The real distinction is that, whatever secondary effects DU munitions may have, we aren't inflicting them intentionally. We aren't using the toxicity as a weapon.

Agreed. Unpon reflection, I think that the article I read was trying to make a case for DU secondary effects as being one possible cause of Gulf War Syndrome.

This WP thing, however, is a pretty blatantly intentional "repurposing" as a weapon

Yup.

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