Teribus, I must admit that I have some problem with Don F's accounting of depleted Uranium. He is right enough of the effects of spalling inside the tank, but after that, he gets back to the effects of radiation, which these shells are not.

As for the other effects, they exactly coinside with that other great lung killer on a desert battle field... sand. But in an effort to reduce the side effects of depleted uranium, I propose that we bury all the dead Iraqi tank crews with dust masks over their faces...

PS: Bobert did you read todays editorial in the Washinton Post? I encourage all to read it, though I can't do a blue clicky. One of the most liberal papers in the history of the free world, the only paper to pull down a sitting President, 36 column inches concluding that "War may now be the only viable alternative for ending the threat of Saddam Hussein". And this before Colin Powells speech...

God, I love this New World!