Sincere apology, Jon et al. - this was sent in error.
Promise it�won't happen again.

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Jon Fraser <jonfraser@...> wrote:


From: Jon Fraser <jonfraser@...>
Subject: Re: [DU-WATCH] Re: water
To: du-watch@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:54 PM






Why did these "very private" emails go to everyone?
On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Cathy Garger wrote:

> Very privately back...
>
> Dear Dagmar,
>
> First, thank you VERY much for your insight and comments!
>
> I have been doing a LOT of thinking. June does not have good "people
> skills" and yes, does monopolize conversations.
>
> She is, however, valuable for her knowledge and for her ability to
> give
> testimony.
>
> Yes, she goes off on tangents not even important/relevant.
>
> I can't tell her what to do on the CSEC conference calls. But I can
> and
> will be blunt with her next time on our conference call so that she
> does
> not just go off into something that is not relevant.
>
> I have learned that some people can know a whole lot, but that does
> not
> mean that they have a great ability to be a "team player."
>
> Smiling. I guess I should shut up at this point...
>
> Thanks again for sharing! And, on a different note, I do not suspect
> that
> everyone on the CSEC is on the "same page" as we are, Dagmar. Again,
> I'll hold my tongue.
>
> Hugs N Thanks!
>
> Cath
>
> --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Fabian Dagmar <fabiada@yahoo. com> wrote:
>
> From: Fabian Dagmar <fabiada@yahoo. com>
> Subject: water
> To: "Cathy Garger" <savorsuccesslady3@ yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:18 PM
>
> Cathy,
> privately and in continuation of my previous email:
> June has to learn to be more concise when she brings up issues dear
> to her.
> She knew the agenda, but trailed off into details, particularly at
> end of the allotted hour.
> WATER IS IMPORTANT, you got to bring it up (I did first).
> She lost most of the people, including me. 1hr and 10-12 min is too
> long if you have not scheduled for it.
> She tries to hawk the conversation.
> She could have offered to send a water brief to all involved partic.
> Allison, so that she gives A. a grounding for this Fri's meeting,
> but better for the preparation of the next . But there was no point
> in going into the details of ARSENIC in this meeting.
> But of course there is time to offer her presentation at the next
> larger Dorchester meeting.
> More sensibility and politeness to your partners at the table !
> Hugs
> Dagmar
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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Why did these "very private" emails go to everyone?
On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Cathy Garger wrote:

> Very privately back...
>
> Dear Dagmar,
>
> First, thank you VERY much for your insight and comments!
>
> I have been doing a LOT of thinking. June does not have good "people
> skills" and yes, does monopolize conversations.
>
> She is, however, valuable for her knowledge and for her ability to
> give
> testimony.
>
> Yes, she goes off on tangents not even important/relevant.
>
> I can't tell her what to do on the CSEC conference calls. But I can
> and
> will be blunt with her next time on our conference call so that she
> does
> not just go off into something that is not relevant.
>
> I have learned that some people can know a whole lot, but that does
> not
> mean that they have a great ability to be a "team player."
>
> Smiling. I guess I should shut up at this point...
>
> Thanks again for sharing! And, on a different note, I do not suspect
> that
> everyone on the CSEC is on the "same page" as we are, Dagmar. Again,
> I'll hold my tongue.
>
> Hugs N Thanks!
>
> Cath
>
> --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Fabian Dagmar <fabiada@...> wrote:
>
> From: Fabian Dagmar <fabiada@...>
> Subject: water
> To: "Cathy Garger" <savorsuccesslady3@...>
> Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:18 PM
>
> Cathy,
> privately and in continuation of my previous email:
> June has to learn to be more concise when she brings up issues dear
> to her.
> She knew the agenda, but trailed off into details, particularly at
> end of the allotted hour.
> WATER IS IMPORTANT, you got to bring it up (I did first).
> She lost most of the people, including me. 1hr and 10-12 min is too
> long if you have not scheduled for it.
> She tries to hawk the conversation.
> She could have offered to send a water brief to all involved partic.
> Allison, so that she gives A. a grounding for this Fri's meeting,
> but better for the preparation of the next . But there was no point
> in going into the details of ARSENIC in this meeting.
> But of course there is time to offer her presentation at the next
> larger Dorchester meeting.
> More sensibility and politeness to your partners at the table !
> Hugs
> Dagmar
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



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This chilling video features 3-D simulations of Israel's nuclear facilities at
Dimona, based on information and photographs from Mordechai Vanunu.� It is
similar an earlier video which I also distributed.
�
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYeJ7uIPEbE




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The US, UK,�and Israeli militaries have wasted�dozens of�nations (our own
included) with their illegal use of radioactive�munitions.�Brutally hit was
the�former Yugoslavia, bombed to pieces under Clinton and Gore's regime�(they
humor us�by�calling the effort�NATO).� Now�their filthy�radioactive "dirty
work"�will last an eternity in the gene pool of all living things and in the
environment of�all�these nations.�Uranium from these weapons lasts quite
literally�forever!
�
Collon's�film and Jovanovic's quote�is correct - there is NO SUCH THING as a
"humanitarian" war. It's an oxymoron. The words "war" and "humanitarian" are
completely opposite in meaning and there is never a reason to justify
radioactive contamination of a nation!
�
These wars of the 20th and 21st centuries permanently�harm people, wildlife,�and
the environment. And�now, with the use of Uranium weapons since the 1940s,�
dozens of nations'�environments are�bombarded with radioactivity (as well as
chemical and bio-toxic chemicals). Air, water, and soil is eternally wasted by
these Uranium (and NATO's)�bombs dropped,�stockpiles set on fire
and�exploded,�and
missiles and�tanks we've�fired.
�
Yet,�this barbaric insanity of War Madness marches forever on while the US�media
covers�talk of a�White House�dog, an�addiction to tobacco and a�Blackberry,�and
the high couture gowns�the new First Lady is wearing. As even the most die-hard
Dem-supporters are now starting to discover, Obama is good-to-go with the
further destruction of Afghanistan. He's lookin' for a few good men - give or
take 400,000 -to continue waging radioactive war upon an innocent population.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/21/content_11045735.htm
�
But did these current wars start with Afghanistan? No. NATO's involvement�began
with the�dastardly 1990s�Yugoslavia ghoulish bombing and�imperialistic
occupation under the guise of "humanitarian war."
�
What is often not mentioned, however, is that above and beyond the thousands of
innocent civilians�instantly killed during the bombings of the area formerly
called Yugoslavia,�the continued illnesses and deaths�due to US (so-called NATO)
Uranium�munitions that remain forever in their environment... have been
astronomical.
�

Please watch this short,�hard-hitting�video clip, of the last minister of
foreign affairs of Yugoslavia, Zivadin Jovanovic
..................................................................
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH1Xf4zFilE�and be sure to read Collon's commentary
below.
�

Cathy Garger
�
�Sent by www.michelcollon.info

"There is no humanitarian war"

This is said by Zivadin Jovanovic in the (see below) interview just made in
Belgrade by Vanessa Stojilkovic for www.michelcollon.info. Tomorrow, 23rd of
March, it will be ten years exactly, Nato (USA and Europe) started to bombard
Yugoslavia. Some believe this was "the only good US war". But...
But can you imagine the USA since long time massacre Moslims in Iraq, Palestine
and Afghanistan, and suddenly become their friends in the Balkans ?

But don't you need to think further when you know that the "Nato com" about
these bombardments was prepared by Alastair Campbell, assistant of Tony Blair?
The same Campbell invented the so called "weapons of mass destruction" against
Iraq.

But ten years later, in this region, the multinationals have privatized
everything, some people got very rich, the vast majority much poorer. And the
USA got a super military basis (Camp Bondsteel) in Kosovo. And their same CIA
agents, experts in provocation of separatism, are now active in Bolivia et
Venezuela. Among others.

An aniversary that make us think... Yugoslavia disappeared. Who's next ?

MICHEL COLLON
22nd of March 2009

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO :
"There is no humanitarian war"
Zivadin Jovanovic

1999 - 2009
Ten years after Nato bombardments against his country, Zivadin Jovanovic, last
Foreign affairs minister of Yugoslavia, is interviewed in Belgrade by Vanessa
Stojilkovic for www.michelcollon.info

English version :�Jovanovic English
French version :�Jovanovic French
Spanish version :�Jovanovic Spanish

If you want to get more, see also :
Michel Collon and Vanessa Stojilkovic - Film The Damned of Kosovo (77')
Kosovo

Michel Collon - Book Media Lies and the Conquest of Kosovo
Media Lies

(About US made separatism in Latin America)
Michel Collon - My impressions of Bolivia
Separatism in Bolivia






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As a word of background, on two military bases in Hawaii, the US Army has
admitted only to using toxic and radioactive Uranium in "spotting rounds" with
an old Davy Crockett nuke bomb back in the 1960s. Many have good reason to
believe that Uranium weapons were used in military training/testing throughout
the decades in weapons other than just the Davy Crockett alone. 
 
