Guest guest Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 > Bea Bernhausen <beabernhausen > Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:46:50 -0700 (PDT) > CO-OP Radio- Leuren > Moret: On Depleted Uranium: Mon. Aug 23 noon PDT > > CO-OP Radio host Alfred Webre J.D.,M.Ed. interviews > Leuren Moret (full bio > http://www.zi-activism.net/downloads/nonZi/leurenbio.htm > ) on the very crucial subject of depleted uranium, > an issue which refuses to go away---and > unfortunately is not likely to for a very long time. > Learn the true facts that are now finally surfacing > about this monstrous assault on the planet, the > inhabitants of the nations where it has been used, > and continues to be used, and upon the lives of the > men and women who have been duped into literally > laying down their lives, not for their country as > they had thought, but for the ambitions of a few > power-crazed men in charge of the US Military and > 'Corporate Government'. > > It is time the rest of the world collectively stood > up and said " THAT'S ENOUGH! " > > ********************************************************************************\ *********************** > > > Coop Radio- Leuren Moret: “Depleted Uranium: Dirty > Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets” > Monday, August 23, 2004 - Noon-1 PM PT > COOP RADIO – CFRO – 102.7 FM Vancouver, B.C. > LISTEN ONLINE TO COOP RADIO: > http://www.coopradio.org/ > Leuren Moret: > http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/082304W.shtml > > > GUEST: Leuren Moret was an Expert Witness at the > International Criminal Tribunal For Afghanistan At > Tokyo. She is an independent scientist and > international expert on radiation and public health > issues. She is on the organizing committee of the > World Committee on Radiation Risk, an organization > of independent radiation specialists, including > members of the Radiation Committee in the EU > parliament, the European Committee on Radiation > Risk. She is an environmental commissioner for the > City of Berkeley. Ms. Moret earned her BS in > geology at U.C. Davis in 1968 and her MA in Near > Eastern studies from U.C. Berkeley in 1978. She has > completed all but her dissertation for a PhD in the > geosciences at U.C. Davis. She has traveled and > conducted scientific research in 42 countries. She > wrote a scientific report on depleted uranium for > the United Nations sub commission investigating the > illegality of depleted uranium munitions. Marian > Falk, a former Manhattan Project scientist and > retired > insider at the Livermore Lab, who is an expert on > radioactive fallout and rainout, has trained her on > radiation issues. > International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan > written opinion of Judge N. Bhagwa t : also at > http://www.traprockpeace.org/tokyo_trial_13march04.doc > > > > > HOST: Alfred Webre, JD, MEd > > > Full Article at: > http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/082304W.shtml > Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty > Bullets > by Leuren Moret > SF Bay View > Original Article at: > http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml > > > > A death sentence here and abroad > “Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be > used as pawns in foreign policy.” - Henry Kissinger, > quoted in “Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United > States Betrayed Its Own POW’s in Vietnam” > > > Vietnam was a chemical war for oil, permanently > contaminating large regions and countries downriver > with Agent Orange, and environmentally the most > devastating war in world history. But since 1991, > the U.S. has staged four nuclear wars using depleted > uranium weaponry, which, like Agent Orange, meets > the U.S. government definition of Weapons of Mass > Destruction. Vast regions in the Middle East and > Central Asia have been permanently contaminated with > radiation. > And what about our soldiers? Terry Jemison of > the Department of Veterans Affairs reported this > week to the American Free Press that “Gulf- era > veterans” now on medical disability since 1991 > number 518,739, with only 7,035 reported wounded in > Iraq in that same 14-year period. > This week the American Free Press dropped a > “dirty bomb” on the Pentagon by reporting that eight > out of 20 men who served in one unit in the 2003 > U.S. military offensive in Iraq now have > malignancies. That means that 40 percent of the > soldiers in that unit have developed malignancies in > just 16 months. > Since these soldiers were exposed to vaccines > and depleted uranium (DU) only, this is strong > evidence for researchers and scientists working on > this issue, that DU is the definitive cause of Gulf > War Syndrome. Vaccines are not known to cause > cancer. One of the first published researchers on > Gulf War Syndrome, who also served in 1991 in Iraq, > Dr. Andras Korényi-Both, is in agreement with > Barbara Goodno from the Department of Defense’s > Deployment Health Support Directorate, that in this > war soldiers were not exposed to chemicals, > pesticides, bioagents or other suspect causes this > time to confuse the issue. > This