"Doctors and officials in Fallujah are appealing to the international community for an investigation into the unnatural increase in birth defects, 5 years after two major battles between the U.S. military and Sunni militia groups took place there. The war-ravaged population center has seen an increase of up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants since pre-war levels, according to a report by the UK's Guardian. Documented statistics for birth defects in Fallujah have only emerged in recent months, but the rate of abormalities, including early-life cancers, is high enough to cause alarm at Fallujah's General Hospital." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"Fallujah was the site of the only two 'set-piece' battles to take place after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. Fighter jets bombed the city and heavy artillery was used in conjunction with the controversial incendiary white phosphorus." - Steven Perez

:-((((( - Ladyepiphanybug

:*( - Prosey BUTTONS!

Yeah, using white phosphorus on civilian targets can't possibly be harmful in any way. [/extreme sarcasm] - Steven Perez

I'm guessing the depleted uranium rounds from the tanks plus the tungsten from the armor percing machine gun rounds both be issues far more than WP see wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - WarLord