In the following paper, however, a geologist living in Hawaii gives the US Army
the most extremely generous benefit of the doubt, assuming for the purposes of
this analysis they are being totally on the "up and up" with its use of
DU limited to use in spotting rounds in connection with the Davy Crockett
back in the 60s. 
 
Even giving the Army this courtesy, however? The geologist explains why the US
military's testing of Uranium contamination has been inappropriate in terms
of testing techniques. In other words, the US military does the *wrong tests*
when it evaluates and reports on the impact of Uranium munitions use
upon human health and the environment. The geologist also expresses his
concerns for the health of Hawaiians - both civilians and the soldiers
stationed there.
 
Why would the military do the wrong tests when measuring radioactivity in
Hawaii?  Why, it stands to reason the Hawaiian tourist industry wouldn't
exactly flourish if news about excessive radiation levels were to get out!
Furthermore, with increased use of Hawaii as the military's sexiest playground
for war games, it is unlikely many military families would consider
it very desirable to be stationed at radioactive bases on the Hawaiian
Islands.
 
It is actually quite understandable why Uncle Sam would choose to use the
wrong tests when measuring its weaponized Uranium sins in the land of
Hawaiian Paradise. It really wouldn't do very well if the international
community were to find out it wasn't just Japan and its Pearl Harbor blitz
alone that has essentially "nuked" the lush, formerly pristine Land of Aloha,
now would it? 
 
Cathy Garger



 
 
From: shannon rudolph <shannonkona@...>
Subject: JUST AS WE SUSPECTED: ARMY DU STUDIES "FALL FAR SHORT"
To:
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 4:29 AM


PLEASE FORWARD



Dr. Pang and Dr. Busby agree with Dr. Reimer:
....Wrong testing being used to correctly measure depleted uranium on our
island.



"I am particularly concerned that what is proposed by the U.S. Army for future
(DU) studies at PTA will fall far short of providing the best information
possible at this time, or for that matter, provide any information that can be
used to develop a real rather than a speculative risk assessment."  from Mike
Reimer, PhD, Kona geologist, retired
 


Michael Reimer
75-6081 Ali`i Drive RR-103
Kailua-Kona, HI  96740
March 6, 2009
 
Colonel Howard Killian, Deputy Director
U.S. Army Installation Management Command
Pacific Region
132 Yamanaga Street
Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5520
 
Dear Colonel Killian:
 
I have had an opportunity to review the reports released from DU studies at
Schofield Barracks and Pohakuloa Training Area.  I also spoke with Dr. Lorrin
Pang, some members of the Community Advisory Group, and met contractor Dr. Jeff
Morrow.
 
I agree with your statement that you mentioned in a previous communication we
had, and that is to let the science speak. 
 
In that light, I am particularly concerned that what is proposed by the U.S.
Army for future studies at PTA will fall far short of providing the best
information possible at this time, or for that matter, provide any information
that can be used to develop a real rather than a speculative risk assessment.
 
DU is an issue of evolving study results and knowledge.  There are some points
that are immutable fact.  We know that DU is present at Schofield and
Pohakuloa.   As I recall, the Army does not dispute the point of potential
health risk.  Therefore, we must take the best information we obtain today and
use it to address the concerns about the level of health risks from potential
exposure to DU. 
 
The citizens of the Big Island are concerned.  This is a natural, often
fearful, reaction anytime the word radiation is mentioned in our society.  Yet,
we live in a world with ubiquitous and unavoidable natural radiation, from
cosmic rays to the foodstuffs that provide our sustenance.  According to the
position of the U.S. EPA, any and all ionizing radiation has the potential of
causing cancer.  Thus, there has to be a reasoned balance between unavoidable
exposure and elective exposure.
 
The past use of DU on the Big Island places exposure to that type of radioactive
material in the “unavoidable exposure” category.  This brings forth the
question then of how much additional risk does it pose to the people of the Big
Island including the military personnel stationed and working at Pohakuloa.
 
I believe that with adequate study, this question can be answered with
reasonable assurance.  As I mentioned, I do not believe the currently planned
study has the capacity to answer that question.  The reason for my belief is
that the study design is to measure total uranium and to show that it is below
standards set by World Agencies for regulated exposures.  This may present
itself as a feel-good approach, but it is unfortunately misleading even with the
rudimentary information we have today about the form and occurrence of uranium
in the natural environment.  In other words, the study as currently planned
still leaves the door wide open on determining excess health risks, if any.
 
The attached commentary contains suggestions on what additional information
could be collected to help determine the risk.  It is fair to assume that the
information about the use of DU is as accurate as it can be.  That is, the only
use was in the Davy Crockett spotting rounds, no use of penetrating munitions
occurred, that is the 20mm or 30 mm rounds from various Gatling configurations,
smaller caliber rounds, or larger caliber armor penetrating munitions.  It
assumes that DU does not remain from any breach of containment if used as
ballast or armor reinforcement, or any other possible presentation of DU. 
 
My comments are intended for a reasonably informed individual about DU issues;
it is not overpoweringly technical but does use various standard abbreviations,
chemical, isotopic, and radiological inferences and acronyms.   For example, I
use DU for depleted uranium and its various components, and natural uranium or
NU for naturally occurring uranium.  I am not suggesting that the uranium has a
chemical, physical, or radiological difference.  However, it is different in
form and that is a significant difference for risk assessment.  In addition,
unless specifically mentioned, I do not separate radioactive decay into the
three common particles, alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.  Of special note is
my use of the term “form” in describing uranium.  Unlike the Hawaii
Department of Health presentation (November 2007), I use form not to refer to
the element uranium (and isotopes) but to describe its occurrence in a matrix
– natural, alloy DU, or
  oxidized DU.
 
This is a commentary; it is not a formal, peer-reviewed technical report
although it may in some instances give the appearance of a peer review for the
program.  I do not duplicate information that can be found elsewhere and except
in unusual or compelling circumstances, I do not provide references.   For
detail not presented here, I am sure various contractors you have will be able
to address and clarify the concepts more fully.  However, I am also willing to
further explain my commentary for those issues that might be seen as some in a
gray area of meaning.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
Michael Reimer, Ph.D., geologist, retired
GeoMike5@...
 
Distribution:  Sherry Davis, Corey Hardin, Hawaii County Council, Pete
Hendricks, J. Morrow, Ph.D., L. Pang, M.D., LTC Richardson, S. Troute

 
 
Advisory Commentary of Michael Reimer on PTA Depleted Uranium Studies
 
Overview
Uranium in the natural environment occurs as an element within a mineral
matrix.  This is true for the oceanic basalts that comprise the bulk of the
volcano building material or even uranium mineralization associated with
economically recoverable uranium deposits.  This is in contrast with DU used as
munitions.  There, uranium is in a metallic form commonly alloyed with another
metal or as a component derived from that metallic form.  Regardless of
physical form or chemistry, uranium is radioactive.  In addition, uranium is a
heavy metal and can cause heavy metal toxicity if ingested in sufficient
quantities.
Any analysis of airborne materials that reveals uranium does not necessarily
distinguish between metallic or matrix-included uranium.  DU used at Pohakuloa
is reportedly 92 percent uranium alloyed with 8 percent molybdenum.  Other
alloy materials of DU munitions not known to have been used in Hawaii included
titanium, cobalt, and nickel.  Molybdenum as a heavy metal also has associated
toxicity.
There is a major difference in potential cellular radiation damage if exposed to
metallic uranium (or any particle with high uranium content, such as the 92
percent DU) versus exposure to oceanic basalt dust or aerosols where the uranium
content may be 0.1 to 1 part per million (0.00001 to 0.0001 percent).  The
reason for this is quite intuitive.  The more closely packed the uranium is, if
embedded in tissue, the greater the likelihood that its radioactive alpha
particles can provide multiple transits of the same cell during the cell’s
lifetime.
Chemical form is also important to consider.  DU and its alloys oxidize. 
Oxidized uranium (commonly valence VI) is more mobile in the environment that
reduced uranium (IV).  DU oxidizes as seen from the photographs of yellow
residues on spotting round assemblies.  The rate of oxidation is highly
dependent on the local environment in which the metallic alloy is deposited. 
One estimate from DU in soils indicated a 30 year time span before the DU would
be completely oxidized.  I find such a time frame incredibly quick and would
need conforming evidence to reinforce its validity.  From suspected oxidized
fragments found on Oahu, it does appear that the oxidization process may be
rapid in a moister environment.  The oxidization process of DU has been
observed for spotting rounds in Hawaii and while it occurs, it seems to be at a
much slower rate of progression as it has been perhaps over 40 years since the
munitions were fired on the Big Island.
In effect, there is a mixed scenario regarding the transport and migration of
DU, in both metallic and oxidized forms and there is a different health response
from both radioactive and heavy metal exposures.  Background surveys at
Schofield seemed to indicate that surface U radioactivity was less than that
found with samples taken from depth.  This is not unusual when you consider
that weather (leaching) of uranium and other metals can occur from surface
materials and it can be redeposited in lower horizons.  Migration of oxidized
DU could follow the same path but on a more rapid time frame.  I point this out
so that it may be considered as a mechanism for either form of uranium.
In response to finding DU at Schofield and Pohakuloa, the military performed
various scoping surveys and analyses to determine the probable extent of the
distribution of the DU munitions.  These surveys included soil sampling, plant
sampling, controlled burn of vegetation with ash collection and analysis, ground
surveys, aerial photographic surveys, and airborne fly-overs with a helicopter
fitted with sophisticated radiation detectors, and walk-overs with
scintillometers looking for spent rounds that have a rather unique shape.
 
