DU Overreaction and propaganda???

Seems like some people are trying to use the current scare about DU ammuntion for political goals. Or is it possible or even normal to coat ordinary bullets with depleted uranium?

Haaretz, today:

Palestinians say Israeli army used depleted uranium
Reuters

CAIRO – Palestinians have submitted a report to the United Nations saying Israeli weapons that were used to quell a four-month-old Palestinian uprising contained depleted uranium, Arab League sources said Thursday.

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) report accused Israeli occupation forces of using artillery containing depleted uranium to shell Palestinian areas from warships and helicopter gunships. “Apache and Cobra helicopters fired missiles of this kind at small Fatah offices in Ramallah at the beginning of November, completely destroying them,” it said, referring to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s Fatah group, the PLO’s main faction. “Bullets coated in depleted uranium were used against a group of young men affiliated to Fatah in the Ramallah area,” it said, citing another incident in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

An Israeli army official denied the allegations. “Depleted uranium is not used in airplanes or anti-aircraft ammunition. Concerning land forces, the Israeli army has not, does not and will not use ammunition with depleted uranium,” an army official told Reuters. The official said the Israeli navy had discontinued the use of ammunition around a year ago for vulcan guns, which included depleted uranium. The army official added, “When it was in use, it was used only in the air and for expendable targets at sea.”

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