powerful new evidence is blowing holes in > the cover-up perpetrated by the Pentagon and three > presidential administrations ever since DU was first > used in 1991 in the Persian Gulf War. Fourteen years > after the introduction of DU on the battlefield in > 1991, the long-term effects have revealed that DU is > a death sentence and very nasty stuff. > Scientists studying the biological effects of > uranium in the 1960s reported that it targets the > DNA. Marion Fulk, a nuclear physical chemist retired > from the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab and formerly > involved with the Manhattan Project, interprets the > new and rapid malignancies in soldiers from the 2003 > war as “spectacular … and a matter of concern.” > This evidence shows that of the three effects > which DU has on biological systems - radiation, > chemical and particulate – the particulate effect > from nano-size particles is the most dominant one > immediately after exposure and targets the Master > Code in the DNA. This is bad news, but it explains > why DU causes a myriad of diseases which are > difficult to define. > In simple words, DU “trashes the body.” When > asked if the main purpose for using it was for > destroying things and killing people, Fulk was more > specific: “I would say that it is the perfect weapon > for killing lots of people.” > Soldiers developing malignancies so quickly > since 2003 can be expected to develop multiple > cancers from independent causes. This phenomenon has > been reported by doctors in hospitals treating > civilians following NATO bombing with DU in > Yugoslavia in 1998-1999 and the U.S. military > invasion of Iraq using DU for the first time in > 1991. Medical experts report that this phenomenon of > multiple malignancies from unrelated causes has been > unknown until now and is a new syndrome associated > with internal DU exposure. > Just 467 U.S. personnel were wounded in the > three-week Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991. Out of > 580,400 soldiers who served in Gulf War I, 11,000 > are dead, and by 2000 there were 325,000 on > permanent medical disability. This astounding number > of disabled vets means that a decade later, 56 > percent of those soldiers who served now have > medical problems. > The number of disabled vets reported up to 2000 > has been increasing by 43,000 every year. Brad Flohr > of the Department of Veterans Affairs told American > Free Press that he believes there are more disabled > vets now than even after World War II. > They brought it home > Not only were soldiers exposed to DU on and off > the battlefields, but they brought it home. DU in > the semen of soldiers internally contaminated their > wives, partners and girlfriends. Tragically, some > women in their 20s and 30s who were sexual partners > of exposed soldiers developed endometriosis and were > forced to have hysterectomies because of health > problems. > In a group of 251 soldiers from a study group in > Mississippi who had all had normal babies before the > Gulf War, 67 percent of their post-war babies were > born with severe birth defects. They were born with > missing legs, arms, organs or eyes or had immune > system and blood diseases. In some veterans’ > families now, the only normal or healthy members of > the family are the children born before the war. > The Department of Veterans Affairs has stated > that they do not keep records of birth defects > occurring in families of veterans. > How did they hide it? > Before a new weapons system can be used, it must > be fully tested. The blueprint for depleted uranium > weapons is a 1943 declassified document from the > Manhattan Project. > Harvard President and physicist James B. Conant, > who developed poison gas in World War I, was brought > into the Manhattan Project by the father of > presidential candidate John Kerry. Kerry’s father > served at a high level in the Manhattan Project and > was a CIA agent. > Conant was chair of the S-1 Poison Gas > Committee, which recommended developing poison gas > weapons from the radioactive trash of the atomic > bomb project in World War II. At that time, it was > known that radioactive materials dispersed in bombs > from the air, from land vehicles or on the > battlefield produced very fine radioactive dust > which would penetrate all protective clothing, any > gas mask or filter or the skin. By contaminating the > lungs and blood, it could kill or cause illness very > quickly. > They also recommended it as a permanent terrain > contaminant, which could be used to destroy > populations by contaminating water supplies and > agricultural land with the radioactive dust. > The first DU weapons system was developed for > the Navy in 1968, and DU weapons were given to and > used by Israel in 1973 under U.S. supervision in the > Yom Kippur war against the Arabs. > The Phalanx weapons system, using DU, was tested > on the USS Bigelow out of Hunters Point Naval > Shipyard in 1977, and DU weapons have been sold by > the U.S. to 29 countries. > Military research report summaries detail the > testing of DU from 1974- 1999 at military testing > grounds, bombing and gunnery ranges and at