and then we can drop E in their water supplies.....

[Guest guest]

wot i want to know is, wot are they going to do when these bugs hit the gas tank in Bush's limo?

 

 

Secret US Plan To Hit Enemy With Valium

 

By Antony Barnett

Public Affairs Editor

The Observer - London

 

5-26-2

 

American military chiefs are developing plans to use Valium

as a potential weapon against enemy forces and to control

hostile populations, according to official documents seen by

The Observer.

 

The Pentagon has also asked scientists to evaluate proposals

to use genetically modified bugs that 'eat' the enemy's fuel

and ammunition supplies without harming humans.

 

The development of these 'non-lethal' weapons angers

campaigners who claim that they would breach international

treaties on biological and chemical weapons.

 

US documents reveal that two years ago the Pentagon

commissioned scientists at Pennsylvania State University to

look at potential military uses for a range of chemicals

known as calmatives. The scientists concluded that several

drugs would be effective to control crowds or in military

operations such as anti-terrorist campaigns. The drugs they

recommended for 'immediate consideration' included diazepam,

better known as the tranquilliser Valium, and

dexmedetomidine, used to sedate patients in intensive care.

The scientists advised that these drugs can 'effectively act

on central nervous system tissues and produces a less

anxious, less aggressive, more tranquil-like behaviour'.

 

Other official documents reveal how genetically engineered

micro-organisms to destroy equipment but not harm troops are

also being considered by US military scientists as

'non-lethal' weapons. One proposal from the Office of Naval

Research in Arlington, Virginia, proposes creating

genetically modified bugs that would corrode roads and

runways and produce 'targeted deterioration of metal parts,

coatings and lubricants of weapons vehicles and support

equipment as well as fuels'.

 

This group of scientists has already patented

micro-organisms that would decompose polyurethane, 'a common

component of paint for ships and aircraft'. Another proposal

from a biotech laboratory at Brooks air force base in Texas

was to modify 'anti-material biocatalysts' already under

development. One of these breaks down fuels and plastics.

 

Most of the research was funded by Washington's joint

non-lethal weapons programme, in which Britain plays an

active part. But further US documents, also seen by The

Observer, reveal how a split has developed between the two

nations, with British officials backing campaigners' claims

that using drugs such as Valium or other calmatives would be

outlawed under the 1991 Chemical Weapons Convention. This

protocol prohibits 'any chemical which... can cause death,

temporary incapacitation or permanent harm'.

 

A report of a meeting in the Ministry of Defence's

headquarters in London in November 2000 states: 'The US and

UK interpret the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

differently regarding riot control agents (RCA). The UK

interpretation considers them to be chemical weapons under

the CWC and thus proscribed; the US view is that they are

not banned under that agreement. This could lead to

difficulties in combined operations in certain

circumstances, a situation compounded by the fact that the

UK is a signatory to the European Convention of Human

Rights, which further governs the use of NLW [non-lethal

weapons].'

 

Some experts believe the use of genetically-modified

microbes in military operations would breach the Biological

and Toxin Weapons Convention.

 

Ed Hammond of the Sunshine Project - the US campaigners

against biological and chemical weapons that obtained the

documents - said: 'What is absolutely shocking about these

disclosures is that it represents either a massive

institutional failure to implement US commitments under

international treaties or it reflects an effort by some

people in the Pentagon to undermine those treaties.'

 

A US military spokesman has denied that the Pentagon is

developing 'non-lethal' biological or chemical weapons.

 

A spokesman from the Foreign Office said: 'There are

discussions between Britain and the US on all sorts of

technical issues. But we both share a commitment to comply

with all the international conventions governing chemical

and biological weapons.'

 

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,722395,00.html

[Guest guest]

Wow!I wonder if they are finally destroying

themselves?! (maybe in a way that won't take us with

them?)

I'm sure if you dump these things all over some

country they'll only eat gas and weapons of the

current foe(they'd never spread!) Annie

--- EBbrewpunx wrote:

> wot i want to know is, wot are they going to do when

> these bugs hit the gas

> tank in Bush's limo?

