Nov 00 - Passing nomads (probably Qashqai Turks), near Bishapur, Fars prov.
One of the things that amazed me most about Iran is that so much of it is home to nomadic peoples, currently @ 1.5 million. "By 1920 nomadic pastoral tribes were over 1/4 of Iran's population. Their numbers declined sharply as a result of forced settlement in the '20s and '30s. Continued pressure as well as the lure of the cities and settled life have resulted in a further sharp decline since the '60s".
- What concerns me most now is the contamination of their grazing lands in Western Iran (and the land of all peoples there and in Iraq and Afghanistan) with radioactive uranium dust blowing in from Iraq where the US and Brits have been using nuclear-waste coated munitions, and which has seen a huge increase in cancers and birth defects. (One scientist quoted by Project Censored calculates the amount of radiation these have released in Iraq is roughly equivalent to 250,000 Nagasaki bombs, recalculated since at 400,000, and the amount in Afghanistan to 83,000.) : www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/4-high-urani... . I assume everyone in W. Iran, particularly nomads like the Lors, now face a huge increase in cancers, birth defects and stillbirths. The 1/2 life of the radioactive dust is in the billions of years (ie. forever). Here's an interview with an independent scientist re the history and use of these weapons. She stresses that the nano-size of the particles are a greater threat than their toxicity or radioactivity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSF9HyF7bw . Another good video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MfNGHnuZLQ . One of the recent reports re the refusal of women in Fallujah to get pregnant because of the great number of deformities there (DU's not mentioned in these new reports. The cover-up continues. Skynews refers to white phosphorous, how could that be the cause?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=--zQPty6b2Y&feature=related Here's a good Al Jazeera report from Jan 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-u2VW4XymA
- A list and description of Iranian nomadic peoples: www.bestirantravel.com/culture/history/nomads.html
Nov 00 - Passing nomads (probably Qashqai Turks), near Bishapur, Fars prov.
One of the things that amazed me most about Iran is that so much of it is home to nomadic peoples, currently @ 1.5 million. "By 1920 nomadic pastoral tribes were over 1/4 of Iran's population. Their numbers declined sharply as a result of forced settlement in the '20s and '30s. Continued pressure as well as the lure of the cities and settled life have resulted in a further sharp decline since the '60s".
- What concerns me most now is the contamination of their grazing lands in Western Iran (and the land of all peoples there and in Iraq and Afghanistan) with radioactive uranium dust blowing in from Iraq where the US and Brits have been using nuclear-waste coated munitions, and which has seen a huge increase in cancers and birth defects. (One scientist quoted by Project Censored calculates the amount of radiation these have released in Iraq is roughly equivalent to 250,000 Nagasaki bombs, recalculated since at 400,000, and the amount in Afghanistan to 83,000.) : www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/4-high-urani... . I assume everyone in W. Iran, particularly nomads like the Lors, now face a huge increase in cancers, birth defects and stillbirths. The 1/2 life of the radioactive dust is in the billions of years (ie. forever). Here's an interview with an independent scientist re the history and use of these weapons. She stresses that the nano-size of the particles are a greater threat than their toxicity or radioactivity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSF9HyF7bw . Another good video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MfNGHnuZLQ . One of the recent reports re the refusal of women in Fallujah to get pregnant because of the great number of deformities there (DU's not mentioned in these new reports. The cover-up continues. Skynews refers to white phosphorous, how could that be the cause?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=--zQPty6b2Y&feature=related Here's a good Al Jazeera report from Jan 2010: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-u2VW4XymA
- A list and description of Iranian nomadic peoples: www.bestirantravel.com/culture/history/nomads.html