civilian > labs under contract. Today 42 states are > contaminated with DU from manufacture, testing and > deployment. > Women living around these facilities have > reported increases in endometriosis, birth defects > in babies, leukemia in children and cancers and > other diseases in adults. Thousands of tons of DU > weapons tested for decades by the Navy on four > bombing and gunnery ranges around Fallon, Nevada, is > no doubt the cause of the fastest growing leukemia > cluster in the U.S. over the past decade. The > military denies that DU is the cause. > The medical profession has been active in the > cover-up - just as they were in hiding the effects > from the American public - of low level radiation > from atmospheric testing and nuclear power plants. A > medical doctor in Northern California reported being > trained by the Pentagon with other doctors, months > before the 2003 war started, to diagnose and treat > soldiers returning from the 2003 war for mental > problems only. > Medical professionals in hospitals and > facilities treating returning soldiers were > threatened with $10,000 fines if they talked about > the soldiers or their medical problems. They were > also threatened with jail. > Reporters have also been prevented access to > more than 14,000 medically evacuated soldiers flown > nightly since the 2003 war in C-150s from Germany > who are brought to Walter Reed Hospital near > Washington, D.C. > Dr. Robert Gould, former president of the Bay > Area chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility > (PSR), has contacted three medical doctors since > February 2004, after I had been invited to speak > about DU. Dr. Katharine Thomasson, president of the > Oregon chapter of the PSR, informed me that Dr. > Gould had contacted her and tried to convince her to > cancel her invitation for me to speak about DU at > Portland State University on April 12. Although I > was able to do a presentation, Dr. Thomasson told me > I could only talk about DU in Oregon “and nothing > overseas … nothing political.” > Dr. Gould also contacted and discouraged Dr. > Ross Wilcox in Toronto, Canada, from inviting me to > speak to Physicians for Global Survival (PGS), the > Canadian equivalent of PSR, several months later. > When that didn’t work, he contacted Dr. Allan > Connoly, the Canadian national president of PGS, who > was able to cancel my invitation and nearly > succeeded in preventing Dr. Wilcox, his own member, > from showing photos and presenting details on > civilians suffering from DU exposure and cancer > provided to him by doctors in southern Iraq. > Dr. Janette Sherman, a former and long-standing > member of PSR, reported that she finally quit some > time after being invited to lunch by a new PSR > executive administrator. After the woman had pumped > Dr. Sherman for information all through lunch about > her position on key issues, the woman informed Dr. > Sherman that her last job had been with the CIA. > How was the truth about DU hidden from military > personnel serving in successive DU wars? Before his > tragic death, Sen. Paul Wellstone informed Joyce > Riley, R.N., B.S.N., executive director of the > American Gulf War Veterans Association, that 95 > percent of Gulf War veterans had been recycled out > of the military by 1995. Any of those continuing in > military service were isolated from each other, > preventing critical information being transferred to > new troops. The “next DU war” had already been > planned, and those planning it wanted “no skunk at > the garden party.” > The US has a dirty (DU) little (CIA) secret > A new book just published at the American Free > Press by Michael Collins Piper, “The High Priests of > War: The Secret History of How America’s > Neo-Conservative Trotskyites Came to Power and > Orchestrated the War Against Iraq as the First Step > in Their Drive for Global Empire,” details the early > plans for a war against the Arab world by Henry > Kissinger and the neo-cons in the late 1960s and > early 1970s. That just happens to coincide with > getting the DU “show on the road” and the oil crisis > in the Middle East, which caused concern not only to > President Nixon. The British had been plotting and > scheming for control of the oil in Iraq for decades > since first using poison gas on the Iraqis and Kurds > in 1912. > The book details the creation of the neo-cons by > their “godfather” and Trotsky lover Irving Kristol, > who pushed for a “war against terrorism” long before > 9/11 and was lavishly funded for years by the CIA. > His son, William Kristol, is one of the most > influential men in the United States. > Both are public relations men for the Israeli > lobby’s neo-conservative network, with strong ties > to Rupert Murdoch. Kissinger also has ties to this > network and the Carlyle Group, who, one could say, > have facilitated these omnicidal wars beginning from > the time former President Bush took office. It would > be easy to say that we are recycling World Wars I > and II, with the same faces. > When I asked Vietnam Special Ops Green Beret > Capt. John McCarthy, who could have devised this > omnicidal plan to use DU to destroy the genetic