>

>

> Secret US Plan To Hit Enemy With Valium

>

> By Antony Barnett

> Public Affairs Editor

> The Observer - London

>

> 5-26-2

>

> American military chiefs are developing plans to use

> Valium

> as a potential weapon against enemy forces and to

> control

> hostile populations, according to official documents

> seen by

> The Observer.

>

> The Pentagon has also asked scientists to evaluate

> proposals

> to use genetically modified bugs that 'eat' the

> enemy's fuel

> and ammunition supplies without harming humans.

>

> The development of these 'non-lethal' weapons angers

> campaigners who claim that they would breach

> international

> treaties on biological and chemical weapons.

>

> US documents reveal that two years ago the Pentagon

> commissioned scientists at Pennsylvania State

> University to

> look at potential military uses for a range of

> chemicals

> known as calmatives. The scientists concluded that

> several

> drugs would be effective to control crowds or in

> military

> operations such as anti-terrorist campaigns. The

> drugs they

> recommended for 'immediate consideration' included

> diazepam,

> better known as the tranquilliser Valium, and

> dexmedetomidine, used to sedate patients in

> intensive care.

> The scientists advised that these drugs can

> 'effectively act

> on central nervous system tissues and produces a

> less

> anxious, less aggressive, more tranquil-like

> behaviour'.

>

> Other official documents reveal how genetically

> engineered

> micro-organisms to destroy equipment but not harm

> troops are

> also being considered by US military scientists as

> 'non-lethal' weapons. One proposal from the Office

> of Naval

> Research in Arlington, Virginia, proposes creating

> genetically modified bugs that would corrode roads

> and

> runways and produce 'targeted deterioration of metal

> parts,

> coatings and lubricants of weapons vehicles and

> support

> equipment as well as fuels'.

>

> This group of scientists has already patented

> micro-organisms that would decompose polyurethane,

> 'a common

> component of paint for ships and aircraft'. Another

> proposal

> from a biotech laboratory at Brooks air force base

> in Texas

> was to modify 'anti-material biocatalysts' already

> under

> development. One of these breaks down fuels and

> plastics.

>

> Most of the research was funded by Washington's

> joint

> non-lethal weapons programme, in which Britain plays

> an

> active part. But further US documents, also seen by

> The

> Observer, reveal how a split has developed between

> the two

> nations, with British officials backing campaigners'

> claims

> that using drugs such as Valium or other calmatives

> would be

> outlawed under the 1991 Chemical Weapons Convention.

> This

> protocol prohibits 'any chemical which... can cause

> death,

> temporary incapacitation or permanent harm'.

>

> A report of a meeting in the Ministry of Defence's

> headquarters in London in November 2000 states: 'The

> US and

> UK interpret the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

> differently regarding riot control agents (RCA). The

> UK

> interpretation considers them to be chemical weapons

> under

> the CWC and thus proscribed; the US view is that

> they are

> not banned under that agreement. This could lead to

> difficulties in combined operations in certain

> circumstances, a situation compounded by the fact

> that the

> UK is a signatory to the European Convention of

> Human

> Rights, which further governs the use of NLW

> [non-lethal

> weapons].'

>

> Some experts believe the use of genetically-modified

> microbes in military operations would breach the

> Biological

> and Toxin Weapons Convention.

>

> Ed Hammond of the Sunshine Project - the US

> campaigners

> against biological and chemical weapons that

> obtained the

> documents - said: 'What is absolutely shocking about

> these

> disclosures is that it represents either a massive

> institutional failure to implement US commitments

> under

> international treaties or it reflects an effort by

> some

> people in the Pentagon to undermine those treaties.'

>

>

> A US military spokesman has denied that the Pentagon

> is

> developing 'non-lethal' biological or chemical

> weapons.

>

> A spokesman from the Foreign Office said: 'There are

> discussions between Britain and the US on all sorts

> of

> technical issues. But we both share a commitment to

> comply

> with all the international conventions governing

> chemical

> and biological weapons.'

>

>

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,722395,00.html

>

>

 

 

 

 

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