Serbia sues NATO over uranium deployment.
An international legal team led by Serbian lawyer Dr. Srdjan Aleksic is currently preparing a
lawsuit against NATO before an international court.
The team is provided by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, whose president, Srdjan Nogo,
coordinates the cooperation with the Serbian government.
It is about the use of 10 to 15 tons of uranium ammunition in the Yugoslavian war in 1999.
Due to its radioactivity, the depleted uranium released in the process would have caused devastating
long-term effects for humans and the environment, such as miscarriages and serious illnesses.
Scientists have repeatedly linked uranium ammunition to soaring cancer rates, deformities and water pollution.
The film Death Dust - Uranium Ammunition and the Consequences provides a detailed account.
In view of its long decay period and toxicity, experts even refer to it as a weapon of mass destruction.
Since the 1970s, uranium ammunition has been produced in many countries using radioactive waste from the
nuclear industry due to its higher penetrating power.
It has been used in at least four other wars, such as in Iraq, Afghanistan and most recently in Syria.
Even in Germany, the health effects following the crash of a US fighter bomber in Remscheid have been observed, even though its
armament with uranium is still officially denied to this day.
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark aptly stated: DU weapons are an unacceptable threat to life, a
violation of international law and an affront to human dignity.