Christian group to protest ATK's uranium arms

Cliff Kindy, Christian Peacemaker Teams

December 01, 2006 10:37 am

— Twelve of us from Christian Peacemaker Teams are here in the Cumberland area. Four of us have been to Iraq and learned too much about depleted uranium (DU) weapons, like those assembled at ATK/ABL in Rocket Center, W.Va.
When used in the field, they are a deadly military tool, but the ceramic aerosol that results when DU hits a target also injures and kills innocent civilians and U.S. soldiers who breathe in the tiny particles even months or years later. (Depleted Uranium has a half-life of 4.5 billion years.
We will hold prayer vigils for the victims of ATK DU products at the intersection of U.S. 220 and Route 956, south of Pinto today and tomorrow.