DU, because of it purity of uranium, is difficult to find using common
radioactive detectors.  Its primary decay is through alpha particle emission. 
These alpha particles, have very limited range in air, perhaps 5 cm and even
less within any matrix material or soil cover.  There are limited emissions of
beta and low energy gamma rays from the decay and progeny, again with limited
range before all energy is transferred to the surrounding medium.  That medium
can be any combination of mineral matrix, soil, water, or air.  The progeny of
uranium decay are also radioactive until the end member is reached (Pb-206 in
the case of U-238).  Thus the radioactivity of purified U-238 begins to provide
greater radioactivity with the in-growth of progeny than that uranium
immediately after purification and the progeny can be detected just a few months
after pure uranium is cast.  In fact, within about 6 months after purification,
the radioactivity increases
  from about 50 percent that of natural uranium (depending on the extent of U-235
separation) to about 75 percent.
If the DU was obtained from reprocessed fuel rods, the possibility of other
isotopes is real and they could include significant radiation emitters even in
trace quantities.  While one might be tempted to state factually that the
radiation of DU is less than natural uranium, it is the total radiation of the
spotter round that should be addressed.
 
The paper “Depleted Uranium, Natural Uranium and Other Naturally Occurring
Radioactive Elements in Hawaiian Environments” by Dr. Kenneth Rubin, of at
University of Hawaii (May 30, 2008) is an excellent overview paper covering many
details of uranium in the natural environment.  It is unfortunate that the copy
I read did not contain references.
 
Analysis
Uranium can be analyzed chemically and the surveys used ICP-MS that could even
provide isotopic analyses.  DU typically contains the naturally occurring
isotopes, U-238, U-235, and U-234.  If processed from spent fuel rods, it may
also contain U-232, U-233, and U-236, and nano-traces of other isotopes, as
well.  Typically, the presence of U-236 is an indicator of fuel rod
processing.  The energy of the alpha particle release is also indicative of the
particular isotopes.  Those energies can be resolved using alpha
spectrometry. 
All analytical measurements have detection limits.  That is, they have a
limiting number (concentration) below which the element of interest cannot be
detected.  The methods used in the scoping surveys probably provide the lowest
possible detection limit available by analytical instrumentation today.  For
example, if enough of the sample is available, ICP-MS can measure one part of
the element of interest in 1,000,000,000,000,000 parts of the other material;
that is 1 part in a million billion.  An advantage of the ICP-MS is that it can
measure isotopes of some elements, if enough material of the element of interest
is present.
Alpha spectrometry is another analytical means of detecting uranium isotopes and
was used for some sample analysis at Schofield.   It is capable of measuring
the alpha decay of individual atoms and the energy released is often
characteristic of the isotope!  Some care must be used in selecting a
calibrating isotope for this system so as to not interfere with the energy of
the particle of interest.
This is, of course, high praise for the potential of the analytical capability
but if not used properly in a well designed program, the analytical results can
be incorrect or misleading.
For example, if the analytical results are close to the minimum detection level
of the instrument, there is great uncertainty in the precision of the results. 
In other words, the standard deviation of the analysis can be so great that the
uncertainty (often shown as a plus or minus number indicating a range of the
result or expressed as standard deviation) pushes the analysis into a region
less than the minimum detection level. 
 
A note is in order here.  There is another limit commonly used, identified as
the reporting limit or RL.  It is typically higher than the minimum detection
level (MDL), often by an order of magnitude, just to avoid the great uncertainty
that accompanies analyses close to the MDL.  I would have to carefully check
Figure 3.1 on the Final Report of the ICM-MS results for total suspended air
filters to see if the RL is properly placed.
 
Analysis on the edge of the detection limit is particularly bothersome when
attempting to use the uranium isotope ratios from ICP-MS analyses to determine
if they are representative of natural or depleted uranium. 
Typically, U-235 and U-234 are lower in DU than in natural uranium.  U-236 does
not occur in natural uranium.  An isotopic analysis of uranium and comparison
of ratios of isotopes can reveal whether or not it is likely to be natural or
depleted uranium.  In addition, the presence of U-236 is nearly confirmatory
that DU is present.  Thus, the analysis of uranium isotopes presents many
internal controls for determining the possible existence of depleted uranium. 
In short, we know depleted uranium is there.  The question to be resolved is if
it has an airborne mobility vector.
From typical analytical results reported so far especially from the Schofield
studies, the total uranium concentrations are going to be between the MDL and
the RL.  Isotopic analysis if performed may not present any useful (resolvable)
information.
 
Next Sampling Phase
As I understand, the design of the continuing program to monitor airborne
particulates, I believe the results are going to be inconclusive whether DU has
mobility through an airborne vector.  I believe only ICP-MS is going to be used
for the analyses of particulates on the air filters.
Minimal modifications could enhance the monitoring to provide results that have
a better chance of revealing if DU is transported in the air.  I shall outline
them here with a brief explanation as to why they should be incorporated into
the study.
 
 
Recommendations
Alpha spectrometry.  Alpha spectrometry should be applied to all the samples
collected.  The alpha spectrometry is an important component to the overall
comprehension of the sample makeup.  It should detect U-234, U-235, and
U-236.  It could reveal U-236 if present that would be a clear indicator of 
depleted uranium and the sample should be counted long enough to detect any Po
and Ra, progeny of  U that could help distinguish between DU and naturally
occurring U.  I understand from Dr. Morrow when we met on March 3, 2009, that
alpha spectrometry is not part of the future studies.  I believe at least some
minimal number of samples should be designated for alpha spectrometry.  The
reason is that it might be able to detect the presence of isotopes
characterizing DU.  This may require extended sampling time or greater pumping
speeds.  Alpha spectrometry was performed at Schofield and should be continued
at PTA.  A total uranium analysis will not
  distinguish DU from NU.
 
ICP-MS.  ICP-MS should be continued and additional elements included.  In
fact, there may be a suite of elements included that come as an analytical
packet for a minimal fixed cost.  Mo should definitely be included in the
analysis.  There is very little in Hawaiian basalts and larger quantities may
be an indicator of DU.  Additional analyses would be Ni, Co, and Ti.  Ti, a
later alloy of DU munitions might have a fairly high background in Hawaii as it
occurs in the percent range in some Hawaiian basalts.  Phosphorous may indicate
the use of fertilizer in the case where high uranium values are seen.  Although
ideally every sample should have a full analysis, I believe for at least 25
percent of the samples, a full suite of commonly run ICP-MS analyses should be
made.
The partial digestion analysis of a standing dust sample from Waiki`i ranch is
interesting in that it strains the analytical detection limits and vaguely hints
at the possibility of DU in airborne dust.  We have no information on the
quantity of the sample, counting times, particulate size distribution or
calibration and standards.  It is reasonable to suspect however that a rather
large quantity of sample was available for this ICP-MS analysis to include U-236
detection.
 
