標題:Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims 04/01/2009 11:17:00 PM GMT Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gazan residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive into the strip. Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some of the victims who have been wounded since Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip on December 27 have traces of depleted uranium in their bodies. The report comes after Israeli tanks and troops swept across the border into Gaza on Saturday night, opening a ground operation after eight days of intensive attacks by Israeli air and naval forces on the impoverished region. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Sunday that the wide-ranging ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would be "full of surprises." A ground offensive in the densely-populated Gaza is expected to drastically increase the death toll of the civilian population. The latest assaults bring the number of Palestinians killed to over 488 with 2790 others wounded. The UN says that about 25 percent of the casualties were civilian deaths - including at least 34 children. According to Israeli army officials, at least 30 of its soldiers have been wounded since the start of the ground campaign. Amid global condemnation of the ongoing violence in the region, the UN Security Council failed to agree on a united approach to resolve the crisis. " Once again, the world is watching in dismay the dysfunctionality of the Security Council," UN General Assembly chief Miguel d'Escoto said Sunday. According to diplomatic sources, the US blocked a Security Council resolution, with US Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff arguing that an official statement that criticizes both Israel and Hamas would not be helpful. The White House has so far declined to comment on whether an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza is a justified measure. Source: Press TV http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/34/Depleted_uranium_found_in_Gaza_victims.html 貧化鈾彈（Depleted uranium ammunition）又稱衰變鈾彈或者是耗弱鈾彈。是指彈體使 用以核能發電所產生出的核廢料貧化鈾為主原料的合金所製作出的彈頭。 由於在實戰、 演習、射擊訓練時，貧化鈾粉末會擴散到自然環境中，而貧化鈾是具有化學毒性的重金屬 ，同時也是放射性物質，所以使用貧化鈾彈的正當性也引起爭議。 貧化鈾的密度約19，是鐵（約8）的2.5倍、鉛（約 11）的1.7倍，所以使用貧化鈾合金在 砲彈等兵器上，可使砲彈得到較大的動能。貧化鈾主要用來製作攻擊坦克等裝甲戰車的砲 彈。鎢合金也可以作為是攻擊戰車用砲彈的原料，但雖然其密度與貧化鈾接近，在命中裝 甲板時，彈頭尖端會變形成蘑菇狀趨鈍。而貧化鈾彈頭命中裝甲版時，會因為自銳現象而 更趨銳利。因此貧化鈾彈頭較相同質量的鎢彈具有更強穿透力。 另外由於鈾元素的融點1132℃偏低，所以子彈命中時，容易因為摩擦熱而熔解、飛散，而 飛散產生的氣膠被空氣中的氧氣氧化又會燃燒。因此，使用貧化鈾還能夠造成子彈命中後 的燒灼效果。因此貧化鈾不只能夠提供對戰車砲彈的高貫通力，可說其確實是作為彈頭難 能可貴的材料。 1991年的波斯灣戰爭中，美軍實際用來對付伊拉克的戰車部隊（官方聲明用了約300噸） 。 之後，北約多國籍軍隊介入波士尼亞紛爭與科索沃紛爭時，也在波士尼亞用了約1萬發、 在科索沃用來約3萬發的貧化鈾彈。 而一般認為2003年3月以後的伊拉克戰爭中，美國亦大量使用了貧化鈾彈。 波灣斯戰爭後，美軍的回國士兵就不少人發生「波斯灣戰爭症候群」的疾病，有人主張貧 化鈾是造成這種疾病的原因之一。另外過去使用到貧化鈾彈頭的波士尼亞與科索沃等地區 ，白血病的罹患率與畸形兒的出生率都有增加。 http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%A7%E5%8C%96%E9%88%BE%E5%BD%88 新聞來源: (需有正確連結) -- --

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