Maybe. Maybe not. I&#x27;m not trying to plainly reject the idea, but the sad fact is that people can get very ill in war zones just by bad luck even if not directly poisoned by the enemy (as a lot of gulf war soldiers could tell us). Of course, scavengers in isolated and small villages never reach the first page of newspapers when get poisoned by toxic bomb remains and die. Deplected Uranium munition (DU) was profusely fired and it seems that more than 300 places in Iraq are still contaminated with toxic waste and DU spreading by army was comparised to having &quot;100 Chernobyl accidents&quot; in this countries. There has been a documented dramatic increase in childhood cancers since Gulf&#x27;s war for example. Nobody can predict after a entire life of endless war where this metal scraps are now; if your work is to go to this villages and talk for hours with local people when sipping tea, you could sadly end sharing the same fate just by chance.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2013&#x2F;mar&#x2F;06&#x2F;iraq-depleted-uranium-clean-up-contamination-spreads" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2013&#x2F;mar&#x2F;06&#x2F;iraq-depl...</a>