] . . . hundreds of looters, including many
] children, stole dozens of drums filled with toxic
] chemicals and worse -- uranium oxide, or yellowcake,
] a key nuclear agent.
]
] Saef, a 14-year-old, said most people just dumped
] the contents near their homes and recycled the drums.
 . . .
] Now radioactive drums litter the area, and
] villagers are getting sick.
]
] El Tifat was a healthy 13-year-old girl until she
] washed her brother's clothes after he had come in
] contact with yellowcake. Since then, she says, she's
] had difficulty breathing and gets nosebleeds three times
] a day.
]
] Others complain of rashes. In all, there are over
] 30 recent cases of radiation poisoning.

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MSNBC: Tuwaitha, Iraq Radiation Poisoning Cases on the Increase