The New Babylon Project

A prediction if I may...

If you aren't yet familiar with depleted uranium (DU), here's a quick summary. DU is used on the tips of military projectiles like tank rounds or bunker busters. It is an incredibly strong material that is capable of puncturing tanks, bunkers, etc.

The problem with DU is that it is radioactive. Most of the radiation is in the form of Alpha waves which are deflected by clothing, skin, and protective gear for the most part. The problem is that when a military round is spent, much of the DU gets broken into fine particulate dust. If this dust is inhaled, the particles circulate and lodge at various parts of the body. Once inside, the body is no longer able to deflect the Alpha waves, and they eventually cause problems in the neighboring cells including mutation, cancer, and cell aging.

In Iraq alone, most project that we have dropped over 300 Tonnes of depleted uranium through both gulf wars. One might even speculate that the true purpose of the "Shock and Awe" shellings of Iraq before each invasion was to dump as much low-level radiation into the areas as possible. The even more sinister fact, if this were true, is that we've been sending our own troops into known radiocative zones to fight. There is a growing mind of thought that DU (radiation) poisoning is the primary cause behind the mysterious "Gulf War Syndrom". It has also been shown that Iraq's birth deformity rate has more than quadrupled since the first Gulf War.

Now comes the prediction... based on nothing more than my paranoid assumptions about the true nature of those who own the world.

The New Babylon project will rise out of the ashes of this war. We as a world will discover the devestation that DU shelling has cause in Iraq, both for our own soldiers and for the civilians living in the region. The world will join hands in a never before seen "green" cause to undo the devestation.

If my guess is correct, someone will suggest using a low level heat blast to "glass" the city. It's the only way I can think of to clean up a desert full of radioactive dust.

And all the new-age christians will say "city of glass... I think Jesus said something about that". For the record, it was actually John in Revelations. And.. doesn't it seem a little funny for the glass city to be located in the heart of ancient Babylon?

Just an educated guess... check back in five years to see if I was correct.