Duplicate, background, standards, and blank samples.  I recommend that
duplicate field samples be collected at certain times, even if this means
running two filters in parallel.  The issue of standards, blanks, backgrounds,
and replicates was poorly covered in the scoping reports.  Some indication of
reasonable measurement error range should be obtained and reported.  The
samples should be given to the laboratory unidentified as to whether they are
special category samples.  Typically, these samples represent 10 percent of all
samples.  Blanks are self explanatory; standards are those made by the lab to
calibrate the equipment and those prepared by the party submitting the
samples.  For background, see Sampling Frequency, below.
 
Particle observation.  I recommend that some of the filters be photographed
using an electron microscope to observe the particles that have been
collected.  Such photographs may indicate the nature of the particulate matter,
if it is amorphous or crystalline, organic (pollen) or inorganic.  It would
also be worthwhile to get some idea of the particle size distribution from a
range of 10 nanometers to 100 micrometers.  For some samples, I recommend that
an analysis be made of post-filter collections. There are multiple ways of
obtaining this information, including post-filter large surface area collectors,
that the contractor can recommend.
 
Sampling frequency.  I believe the sampling of aerosols is scheduled for
pumping 24 hours, once a week.  I would recommend that the sampling occur every
6 days or more frequently to obtain coverage for days of the week when different
scheduled activities may occur.  I also would like to see sampling stations set
up around the island.  *I understand from Dr. Morrow that such sampling has
already occurred as part of other, non-military sponsored monitoring, and some
information from those collections will be included in this study.  In
addition, the present sampling program is following a random day, US EPA
protocol.
 There should be some samples that are included as background.  These could be
upwind samples.  There are several air sampling programs in effect on the
Island, from government to university studies.  These monitor air quality for a
number of reasons, including particulates and elements related to volcanic
emissions and VOG.  I would suggest exploring the feasibility of including air
sampling for uranium as part of these ongoing operations and to have several
stations operating for several years in the quest for airborne DU.  A
collection and comparison of data from these other monitoring stations and their
ongoing analyses would be a good addition to discussion in a final report. 
This possibility of cooperation has been mentioned in various reports and I
encourage it as part of this survey.  For example, I highly recommend
discussions and data exchange (past, present and future) with researchers at the
Mauna Loa observatory.  They have been
  measuring particulates and radioactivity as part of many different programs
over the years.
 
Training.  Personnel who traverse PTA should be given training in the
appearance of spotter rounds and potential fragments.  If seen, they should be
noted and reported for recovery.  I have seen that this training is included in
the license application to the NRC.
 
Aerosolization.  In spite of determined attempts to locate spent spotter
rounds, they were largely unsuccessful.  Only one round was located at PTA.
There could be many reasons for this.  One is the difficulty in finding DU via
radiometric surveys. 
The helicopter over-flights are another example of minimal detection
capabilities.  The helicopter flew at just feet off the ground but even that
small distance is equivalent to the inches of soil cover for attenuating
ionizing radiation.
There may have been several hundred to over 2,000 rounds fired.  The fact that
only one was recovered points out the difficulty of locating the rounds.  If a
suspicious material is found, that is physically located and recovered, alpha
particle detection can be used to determine if it is uranium.
Speculation can present a few additional scenarios besides inadequacies of
detection techniques that could provide explanation why more DU rounds are not
found.  The probable impact area is larger than the area being searched; upon
impact (and we do not know the target material), the rounds fragment highly,
including partial aerosolization; the rounds have mostly oxidized; the spotter
round impact area has been highly impacted by other activities including
exploding ordinance or vehicular traffic.  It should be pointed out that the
oxidized form is highly friable and can be dislodged easily from the host
metallic form.  It could be carried to deeper horizons by surface precipitation
and leaching or aerosolized more readily by mechanical means.   I doubt that
there is only one mechanism at work making the finding of rounds difficult.
 
Special sampling events.  Anytime there is a special event at the training
area, such as road construction or a firepower demonstration, sampling should be
done.  It is too bad that the helicopter did not include a dust sampling device
when it was searching for spotter rounds.  Such activities have the capability
of  placing aerosols and dust into the air and DU may be a part of that
release.  *I understand from Dr. Morrow that this is planned.
 
Minimum detection level or limit (MDL). There should be a concerted effort to
raise the analytical threshold above the MDL.  I recognize the difficulty of
this suggestion.   If this means collecting a sample for longer than 24 hours
or using multiple filters to collect more sample, it should be considered. 
As it currently stands, the reported concentrations of material analyzed is
about the same as the MDL.  This indicates that the concentrations of materials
are low and a conclusion is drawn that because the uranium is low, and below the
various exposure limits set by various health organizations, there is no threat
from exposure.  This is an inadequate approach, convenient, but inadequate.
As argued before, the form of the material is of great importance.  If a 10
nanometer diameter of DU is embedded in the lung, it will present a radiation
hazard even though it may only register as a small part of total uranium
collected on a filter.
 
Aerosol characterization.  These suggestions are made to enhance the
characterization of the aerosol sampling program.  The addition will impart
increased costs but it is needed to say with certainty what any increased health
risk might be if DU is present.  Aerosols can be created even when a spotter
round fragments.  This is noted from the dust released when any brittle object
is broken.  Of course, it is much less than burning an object and changing the
form into smoke or ash.  I have no information on whether or not the spotter
rounds were fired at a target and what that target might be.  Simple impact and
fragmentation will create aerosols.  The extent of this might be seen by
measuring the alloy metals (molybdenum) that would be part of the aerosol.
 
Health risk determination.  There are several means by which health risk from
exposure to DU can be determined.  Various models and worse case scenarios can
be used but the primary question is whether people were or are exposed to DU. 
For this, one hopes to have actual data for input.  The difficulty of obtaining
this for DU is discussed but I believe some modification to the sampling
program, also discussed, can obtain data that can be useful.   The selection
of risk determination can take many forms; the one used recently by the US EPA
for relative risk was particularly understandable by the public.  For soldiers
and contractors at Pohakuloa, the chance of being exposed to DU is greater than
for someone more distant from the site, but the risk is not negligible and the
magnitude of that risk will not be determined until data are available from the
aerosol monitoring.
For the Big Island, if you are exposed to SO2, you have an increased health
risk.  It is likely that most residents in their living locations are exposed
to very little SO2, so they do have an increased risk, albeit minimal, but an
increased risk nonetheless.  If it can be measured, it should be reported.
I depart here from my intent of making this a commentary and include some web
sites that may be of interest.  I mentioned that I feel sample collection must
be modified in order to determine if airborne DU is present.  Dust-size
particles are likely to be localized as they have a high settling velocity,
meaning they drop out of the air pretty quickly when the wind that carries them
decreases below a certain speed.  We know of course that dust can be carried
hundreds and even thousands of miles if it is elevated to high enough altitudes
but local winds do not appear to have the convective action to carry the dust
high to the altitudes needed for long-distance transport.  Aerosols, the
smaller particles, can be airborne for rather large distances.  They are
smaller and utilize the buoyancy effect for transport.  These are also the
particle sizes that are most likely to become inhaled to the deeper regions of
the lung.
Noting that various statements about radiation risk are attributed to the US
EPA, especially their position developed from radon that one ionizing particle
intercepting a single cell increases the cancer or mutation risk, I feel it is
prudent to use the EPA’s risk models.  They are pretty well developed and
even available on line. 
The reason for this approach is that DU has a different form than oxidized DU or
natural uranium.  It is possible that the aerosol particle is DU, 92 percent
uranium (920,000 ppm) rather than basalt with 1 part per million uranium.  This
potentially has a very different impact from alpha particles with cells in the
lung.   There are analogies to plutonium risk models and radon risk models. 
The use of a radon risk model has been independently suggested (Albright and
Barbour, 1999).  http://www.isis-online.org/publications/rp1.html
            The US EPA models and calculator are also available
on-line.  These were developed for Superfund sites and I would hope these would
be considered when developing the health risk determination of DU at PTA.  The
equivalent of U, Pu, and Rn can be run.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/health/contaminants/radiation/pdfs/introglos.pdf
http://epa-prgs.ornl.gov/radionuclides
 
Historical input.  There are uncertainties dealing with the DU use at
Pohakola.  There is still time for contact to be made with individuals who were
stationed there at the time of the firing.  With luck, one might find a range
fire control officer.  They may know if there were 200 or 2,000 rounds fired,
if the testing was done in confined areas, and even if there were any hardened
targets involved.  In addition, perhaps a minor ecological health study could
be conducted using those stationed soldiers at the time before, during and after
firing, could be performed to see if there is a suggestion to conduct a case
controlled epidemiological study.  I include under this topic the historical
data and samples collected previously and available from archives.  I learned
from Dr. Morrow that these samples are available and predate the recent
recognition of DU use on the Big Island.
 
