US refuses Marshalls bid to use aid for nuclear victims

US refuses Marshalls bid to use aid for nuclear victims

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The US has refused a request by the Marshall Islands to use grant money to compensate victims of the American nuclear weapons testing programme in the western Pacific atoll nation, officials said.

The US tested 67 nuclear weapons at Bikini and Enewetak atolls from 1946 to 1958 and a Nuclear Claims Tribunal was set up by the two governments to compensate those displaced or suffering health problems due to the tests.

But the 150 million dollars the United States provided for paying settlements ran out three years ago and the US State Department has said there is no obligation to pay more.

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Well this is nothing new. The mighty US government not doing what is necessary to fix the problems that they have caused in the past.

This fight has been going on for a long time and it seems like there is still no happy solution in sight.

(sigh) I wish just once and awhile that I would read something that would make me proud of our leaders again.

'night everyone

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