http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050106/wl_asia_afp/asiaquakeconspiracyIt doesn't mention DU, but there's a section where scientists loudly rebuke the notion that ecoweapons could have caused this tsunami.
Scientists give such theories short shrift.
"This was a natural disaster," said Dr Bart Bautisda, chief science research specialist at Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, debunking the idea that an "eco-weapon" could be used to cause an earthquake or such large-scale tsunamis.
"You would need a very huge amount of energy. It's impossible. A billion tonnes could not do it," Bautisda said.
He said wave activity might be able to be triggered very close to the scene of a giant explosion, but the effect would be a tiny fraction of the tsunamis which travelled thousands of kilometres (miles) at the speed of a jet after tectonic plates shifted off Sumatra.
"It's possible to cause vibration, but not sufficient to cause disruption," he said.
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