A frightened villager brings the lid of a barrel that contained
uranium oxide (yellowcake) taken from the Tuwaitha nuclear
facility, that was left unsecured by occupying forces after the
fall of Saddam Hussein. The family used this radioactive barrel
to store water and are complaining of rashes and skin problems.
Say no to war Greenpeace is opposed to war. Most recently, we
joined with people all over the world in months of global action
to promote a non-violent solution to the conflict in Iraq. We
believedthe war was more about oil than about effectively
dealing with weaponsof mass destruction. It would result in
devastating human andenvironmental consequences, and set a
dangerous (not to mentionillegal)precedent. Though the
occupyingforces were quick to secure Iraqi oil fields, they
neglected tosafeguard dangerous nuclear material. Now that
material has made itsway to homes and schools. Weapons of mass
destruction, the alleged reason for the war in the first place,
were never found. Uranium and other nuclea