When he was child in the early 1970s, Tran says he witnessed U.S. soldiers shoot his parents — both of whom were communist Viet Cong soldiers during the Vietnam War. Bent on revenge, he joined the guerrilla group within hours.
To this day, Tran weeps over the memories of bloodshed and the hellish cries of his dying friends. But one bizarre memory will haunt him forever. "The American airplanes came right toward me and dropped a mist in the jungle, and the next day, the trees were dead," he recalled. "We weren't scared. We were confused."
Thanks to that experience, his son has been unable to walk since birth.
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Agent orange continues to ravage the children of those exposed - (April 2, 2010)
My notes: Dioxin (codename Agent Orange) was a defoliant herbicide produced by American chemical companies Dow, Monsanto, and Diamond Shamrock. During the Vietnam war, Agent Orange was sprayed in the Vietnam jungles. This chemical was also stored near the Vietnam airport but the chemical leeched in to the local water supply and soil.
Now a similar thing is happening in Fallujah, Iraq where US troops carried out a major offensive in 2004.
Doctors and parents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are blaming a sharp increase in the number of birth defects on the highly sophisticated weapons U.S. troops have used in the city during the war.
The BBC reported Thursday the staggering statistic from doctors in the city that the number of heart defects found in newborn babies is 13 times the number of similar birth defects in Europe.
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Docs blame US weapons for Fallujah birth defects. - (March 4, 2010)
Two weeks ago the UK Independent ran an article which confirmed that the US had "lied to Britain over the use of napalm in Iraq". (06-17-05) Since then, not one American newspaper or TV station has picked up the story even though the Pentagon has verified the claims. Incinerating Iraqis; the napalm cover up - (June 27, 2005)
Deformed babies in Fallujah Iraq
My thoughts: Those who "say" they are pro-life and yet did NOT protest this war are hypocrites.
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