No Nukes !-- UK Bias Update

Does anybody think that the British Press will take back their blood libel about Israel using uranium tipped bombs in Lebanon? How about anyone else that picked up the story. Maybe...but it will be on page 97 right between Peanuts and the Horoscope. The British Press is about as truthful and the National Enquirer.

UN: No IDF uranium bomb use in Lebanon
Associated Press VIA Ynet News

A UN official said Tuesday that a team carrying out an environmental assessment of Lebanon after this summer’s Israel-Hizbullah war confirmed that the Israeli military used artillery containing white phosphorous but found no evidence of depleted uranium.

Achim Steiner, UN Undersecretary-general and executive director of the UN Environment Program, said samples taken by scientists confirmed “the use of whitephosphorous-containing artillery and mortar ammunition” by the Israeli military during the conflict.

Last month, an Israeli Cabinet minister said the Israeli army used phosphorous artillery shells against Hizbullah guerrilla targets during their war, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time.

The Geneva Conventions ban using white phosphorous against civilians or civilian areas, and Israel has said the weapons were used solely against military targets.

'No radioactive residue found'

Steiner also said the UN team found no evidence of penetrators or metal made of depleted uranium or other radioactive material. The assessment appeared to counter some media reports that suggested uranium-based munitions had been used during the month long war that ended on Aug. 14.

”No depleted uranium shrapnel, or other radioactive residue was found. The analysis of all smear samples taken shows no depleted uranium, enriched uranium or higher than natural uranium content in the samples,” he said in a statement.

Steiner said the UN team collected samples from Sept. 30 to Oct. 21 with one group focusing on munitions during the conflicts. Several samples were taken to three independent laboratories in Europe for tests, the statement said.

Somebody Should be fired for this, but in the proud anti-Israel tradion of the media in the UK, everyone involved with this story will probably be promoted.