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Alive in Baghdad

A Family Deals with the Legacy of the Gulf War

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Depleted Uranium, also known as Uranium-238 or colloquially as DU, has devastated Iraqi families for more than a decade. After the Gulf War this dan...
Depleted Uranium, also known as Uranium-238 or colloquially as DU, has devastated Iraqi families for more than a decade. After the Gulf War this dangerous metal began causing massive numbers of birth defects, abnormalities, and high levels of cancer in children.In this episode, Alive in Baghdad brings you the story of one child who is dealing with Depleted Uranium sickness. He is less than 2 years old and is already facing a horrible debilitation from his sickness.Stay tuned for more information, in an upcoming episode we will take you to the special wards in Baghdad set up just for the purporse of treating children and other Iraqis who are dealing with this sickness.Please remember, if you feel our work is important, consider donating. Costs to continue this project are upward of three thousand dollars per month. To expand and strengthen our work we are looking for five thousand per month.That said, we are currently receiving thousands of view of each video, and if we could receive a donation of 5 or 10 dollars per month from just a fraction of these viewers, we could continue our work indefinitely.Please consider donation 5-10 dollars, or more if you are capable. Visit http://aliveinbaghdad.org for more information on donating. Less
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