Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiers
While America has recognised that military burn pits used in Afghanistan can cause cancer and other illnesses in soldiers, Australia has not accepted it.
VIDEO: Burn pits were used to dispose of rubbish across US military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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News Journal archives March 17-22: war in Iraq begins, MLK leads voting rights march
MLK leads march for voting rights in 1965, U.S. attacks Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003, Dover AFBase spared in 2004, financial ...