(December 19) - Minister of Interior Dr. Yusuf Abu-Safieh has confirmed that the occupation authorities have started using radioactive uranium ammunition to suppress the intifada and destroy Palestinian society.  Abu-Safieh added that President Yasser Arafat has decided to assemble a special committee to examine the situation. The minister has warned of the dangers of Israel's use of uranium waste and radioactive materials, explaining that their destructive effects only appear at a later stage through genetic deformities affecting several generations, as happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - *(Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah, Ramallah, December 15)*

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