NRC license application.    The license application identifies at least 12
sites in the country that potentially have depleted uranium on site.  These are
very diverse ecologically and it may enhance the application if each was
discussed separately.  I make this suggestion in lieu of suggesting that a
separate application be filed for each area. 
The concept of providing training is sound but training must be an ongoing
program for as long or longer than there is DU at these sites.  The $1.9
million sought may be insufficient to accomplish and maintain this goal.  This
training goes along with the commentary I provided in the brief training section
above.
I believe the license application should make it perfectly clear that if DU is
found, it will be removed.  The license application includes a discussion of
detecting depleted uranium and talks about the quantity needed to be seen on
scintillometer devices.  I would restructure this section as it basically
states that unless a rather complete spotter round is found lying on the
surface, it will not be detected.  This comes from the calculation in the
application of the amount of DU needed to be detected and the weight of the DU
present in a spotter round.  Let me provide the example of this.  In the
application to the NRC for a license to handle, store and dispose of DU at
various military facilities, it is stated that a sophisticated radiometric
detection system will be assembled and used.  It further states that it will be
capable of detecting surface fragments 6 cubic centimeters of volume and those
buried 2 inches deep that contain 10 cubic
  centers volume of DU.  As the density of U is 19 g/cm3 and the weight of DU in
a spotter round is 190 grams, this highly sophisticated instrument will likely
detect nothing.  Anything, particularly fragments buried a few inches below the
surface avoids detection completely. 
 
 
Summary
The present method proposed for air monitoring has very little chance of
revealing depleted uranium.  Several slight modifications to the sampling
program are recommended.  The major changes are to include alpha spectrometry
(U-233, 234, 235, 236, 238, Po, Ra), and additional ICP-MS elements such as
typical alloy compounds, Mo, Ti, Co, Ni, Cr, and even Pb.  Quantity of samples
should be sufficient to move the analysis above the RL level.  An attempt to
characterize size distribution from millimeter to nanometer should be made on a
few samples.  Sampling periods should be varied, every six days for example,
and include background, duplicate, replicate, and blanks.  Ideally, the air
monitoring sampling at the perimeter of the training area should be monitored
continuously.  The sampling program should include special events at PTA such
as those that may create a lot of dust and monitoring stations around the Big
Island should be set up with
  monitoring continuing for several years.
 


 








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Tonight on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow had a segment about materials for a dirty bomb
found in the home of a murder victim, a suspected wife abuser and white
supremacist.
�
The segment included an interview with Joe Cirincione of the Plowshares Fund and
author of Bomb Scare.� The interview occurred in the first quarter hour of the
show.
�
During�the Cirincione interview, it�was mentioned that among the radiological
materials found�was DEPLETED URANIUM.� Not only that, but during the interview,
the caption, "Depleted uranium reportedly found in murdered man's house" was
aired several times
�
Since depleted uranium is never mentioned on American news media, I thought this
was significant.
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On the 6th
Anniversary of the Iraq War...
March
on the Pentagon
Saturday, March
21, 2009

From Iraq to Afghanistan to Palestine, Occupation
is a Crime
Jobs�&
Education - Not Wars & Occupation

Gather
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Side note: There are DU muntions stockpiled at the Blue Grass Army Depot.�
However long these awful wars last, those munitions will ong outlast them.

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UN moves to charge Israel with war crimes
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:50:52 GMT







Ethical and moral questions linger even among Israeli peace activists over the
destruction and civilian deaths wrought by the immense Tel Aviv firepower
employed in Gaza.The United Nations moves to set up a commission to look into
Israeli war crimes and respond to its human rights violations in Gaza.

After the United Nations Works and Relief Agency (UNRWA) compound became the
target of GPS-guided Israeli mortars on January 15, the UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon condemned "in the strongest terms this outrageous attack" and called for
an inquiry into suspected Israeli war crimes.

"I strongly demand a thorough investigation and punishment for those
responsible," he told reporters in Beirut after the attack.

Japanese Ambassador Yukio Takasu, who currently holds the presidency of the
Security Council, said late on Monday that Ban had told a closed-door briefing
in the council that the UN had set up a commission as a preliminary step to look
into Israeli damage to UN premises.

Several diplomats have reported that the commission would be led by the former
British secretary-general of human rights group Amnesty International, Ian
Martin.

Takasu said the commission would later report back to the Security Council,
which would then decide how to respond.

Diplomats have expressed skepticism as to whether a Security Council inquiry
would take place, saying they thought it unlikely that Israel's ally the United
States, which has a veto in the council, would allow the 15-nation body to adopt
the report as its own.

The January 15 incident, which has prompted the UN inquiry, was the third
shelling of UN shelters by Israeli fire in its war on the Palestinian territory.

UN spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna said the shelling of the school happened while
Israel had been given the coordinates of the building and the compound was also
clearly marked with UN flags and logos.

"The UN compound in Gaza had only that morning become a makeshift shelter for
hundreds of Gaza City residents seeking sanctuary from relentless Israeli
shelling," said an unnamed UN official in Gaza.

The UN move to launch a probe into suspected Israeli war crimes comes after the
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor in The Hague announced earlier
last week that a "preliminary analysis" was launched to review the military
conduct of Israeli forces participating in the offensive against the Gaza Strip.

The ICC prosecutor's office said it had received 210 communications from
individuals and non-governmental organizations regarding the recent events in
Gaza.

The criminal case is expected to focus on the Israeli atrocities, including
charges of using disproportionate force, white phosphorous bombs and depleted
uranium in the densely-populated area.

Israel's three-week offensive against Gaza -- aimed at toppling the
democratically-elected government of Hamas in the Palestinian territory -- left
nearly 1,300 Palestinians dead, more than half of them civilians, according to
medical sources.

The Israeli assault led to the destruction of schools, mosques, houses, UN
compounds and government buildings, which Israel has a responsibility to protect
under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Earlier during the war, members of a Norwegian triage medical team in Gaza which
worked at the Shifa Hospital in the war-torn Palestinian territory said Israel
had turned Gaza into a research laboratory to test out its new "extremely nasty"
weapons on Palestinians.

"There's a very strong suspicion I think that Gaza is now being used as a test
laboratory for new weapons," Dr. Mads Gilbert told reporters at Oslo's
Gardermoen airport upon his return home after the war.

"We are not soft-skinned when it comes to war injuries, but these amputations
are really extremely nasty and for many of the patients not survivable,"
Gilbert's colleague Erik Fosse added.

While Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, as well as Israel's most
prominent human rights organization, B'Tselem have raised questions about the
ethical and moral guidelines of Israel's warfare, the Israeli lobby is working
hard to counter efforts to protect the civil rights of Gazans.

A Monday report by Press TV revealed that Egypt had refused to allow members of
an investigation committee set up by the ICC into the Gaza Strip, arguing that
at present only displaced Palestinians could enter the territory through the
Rafah crossing.

The committee -- comprised of four French and Norwegian lawyers -- intended to
collect evidence and testimonials on Operation Cast Lead to present to the
International Court.

Amid reports of profound human sufferings, Israel continues to reject the fact
that it has imposed a humanitarian crisis among the battle-hardened 1.5 million
population of Gaza and denies committing war crimes in the embattled Strip.

CS/AA







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Egypt hinders investigations into Gaza war
Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:48:46 GMT







Egypt has refused entry into the Gaza Strip to members of an international
committee in charge of investigating Israeli war crimes.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) set up the committee.

Four French and Norwegian lawyers comprise the committee. The ICC had earlier
started preliminary analysis into alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza war.

French and Norwegian lawyers from Amnesty International on Thursday had
attempted to enter the impoverished Palestinian sliver through Egypt's Rafah
crossing with Gaza.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, as well as B'Tselem, and the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights, have filed a lawsuit with the International
Criminal Court (ICC) against alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

The criminal case is expected to focus on the Israeli atrocities, including
charges of using disproportionate force, white phosphorous bombs and depleted
uranium in the densely populated area.

The group intended to collect evidence and testimonials on "Operation Cast Lead"
which killed over 13,00 Palestinian and wounded nearly 5,500 others, a large
number of them women and children.

The evidence was to be submitted to the International Court before Sunday,
February 8th.

Egyptian authorities, however, prevented the four member group from crossing the
border, arguing that for now only displaced Palestinians can enter the territory
thought the crossing.

Egypt has been cooperating closely with Israel in closing the Rafah border
crossing in the past 19 months and particularly during the three week long Gaza
offensive.