code > and genetic future of large populations of Arabs and > Moslems in the Middle East and Central Asia - just > coincidentally the areas where most of the world’s > oil deposits are located - he replied: “It has all > the handprints of Henry Kissinger.” > In Zbignew Brzezinski’s book “The Grand > Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic > Imperatives,” the map of the Eurasian chessboard > includes four regions strategic to U.S. foreign > policy. The “South” region corresponds precisely to > the regions now contaminated permanently with > radiation from U.S. bombs, missiles and bullets made > with thousands of tons of DU. > A Japanese professor, Dr. K. Yagasaki, has > calculated that 800 tons of DU is the atomicity > equivalent of 83,000 Nagasaki bombs. The U.S. has > used more DU since 1991 than the atomicity > equivalent of 400,000 Nagasaki bombs. Four nuclear > wars indeed, and 10 times the amount of radiation > released into the atmosphere from atmospheric > testing! > No wonder our soldiers, their families and the > people of the Middle East, Yugoslavia and Central > Asia are sick. But as Henry Kissinger said after > Vietnam when our soldiers came home ill from Agent > Orange, “Military men are just dumb stupid animals > to be used for foreign policy.” > Unfortunately, more and more of those soldiers > are men and women with brown skin. And > unfortunately, the DU radioactive dust will be > carried around the world and deposited in our > environments just as the “smog of war” from the 1991 > Gulf War was found in deposits in South America, the > Himalayas and Hawaii. > In June 2003, the World Health Organization > announced in a press release that global cancer > rates will increase 50 percent by 2020. What else do > they know that they aren’t telling us? I know that > depleted uranium is a death sentence … for all of > us. We will all die in silent ways. > To learn more: > Sources used in this story that readers are > encouraged to consult: > American Free Press four-part series on DU by > Christopher Bollyn. Part I: “Depleted Uranium: U.S. > Commits War Crime Against Iraq, Humanity,” ; Part > II: “Cancer Epidemic Caused by U.S. WMD: MD Says > Depleted Uranium Definitively Linked,” > August 2004 World Affairs Journal. Leuren Moret: > “Depleted Uranium: The Trojan Horse of Nuclear War,” > > August 2004 Coastal Post Online. Carol Sterrit: > “Marin Depleted Uranium Resolution Heats Up – GI’s > Will Come Home To A Slow Death,” > World Depleted Uranium Weapons Conference, > Hamburg, Germany, October 16-19, 2004 > International Criminal Tribunal for > Afghanistan. Written opinion of Judge Niloufer > Baghwat > “Discounted Casualties: The Human Cost of > Nuclear War” by Akira Tashiro, foreword by Leuren > Moret > ---------- > Leuren Moret is a geoscientist who has worked > around the world on radiation issues, educating > citizens, the media, members of parliaments and > Congress and other officials. She became a > whistleblower in 1991 at the Livermore Nuclear > Weapons Lab after experiencing major science fraud > on the Yucca Mountain Project. An environmental > commissioner in the City of Berkeley > > > Websites Of Interest: > > International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan > written opinion of Judge N. Bhagwa t : also at > http://www.traprockpeace.org/tokyo_trial_13march04.doc > > > Question 11: What does the US Government know > about depleted uranium: > http://traprockpeace.org/moret_25nov03.pdf > World Depleted Uranium Weapons Conference: > http://www.uraniumweaponsconference.de > Radiation and Public Health Project: > http://www.radiation.org > " A comparison of delayed radiobiological effects > of depleted-uranium munitions versus > fourth-generation nuclear weapons " by A. Gsponer, > J.-P. Hurni, and B. Vitale, 4th International > Conference of the Yugoslav Nuclear Society, > Belgrade, September 30-October 4, 2002. > http://arXiv.org/abs/physics/0210071 > " Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons: The Physical > Principles Of Thermonuclear Explosives, Inertial > Confinement Fusion, And The Quest For Fourth > Generation Nuclear Weapons " by Andre Gsponer and > Jean-Pierre Hurni > http://www.inesap.org/publ_tech01.htm > 54 minute VPRO Dutch TV " Carlyle Group " > documentary on internet: > http://www.vpro.nl/info/tegenlicht/index.shtml?7738514+7738518+7738520+11838857 > > Real Player Video Documentary on the Carlyle > Group, by VPRO Dutch television [500 kbps real > video] > Real Player Video Documentary on the Carlyle > Group, by VPRO Dutch television [100 kbps real > video] > Overview of documentary - Interactive Flash > Animation - with links to biographies and articles > (Dutch) and specific sections of video. > English translation of Dutch introduction > Translation of the first one minute forty seven > seconds of this program. > > Global Outlook: http://www.globalresearch.ca > > “WAKE-UP WITH CO-OP” MON.-WED.- FRI. 7-9 AM PT > LISTEN ONLINE: http://www.coopradio.org/ > > > > LISTENER-SPONSORED CO-OP RADIO is broadcast across > Canada on the Star Choice satellite system on > channel 845. 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