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Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

about as real as the elections in a Soviet country

Because capitalist elections between corporate donors are so real lmao

Are you going to vote for Bloomberg or Blackstone next year? Good little piggy.

[–] Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You Americans are something else. There's a world outside your little shithole bubble you know.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not even American. Our economy is global and America is the imperial core of that economy.

One of my local PMs was caught taking bribes from the NRA a few years back ffs