Hamas has also sharply criticized Cairo for refusing to keep the crossing open
to wounded Palestinian people despite the dire humanitarian situation in the
heavily bombarded coastal strip.

The country has won Israel's praise for not allowing people's basic needs and
arms from reaching the Palestinian government in Gaza.

"There is an accumulation of weapons and equipment meant for Hamas in Sinai, but
Egypt is preventing it from getting into the Strip," Israel's Defense Minister
Ehud Barak said.

AGB/MT/DT







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This url does not work... http://www.dmzhawaii.org/� Do you have another? Also,
do you have any verifiable confirmation for the sickened hawaiians who live near
military bases? Specifically, what illnesses are they experiencing?
�
Thanks

--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady3@...> wrote:

From: Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady3@...>
Subject: [DU-WATCH] VIDEO: Military protest and support surround Pohakuloa
To: americandust@yahoogroups.com, DU-Watch@yahoogroups.com,
FightTheseWars@yahoogroups.com, V911T@yahoogroups.com,
No-New-Nukes-Yall@yahoogroups.com, NucNews@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 12:29 PM

�
The military is still conducting training exercises at Pohakuloa Training Area,
one of two military bases where the US military�has admitted�to the presence
of�toxic, radioactive Uranium contamination from munitions training and
testing.�There are�more suspected radioactive test sites on various Hawaiian
Islands,�but not surprisingly, these are still yet to be confirmed by the
military.
�
As always, the US military says�former DU�use at these sites
does�not�present any�problems! Hawaiians, sick in large clusters
around�Hawaiian military bases, however, disagree.
�
Hawaii's military contaminated sites:�http://www.dmzhawaii.org/�.
�
An�account of�a recent�protest in Hawaii appears below, as well as a video�
http://tinyurl.com/bpjaap on the protest, DU, and the military occupation of
Hawaii
�
full url:�www.bigislandvideonews.com/maunakea/20090202warprotest.htm
�
Apparently, the military is pouring a great deal of money into using Hawaii as
its favorite "target practice." Only when concerned tourists in droves
start canceling vacations to the land of Aloha, however,�will the businesses of
Hawaii begin�to become concerned enough to force the occupiers, their tanks,
and weapons off the sacred grounds of what�was once�called Hawaiian Paradise.
�
Cathy Garger


--- On Mon, 2/2/09, shannon rudolph <shannonkona@...> wrote:

From: shannon rudolph <shannonkona@...>
Subject: VIDEO: Military protest and support surround Pohakuloa
To:
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 2:55 PM


Google News Alert for: depleted uranium, Hawaii
�
VIDEO: Military protest and support surround Pohakuloa
Big Island Video News - Hilo,Hawaii,USA

... Mauna Kea State Park to peacefully protest the military presence on Hawaii,
... they say is the Depleted Uranium radiation contamination in the area. ...


Protest and healing ceremony at Pohakuloa

February 2, 2009 by kyle�
Here's a report from Jim Albertini, one of the organizers on Hawai'i
island resisting further militarization.��� They recently organized an action
up at Pohakuloa.
POHAKULOA HEALING CEREMONY AND PROTEST
Aloha Kakou,
�
Approximately 50 Big Island residents gathered on Saturday, Jan. 3lst from l0AM
till lPM at Mauna Kea Park, adjacent to the l33,000-acre military Pohakuloa
Training Area (PTA). Troops were present at PTA but no live-fire was observed.
�
The purpose of the gathering was twofold. First to conduct a healing ceremony
for the 'aina and second, to protest the ongoing military bombing, radiation
contamination, desecration and occupation of the Hawai'i Kingdom. People
brought ho'okupu (offerings) for the healing ceremony. Ali'i ai Moku,
Paul Neves, of the Royal order of Kamehameha, brought his Halau who offered oli
and hula as part of the ceremony. Kaliko Kanaele, a member of the Royal order
and a long-time activist taught chants to those gathered about the importance of
pulling together and bringing things to light. A number of people shared
personal stories and thoughts on resistance. Protest signs at the gathering
read: "Aloha 'Aina �A Call to Action," "Stop the
Bombing," "End U.S. Occupation," "Make Peace�Work for
Justice." "The Kingdom Lives - Return Ceded Lands." Throughout
the gathering there was obvious military/police surveillance from vehicles in
the park and adjacent military
  areas.
�
Throughout the ceremony and protest strong trade winds were blowing from Hilo
so our gathering was fortunately upwind of the PTA base impact area. No above
background readings were noted on several radiation monitors present unlike May
29, 2007 when winds were blowing directly off the PTA impact area toward Mauna
Kea Park and citizen monitors recorded several spikes 4 times background levels.
�
People who came from Kona noted there was an American flag waving pro-war group
of about 20 people at the PTA main gate area, located about l mile from Mauna
Kea Park. Among those present was Andrew Walden, editor of the right wing now
defunct Hawaii Free Press newspaper.
�
Following the healing ceremony, speakers, and a pani of shared food at Mauna
Kea Park, several people carried the protest to the PTA main gate area. Protest
signs were set up directly in front of the PTA main gate, across Saddle Road
from the Pro-war demonstration. Ho'okupu from the healing ceremony were left
on the triangle piece of land fronting the PTA main gate. Some exchange of
thoughts took place across Saddle Rd, but all went peacefully.
�
The West Hawaii Today, Jan. 3lst newspaper ran an article saying that Army Col.
Howard Killian will be giving a presentation to the Hawaii County Council
Intergovernmental Relations Committee at l0:30AM on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd. on
depleted uranium at the Pohakuloa Training Area. The article said, "the
military recently completed tests to determine whether any of the material poses
a threat to army personnel at PTA or residents. Although the tests won't be
made public until spring, military officials recently reported the tests
determined no danger exists."
�
This kind of statement about "no danger exists" is a military medical
judgment. The military keeps repeating "no danger" with no data
available for examination. We demand data on the radiation contamination,
control data, etc. We want to know the extent of the radiation contamination and
if DU penetrators have been used at PTA which we highly suspect. The military is
trying to focus ONLY on DU Davy Crockett spotting rounds from the l960s. The
military has a proven track record that it cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
�
JOIN IN A PROTEST AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL BUILDING 9:30 AM ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
3RD TO CHALLENGE COL. KILLIAN ON HIS STATEMENTS OF 'NO DANGER.'
�
Jim Albertini
Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O.Box AB
Kurtistown, Hawai'i 96760
phone: 808-966-7622
email: JA@...
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�
The military is still conducting training exercises at Pohakuloa Training Area,
one of two military bases where the US military�has admitted�to the presence
of�toxic, radioactive Uranium contamination from munitions training and
testing.�There are�more suspected radioactive test sites on various Hawaiian
Islands,�but not surprisingly, these are still yet to be confirmed by the
military.
�
As always, the US military says�former DU�use at these sites does�not�present
any�problems! Hawaiians, sick in large clusters around�Hawaiian military bases,
however, disagree.
�
Hawaii's military contaminated sites:�http://www.dmzhawaii.org/�.
�
An�account of�a recent�protest in Hawaii appears below, as well as a video�
http://tinyurl.com/bpjaap on the protest, DU, and the military occupation of
Hawaii
�
full url:�www.bigislandvideonews.com/maunakea/20090202warprotest.htm
�
Apparently, the military is pouring a great deal of money into using Hawaii as
its favorite "target practice." Only when concerned tourists in droves start
canceling vacations to the land of Aloha, however,�will the businesses of Hawaii
begin�to become concerned enough to force the occupiers, their tanks, and
weapons off the sacred grounds of what�was once�called Hawaiian Paradise.
�
Cathy Garger


--- On Mon, 2/2/09, shannon rudolph <shannonkona@...> wrote:

From: shannon rudolph <shannonkona@...>
Subject: VIDEO: Military protest and support surround Pohakuloa
To:
Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 2:55 PM


Google News Alert for: depleted uranium, Hawaii
�
VIDEO: Military protest and support surround Pohakuloa
Big Island Video News - Hilo,Hawaii,USA

... Mauna Kea State Park to peacefully protest the military presence on Hawaii,
... they say is the Depleted Uranium radiation contamination in the area. ...


