guardsmen Spc. Gerard Matthew and Herbert Reed, both Iraq War Veterans found to have DU poisoning
Dr. Glen Lawrence, professor of BioChemistry at LIE, DU Project

Documentary Film: Poison Dust by the People's Video Network

(Photo: Wife of Gulf War II vet, whose baby was born with a birth defect)
Disturbing Facts: 10,324 U.S. soldiers involved in Desert Storm (Gulf War I) have died! More than 1/3, or 221,502 Iraq War veterans are on Disability benefits. Now soldiers returning from the 2003 invasion of Iraq are confronting serious impaired immunity illnesses. The U.S. government denies any connection between their sickness and the toxic DU. Is this a hidden war against our soldiers and Iraqi civilians? Come to learn more about Depleted Uranium.

SPONSORED BY:
Society for Ethical Culture - Riverdale-Yonkers,
Bronx-Westchester NATION Discussion Group,
WESPAC Foundation and NoWar Westchester Coalition,
Bronx Greens and Gronowicz for Mayor,
DFNYC (Democracy for New York),
News You Need R Us and A Real 9/11 Commission

For Info Contact:
Curt Collier (Society for Ethical Culture) at curt.collier.rysec@earthlink.com
or Florence Gold at (718) 549-1601 or slehrer2@optonline.net

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