Monday, August 08, 2005

Nagasaki remembers atomic attack

Who started the second waolr war? ???
Why ?
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Some historians argue that the attack was seen as necessary because Japan had not surrendered.
appealed to them to join hands with others to work together for a peaceful planet free from the threat of the nuclear bomb.

"We are confident that the vast majority of you desire in your hearts the elimination of nuclear arms," he said.

Overshadowed

Nagasaki's citizens still question whether the Americans were justified in targeting their city for the second atomic attack.

The bomb used plutonium as its core - unlike the one dropped on Hiroshima, which used uranium.

Nagasaki's mayor says he believes they were the victims of what in effect was a deadly nuclear test.

The bomb dropped on Nagasaki exploded with a force equivalent to 21,000 tons of conventional explosive.

Plutonium is much more powerful than the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Most of those killed in the second attack were melted or burnt to death immediately.

However, correspondents say that Nagasaki's tragedy has long been overshadowed by that of Hiroshima, where about 140,000 people were killed by the bomb and its aftermath.

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