Protest and healing ceremony at Pohakuloa

February 2, 2009 by kyle�
Here's a report from Jim Albertini, one of the organizers on Hawai'i island
resisting further militarization.��� They recently organized an action up at
Pohakuloa.
POHAKULOA HEALING CEREMONY AND PROTEST
Aloha Kakou,
�
Approximately 50 Big Island residents gathered on Saturday, Jan. 3lst from l0AM
till lPM at Mauna Kea Park, adjacent to the l33,000-acre military Pohakuloa
Training Area (PTA). Troops were present at PTA but no live-fire was observed.
�
The purpose of the gathering was twofold. First to conduct a healing ceremony
for the 'aina and second, to protest the ongoing military bombing, radiation
contamination, desecration and occupation of the Hawai'i Kingdom. People brought
ho'okupu (offerings) for the healing ceremony. Ali'i ai Moku, Paul Neves, of the
Royal order of Kamehameha, brought his Halau who offered oli and hula as part of
the ceremony. Kaliko Kanaele, a member of the Royal order and a long-time
activist taught chants to those gathered about the importance of pulling
together and bringing things to light. A number of people shared personal
stories and thoughts on resistance. Protest signs at the gathering read: "Aloha
'Aina �A Call to Action," "Stop the Bombing," "End U.S. Occupation," "Make
Peace�Work for Justice." "The Kingdom Lives - Return Ceded Lands." Throughout
the gathering there was obvious military/police surveillance from vehicles in
the park and adjacent military
  areas.
�
Throughout the ceremony and protest strong trade winds were blowing from Hilo so
our gathering was fortunately upwind of the PTA base impact area. No above
background readings were noted on several radiation monitors present unlike May
29, 2007 when winds were blowing directly off the PTA impact area toward Mauna
Kea Park and citizen monitors recorded several spikes 4 times background levels.
�
People who came from Kona noted there was an American flag waving pro-war group
of about 20 people at the PTA main gate area, located about l mile from Mauna
Kea Park. Among those present was Andrew Walden, editor of the right wing now
defunct Hawaii Free Press newspaper.
�
Following the healing ceremony, speakers, and a pani of shared food at Mauna Kea
Park, several people carried the protest to the PTA main gate area. Protest
signs were set up directly in front of the PTA main gate, across Saddle Road
from the Pro-war demonstration. Ho'okupu from the healing ceremony were left on
the triangle piece of land fronting the PTA main gate. Some exchange of thoughts
took place across Saddle Rd, but all went peacefully.
�
The West Hawaii Today, Jan. 3lst newspaper ran an article saying that Army Col.
Howard Killian will be giving a presentation to the Hawaii County Council
Intergovernmental Relations Committee at l0:30AM on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd. on
depleted uranium at the Pohakuloa Training Area. The article said, "the military
recently completed tests to determine whether any of the material poses a threat
to army personnel at PTA or residents. Although the tests won't be made public
until spring, military officials recently reported the tests determined no
danger exists."
�
This kind of statement about "no danger exists" is a military medical judgment.
The military keeps repeating "no danger" with no data available for examination.
We demand data on the radiation contamination, control data, etc. We want to
know the extent of the radiation contamination and if DU penetrators have been
used at PTA which we highly suspect. The military is trying to focus ONLY on DU
Davy Crockett spotting rounds from the l960s. The military has a proven track
record that it cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
�
JOIN IN A PROTEST AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL BUILDING 9:30 AM ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
3RD TO CHALLENGE COL. KILLIAN ON HIS STATEMENTS OF 'NO DANGER.'
�
Jim Albertini
Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O.Box AB
Kurtistown, Hawai'i 96760
phone: 808-966-7622
email: JA@...
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Falk likens Gaza to Warsaw Ghetto
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:32:11 GMT







UN investigator Richard Falk says Israeli crimes in Gaza will leave Palestinians
mentally scarred for life.There is more than enough evidence that Israel
committed war crimes in its three week-long offensive into Gaza, says a UN
investigator.

UN special rapporteur Richard Falk called for an independent inquiry into
Israel's violation of international humanitarian law.

Falk said Israel's actions against the besieged Gazans are reminiscent of "the
worst kind of international memories of the Warsaw Ghetto" which included the
starvation and murder of Polish Jews by Nazi Germany in World War Two.

"There could have been temporary provision at least made for children, disabled,
sick civilians to leave, even if where they left to was southern Israel," said
the Jewish American academic on Thursday.

Falk, who was denied entry to Israel in December, said Gazans may have been
mentally scarred for life because Israel made no effort to allow civilians to
escape.

Israeli officials moved closer to being prosecuted for war crimes after
Norwegian medics in Gaza found traces of depleted uranium on Gaza victims,
suggesting that Israel used the illegal weapons in its war on the impoverished
territory, which houses some 1.5 million Palestinians.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there is a "high
risk of developing cancer from exposure to radiation emitted by ... depleted
uranium weapons. This risk is assumed to be proportional to the dose received."

The Geneva Convention has classified depleted uranium ammunitions as 'illegal
weapons of mass destruction' due to their high radioactivity and toxicity.

Israel faces potential war crimes charges over its excessive use of other
controversial weapons on the densely-populated coastal strip.

Human rights group Amnesty International has also touched on the issue, saying
that Tel Aviv used white phosphorus munitions "indiscriminately and illegally"
in overcrowded areas of Gaza.

"The repeated use [of White Phosphorus] in this manner, despite evidence of its
indiscriminate effects and its toll on civilians, is a war crime," said
Donatella Rovera of the Amnesty International.

White phosphorus is a high-incendiary substance that bursts into all-consuming
flames that cannot be extinguished with water, burning flesh to the bone and
often leading to death.

Israel launched its Operation Cast Lead on December 27 to allegedly defend its
territories from Hamas rockets, which were fired in retaliation for Israel's
violation of a ceasefire that had then been in place.

Falk dismissed Israel's argument that the assault was for self-defense, saying
that "the UN charter, and international law, does not give Israel the legal
foundation for claiming self-defense."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=83359&sectionid=351020202




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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/19/europe/EU-Nuclear-Israel-Gaza.php


Associated Press
January 19, 2009


Arabs: Israel ammo in Gaza had depleted uranium


VIENNA, Austria - Arab nations accused Israel on
Monday of blasting Gaza with ammunition containing
depleted uranium and urged the International Atomic
Energy Agency to investigate reports that traces of it
had been found in victims of the shelling.

In a letter on behalf of Arab ambassadors accredited
in Austria, Prince Mansour Al-Saoud, the Saudi
Ambassador, expressed "our deep concern regarding the
information ... that traces of depleted uranium have
been found in Palestinian victims."

A final draft of the letter was made available to The
Associated Press on Monday. It urgently requested IAEA
Director General Mohamed ElBaradei to "carry out a
radiological and physical assessment in order to
verify the presence of depleted uranium in the
weaponry used by Israel ... in the Gaza Strip."

Officials at the Israeli mission to the IAEA said they
were in no position to comment without having seen the
letter.

IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming confirmed receipt of
the letter and said a response might be issued later
in the day.
....
"[T]here is a risk of developing cancer from exposure
to radiation emitted by ... depleted uranium. This
risk is assumed to be proportional to the dose
received."

It is not the first time Israel has been accused of
using ordnance containing depleted uranium, which
makes shells and bombs harder and increases their
penetrating power. The Israeli army declined comment.

But the U.S. and NATO have used uranium-depleted
rounds in Bosnia and Iraq.

[R]esearchers have suspected depleted uranium may be
behind a range of chronic symptoms suffered by
veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War. Some of the symptoms
include memory and thinking problems, debilitating
fatigue, severe muscle and joint pain, depression,
anxiety, insomnia, headaches and rashes.

Syria...says traces of uranium found by IAEA experts
at a site bombed by Israel jets Sept. 6, 2007 likely
came from bombs or missiles used by the Israelis.
....


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Please see my note at the end of this important article.�



http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1388724


Peterborough Examiner (Canada)
January 15, 2009


Bombs also radioactive hazard


Just after Christmas, Israel began bombing Gaza. It
has been proven that Israel used weapons with depleted
uranium (DU) during it's bombing of Lebanon in 2006
and traces of depleted uranium have been found on
victims in Gaza.

DU weapons are used to penetrate fortified structures
as the radioactive metal is stronger than the metal in
the buildings. Though a healthy human body can deal
with small amounts of radioactive dust, some of this
microscopic material is heated to a point that it
becomes non-soluble ceramic and the body can no longer
deal with it.

Not only is this radioactive dust being spread over
one of the most densely populated areas of our world,
but Israel is sending its own soldiers into the toxic
environment it has created.

One third of the soldiers in Iraq are now displaying
symptoms of "Gulf War Syndrome," suspected to be
related to exposure to DU.

The long-term health effects of these radioactive
weapons are just beginning to be understood but it has
become very clear that the effects are serious and
permanent.

