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NATO WARNED OF DEPLETED URANIUM DANGER DURING WAR IN EX YUGOSLAVIA IN 2001
BERLIN (AP) - NATO warned countries with armies and aid workers in the Balkans months ago about the possible dangers of depleted uranium ammunition, which has recently sparked concern as a possible cause of serious illnesses in soldiers who served there.
The German Defense Ministry confirmed Sunday that it received a warning in July 1999 of the risks from the ordnance, used by the United States during air campaigns across Yugoslavia for its armor-piercing qualities.
According to an internal Defense Ministry document obtained by the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper and dated July 16, 1999, NATO had warned soldiers and aid workers that month of a "possible toxic threat" and advised them to take "preventative measures."
The ministry has previously said it began health checks on soldiers who had come into possible contact with the depleted uranium ammunition that same month - as U.N. peacekeeping forces were still entering Yugoslavia's Kosovo province after NATO's 78-day bombing campaign....
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