The report, released on Thursday, said that 25 of the 132 soldiers had died. The majority have thyroid cancer, Hodgkins' disease, and testical cancer.
The report said the diseases were caused by exposure to depleted uranium in ammunition.
ROME, Dec 22 (Hina) - A total of 132 Italian soldiers have contractedmalignant diseases after serving in peace missions inBosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo from 1996 and 2005, according to thefifth parliamentary report on the conditions
of military personnelengaged in the former Yugoslavia.
ROME, Dec 22 (Hina) - A total of 132 Italian soldiers have
contracted malignant diseases after serving in peace missions in
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo from 1996 and 2005, according to the fifth
parliamentary report on the conditions of military personnel engaged in the
former Yugoslavia.
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