US denies risk to soldiers |
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| On Thursday, the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, said he wanted to know the truth about the weapons and called for them to be banned if there was any risk. Six Italian soldiers who had been on peace missions to the former Yugoslavia have died of leukaemia, while France says four of its soldiers are being treated for the illness. The BBC's Ben Brown reports. |
Paul Beaver, Jane's Defence Weekly: "It's a fearsome weapon of war" |