Scott Horton Interviews Dahlia S. Wasfi
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Iraqi American antiwar activist Dahlia S. Wasfi discusses the Iraqi government’s dearth of accomplishments and continued reliance on U.S. support, the U.S. actions that exacerbated sectarian violence, drawing attention to the humanity and suffering of Iraqis and the lingering toxic effects of war in Iraq and the U.S.
MP3 here. (38:23)
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi was born in 1971 and spent her early childhood in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, until she returned with her family to the United States in 1977. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1993 with a B.A. in Biology, and in 1997 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In February/March of 2004, after years of separation, Wasfi visited Iraq to see her family in Basrah and Baghdad. She journeyed to Iraq again for a 3-month visit in 2006. Based on her experiences, she is speaking out against the negative impact of the U.S. invasion on the Iraqi people and the need to end the occupation.
Me88
November 19th, 2009 at 12:41 am
FYI: On depleted uranium
Video here
guest
November 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Iraqis and US G.I.'s should file class-action suits against the Pentagon for continuing to use depleted uranium shells when they know they cause birth defects, the way cigarette smokers filed lawsuits against the big tobacco companies for continuing to sell cigarettes when they knew they caused lung cancer.
Roger
December 17th, 2009 at 4:31 am
The above comment is typical of someone who believes but really does not know much or anything about the subject. The lies about depleted uranium started with Saddam Hussein's regime. They fell on fertile ground with people like the above naive and ignorant poster. Uranium does not replace calcium in bones. Uranium oxide is pretty much insoluble. Dahlia was raised on lies and has never bothered to learn the facts because the lies support her political views. If anyone wants to really learn about what DU does to the environment, then they should read the actual scientific reports of the UN Environment Programme and the International Atomic Energy Agency;
Roger
December 17th, 2009 at 4:33 am
UNEP offered to go into Iraq, but Saddam refused them entry. Saddam's government did not want a competing story to their propaganda campaign. UNEP sent three teams into the Balkans (the last of the three reports is very thorough and is at http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/BiH_DU_r… . IAEA sent a comparable team to Kuwait and UNEP trained an Iraqi team to assess the area around Basra. I doubt that Dahlia has read any of these reports and persnipoles would not want their wrong ideas countered by fact. Persnipoles, you surfed around, but you ignored any site that had actual facts on it. Write to me, DUStory-owner@yahoogroups.com – I study the lies and the liars – I have FOIAed their records – that exposes them for what they are.
Roger
December 17th, 2009 at 4:39 am
There is no such thing as a "depleted uranium" shell. Shells are hollow and filled with explosive. DU penetrators are solid metal rods; they do not explode. DU kinetic energy penetrators have not been used in Iraq or anywhere else in the world since 2003. There is a very simple reason, a DU penetrator is a hard metal rod, it does not explode, it is useless against anything other than a tank. I have news for you, there are no enemy tanks in Iraq or Afghanistan. The claims of birth defects are bogus. Extensive discussion of the photos, some of which appear to be of specimens from a Czarist era Russian museum, can be found at http://www.depletedcranium.com.