Human rights activists accused the United States of applying the impoverished Uranus against the peaceful Iraqis
During the combat operation in Iraq in 2003, US military personnel used shells with depleted Uranus in districts inhabited by civilians, on June 20, The Guardian, citing a report to the non -governmental Dutch organization PAX. According to Rah, in 2003, American planes and tanks launched about 10 thousand shells with a depleted Uranus in cities such as AS-Samawa, Nasiria and Basra. The report clarifies that only 1.5 thousand such shells were directed directly to the Iraqi military.