Wednesday, 24. September 2008
Topic: War and Peace - on September 24, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho
On April 26, 2008, the BBC Alabama arrived in Longview, Wash., carrying 6,700 tons of Kuwaiti sand. The sand had become contaminated with depleted uranium when U.S. military vehicles and munitions caught fire at Doha Army base in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. The depleted uranium was being repatriated. The sand was a gift of the Kuwaiti government.
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