Aftermath

June 10th, 2003 | by Jason |

I’ve been off the political tip for awhile as school finished up, things started ramping up with the Wake Up Stay Up project, and I shipped off to Italy. But as soon as I arrived I read an article in the Herald Tribune that tore me apart like nothing I’ve read about the war thus far. Here’s some deeper coverage from the SF Chronicle.

Village battles illnesses from nuclear waste / Many have symptoms tied to material looted from nearby facility

What can I possible say about this? I guess the main thing is that if the Democrats don’t pick up on this story they’ve completely lost their game.

Bush wanted us to believe that we went into Iraq for two reasons. The first was to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s). The second was to liberate the Iraqi people. This story shows the total hypocrasy of the Bush regime and its failure on both counts.

On the international security front, the result of this looting is that there are untold quantities of nuclear waste floating around Iraq, ready for assembly into a dirty bomb. Why wasn’t the facility guarded? Notably, the oil wells were secured and brought back online immediately following the invasion, while this plant was unmanned.

On the “liberation” front, I’m sure the Iraqis are dancing in the streets now that their children have been bathed and fed with water from radioactive barrels. The public health and environmental consequences of this incident will plague several generations.

I really don’t know what to say. It is not in my nature to get angry, but I’ll just say for the record that I AM FUCKING PISSED. And I’m going to be even more pissed if this story gets buried by the government and the press.

  1. 2 Responses to “Aftermath”

  2. By Anonymous on Jun 11, 2003 | Reply

    The irony kills me. I can’t believe the government in the U.S. and Britain has the guts to come out and say “But they’re free!!!”.

    Free to be looted. Free to be searched at gunpoint. Free to die.

    I don’t know if you remember the half-Christian Arab girl who audited Wendy’s class and who has family in Baghdad. I talked to her during the TiE reception and she said her relatives were all staying home and only walking from home to Church and back because if you drive a car and stop at a traffic light, a looter might drag you out of your car and drive off. Freedom!!

  3. By Alireza on Jun 11, 2003 | Reply

    That was me by the way.

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