[CML 001737] 10.14 アルジャジーラ報道：新刊書『イラクにおけるウラン—イラク戦争の有毒な遺産』（仮題）

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皆様

　アルジャジーラ（英語版）による劣化ウラン兵器 
問題関連のニュースの続きです。
　友人が教えてくれましたが、10月14日付けのアル 
ジャジーラ（英語版）は、今年6月、環境法の観点 
から劣化ウラン兵器問題を論じた新刊書、Uranium in  
Iraq: The Poisonous Legacy of the Iraq Wars［『イラクにおけ 
るウラン—イラク戦争の有毒な遺産』（仮題］を発 
行したアブドゥル-ハグ・アル-アニ氏のインタ 
ビューを放送しています。
　アル-アニ氏は、工学をバグダッドで修めた後、 
イギリスで法律を修めたイラク人研究者のようです。
　インタビュービデオは、下記サイトにアップされ 
ています。ご参考までに。　　　　　

    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/ 
2009/10/2009101213552137511.html

　　　　　　　嘉指信雄　　　ICBUWヒロシマ・オ 
フィス
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　http://www.nodu-hiroshima.org/

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[From the information available on the internet]

URANIUM IN IRAQ: THE POISONOUS LEGACY OF THE IRAQ WARS
By Abdul-Haq Al-Ani & Joanne Baker

Environmental Law Series 2
June 2009, Paperback
Vandeplas Publishing :: Environmental Law ::

    This book has been written out of concerns surrounding the  
changing health patterns in Iraq since 1991 and, in particular, the  
increase in cancers and genetic birth defects amongst children. The  
subject is fraught with difficulty because of the uncertain nature of  
both cause and effect. The combination of war and sanctions in Iraq  
over several decades, has created a highly toxic environment, and  
resistance to disease has become severely compromised by  
malnutrition, polluted water systems, psychological distress, and a  
failing health system. This book however, works on the supposition  
that the military use of uranium has the potential to be a serious  
contributing factor to the illnesses besetting the Iraqi population.
    The book outlines environmental problems and legal implications  
of the contamination of Iraq due to the use of depleted uranium in  
military weapons used during the Gulf Wars.

About the authors:
   Joanne Baker B.Ed, MSc Human Ecology; Joanne has been actively  
engaged with the humanitarian situation in Iraq since 1997. She is a  
teacher, human ecologist and human rights campaigner.
   Abdul-Haq Al-Ani BSc, MSc, PhD Ceng, MIEE, MBCS, Member of the  
Inner Temple; Abdul-Haq was born in Baghdad and studied electrical  
engineering at Baghdad University and University College, London.  
After the Gulf War (1991), he retrained as a barrister and was called  
to the English Bar in 1996. He has been particularly active in the  
field of human rights. He also authored the book: The Trial of Saddam  
Hussein (Clarity Press, 2008).