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Downwind draws a
line from Hiroshima through the Nevada nuclear test site to the
sands of Iraq and Kuwait, where thousands of soldiers and civilians
were exposed to toxic, irradiating dust particles by the use of
depleted Uranium tank penetrators.
Used extensively in the 1991 and 2003 Gulf Wars,
these DU weapons effectively destroy heavy armor and fortified
bunkers, yet they release very fine Uranium Oxide particles, which
may be inhaled or ingested.
Though the long-term effects are highly contested,
there is little indication that the U.S. military informed soldiers
or civilians about the possible adverse health and environmental
effects.
Blending broad issues of History and memory
with the near ubiquitous control of war imagery by the military,
Downwind raises questions about the
true human cost when the desire for total victory outweighs the
moral obligations of 'humanitarian intervention'.
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