By AlJazeeraEnglish, March 11, 2010
On this episode of the Riz Khan show we ask if US weapons are behind the sharp rise in birth defects in Falluja. Residents of the Iraqi city blame the surge in chronic deformities on controversial weapons used by US forces against Sunni fighters in 2004. But the US military has dismissed those allegations.
For more on this issue, see Prohibited weapons Crisis: The effects of pollution on the public health in Fallujah by Dr. Muhamad Al-Darraji, one of the people interviewed in the above story.
To sign a petition directing the United Nations to address the situation, go to Help Deformed Children in Fallujah.