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"en.20021218.8.3-211"2
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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, your answer is in line with that given by your predecessor from the Spanish Presidency – I asked the question to which he answered no. According to information provided by armed troops on duty during the war in Afghanistan last year, depleted uranium munitions or weapons were not used. All the information – both military and technical – that we have at our disposal, however, points to the fact that, in any case, a very dense metal was used, either uranium or tungsten.
This is not, to any degree, an insignificant question because, if it is uranium, whether depleted or otherwise, certain sites in Afghanistan will have inevitably been badly contaminated, sites where not only military personnel are currently based, but also NGOs, humanitarian organisations and, of course, local people.
It seems to me that you have given a cautious response. Personally speaking, I am not convinced that you are well informed. That is why I believe that it would be worthwhile to carry out an inquiry on the ground, in order to verify whether or not the area has been contaminated by radioactivity which may cause considerable harm to the civilian population, NGOs as well as military personnel."@en1
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