Last month the UN was directed to update its research
on the impact of uranium munitions by 2010. How many
more hot spots will be created by then?

The solution to end the fighting between Israel and
Palestine is not complicated. Once Israel ends the
occupation the fighting will also end. The working
example is the struggle that the Irish people had with
their occupation by Britain. Once the occupying forces
left and the Irish people where free to develop their
own political and economic system, the fighting ended.


The question of the long-term health effects of people
suffering from leukemia, genetic, reproductive, and
neurological effects after being exposed to DU weapons
is much more complex.

BRUCE McFARLANE
Clifford Road
Warsaw�NOTE:       Depleted uranium (DU) is an isotope of uranium.  Like all
uranium, it is radioactive:  depleted uranium (U-238) has a "half-life" of 4.5
billion years, which essentially means that it is radioactive FOREVER.     DU
was authorized by President Clinton for use by NATO in the war in the Balkans,
and has been used by America in Iraq and Afghanistan.  According to the National
Academy of Sciences, there is NO safe level of radioactivity, and depleted
uranium has been linked to widespread birth defects, often fatal, in the
countries where it is used, as well as cancer, diabetes, and Gulf War Syndrome,
as the article points out.   I do not know upon what this author bases his
assertion that DU has been found in Gaza, but I think that suspicion that this
may be the case is justified, since America, Israel's ally and supporter atall
points in this war, undeniably possesses DU.
    For more information, look at
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m37167&hd=&size=1&l=e or go to
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/du-watch/.     Hajja Romi




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Despite�tremendous citizen outrage and opposition,�the US military is continuing
to train soldiers on bases where Uranium munitions have been found and tested in
the soils�of Hawaii.
�
I heartily support and endorse this action by Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent
Education & Action. From all reports, this�non-violent peace
organization�has�been consistently, reliably "going the distance" in opposing
and exposing the Uranium contamination, bombing,�and wide scale militarization
of Hawaii.
�
The people of Hawaii desperately need our help now. I�urge you to please�join me
in obtaining signatures, sending them back to the email address listed below,
and forwarding this around widely.
�
With each passing day, Hawaiian paradise is being destroyed by our military,
which has been using the�islands in the Land of�Aloha for their war-games�
"playgrounds" for over a�century. Only with�tremendous�support and solidarity
across the�nation can�we succeed in�stopping the�continued destruction and
contamination of Hawaii's�exotic islands - and its precious inhabitants and
wildlife.
�
See www.dmzhawaii.org/� for more details about the vast Hawaiian�expanses that
have been occupied and desecrated by our military.
�
The people of Hawaii desperately need our help now. I�urge you to please�join me
in obtaining signatures, sending them back to the email address listed below,
and forwarding this around widely.
�
Thank you in advance for your assistance�in helping to save the
beautiful�Hawaiian Islands�from further destruction!
�
Best,
�
Cathy Garger
www.mytown.ca/garger







Please pass the word on the sign-on below.� Return names to me by Jan. 20,
2009.� Mahalo.



Jim Albertini
Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O.Box AB
Kurtistown, Hawai'i 96760
phone: 808-966-7622
email: JA@...
Visit us on the web at: www.malu-aina.org



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the U.S. military bombing, contamination, desecration, and occupation of the
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Too much DU, not enough soldiers and nations to (get away with genociding) we
may only suppose?
�
Now it's�anyone's guess as to which industries will "bite" at this attractive
offer!
�
IG: Energy should reevaluate plans to bury depleted uranium oxide
�
By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@... January 14, 2009


In 2010, the Energy Department plans to begin converting uranium hexafluoride, a
byproduct of the uranium enrichment process, into depleted uranium oxide, a
stable material classified as low-level waste. The department then plans to
spend about $428 million to bury it -- all 550,000 metric tons of it -- during
the next 25 years.
�
But Gregory Friedman, Energy's inspector general, said there are promising
potential uses for the material and the department could avoid millions of
dollars in disposal costs if it pursued them. In a report released on Wednesday,
the IG found that Energy had cut funding to a number of viable research programs
aimed at reusing the depleted uranium oxide.
�
Senior managers told the IG they discontinued the research because the
technology budget for the Office of Environmental Management had been severely
cut during the Bush administration. Another factor in the decision was that no
single reuse alternative would consume the entire inventory of depleted uranium
oxide and officials wanted to avoid a piecemeal solution.
�
"We did not find these reasons to be compelling in light of the potential to
avoid significant disposal costs," Friedman wrote in a memorandum to Energy
Secretary Samuel Bodman. The research programs cost a small fraction of the $428
million the department plans to spend burying the waste. For example, one
promising application for using the material for radiation-shielding products
was slated to receive $420,000 in 2004, but the department invested only
$125,000 before canceling the project altogether.
�
Between 2002 and 2007, Environmental Management's technology development budget
was cut from about $200 million to $21 million, the IG found.
�
"Modest investments sufficient to continue the research for alternative use for
depleted uranium oxide have the potential to avoid significant disposal costs,"
the IG found. There could be other benefits as well. For example, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory discovered in 2006 that depleted uranium aggregate could be
combined with concrete to provide shielding for radiation from spent nuclear
fuel -- a finding with broad commercial and government applications.
�
The Oak Ridge study showed that using the material in radiation shielding had
the potential to consume the entire inventory of depleted uranium, thus negating
the department's concerns about a piecemeal approach to reusing the material,
the IG noted. Other applications could consume half or more of the inventory.
�
In response to the IG's findings, In�s Triay, acting assistant secretary for
Environmental Management, said the office would issue an "expression of
interest" to gauge industry's desire to use depleted uranium oxide.
�
www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41801&dcn=todaysnews


Help the US become Radiation Free!
www.radiation.org
�
Cathy Garger
www.mytown.ca/garger




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DU implicated in Italian court case ... link to the Italian PeaceLink
version below ...

Wes Rehberg
Wild Clearing
www.wildclearing.com
Skype: wildclearing

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kazashi <nkazashi@...>
> Date: January 13, 2009 9:26:28 PM EST
> To: NODU International-2
> Subject: Fw: Historic sentence in Florence Italian Court recognizes
> the link between cancer and depleted uranium
>
> Dear all,
>
>    For your reference ,                    Kazashi
>
> ==========
> Historic sentence in Florence
> Italian Court recognizes the link between cancer and depleted uranium
> 13 January 2009 - Stefania Divertito
> http://www.peacelink.it/disarmo/a/28323.html
>
> A sentence that could represent a milestone has been pronounced by
> a Court in
> Florence, Italy: the Ministry of Defence will have to compensate
> 545,061
> euros to Gianbattista Marica, parachutist who was deployed in
> Somalia, during
> the Ibis mission, for eight months between December 1992 and July
> 1993.
> Marica is an ex-soldier who got ill with cancer. The sentence is
> significant
> not only for the extent of the compensation, but because it states an
> important principle: the causal link between the presence of
> depleted uranium
> and the illness of the soldier.
>
> The judicial measure is dated 17 December 2008 but it has been
> announced
> yesterday by Falco Accame, president of Anavafaf, an association which
> assists italian veterans; among them Marica, who asked for their
> support in
> 2001.
> The Court's statement includes the report of a technical consultant
> who
> maintains that there's a causal link between the Hodgkins Lymphoma
> developed
> by the soldier (which is currently in definitive remission) and the
> exposure
> to depleted uranium.
> The expert, appointed by the Court, says that the findings of the
> scientific
> investigation by the Mandelli Commission, who claimed that it was not
> possible to prove the causal link, "are groundless because of the
> mistakes in
> the research process".
>
> The responsibilites of the Ministry of Defence are then denounced
> by the
> judges in the sentence details, published yesterday and available
> on the
> internet [1]: the Ministry did not take the necessary precautions
> to protect
> the members of the mission in Somalia, in spite "it was in the eyes
> of the
> international community the specific danger of this war zone, and
> in spite of
> the adoption of particular prevention measures by other military
> forces".
>
> According to the judges, "besides the recommendations which were or
> should
> have been known by the Ministry, the fact that American soldiers
> were ordered
> to use particular protections should have warned the italian
> authorities,
> even if they were lacking information."
>
> In any case, "the attitude of the Ministry of Defence has not been
> inspired by
> the principles of caution and responsibility, as the Ministry
> ignored the
> information, which was in his hands since long time, about the
> presence of
> depleted uranium in the areas of the mission and its danger for the
> soldiers'
> health; and the Ministry didn't take all the necessary measures to
> protect
> the soldiers' health and ignored the use of measures by other
> countries
> involved in the same mission, in spite of the many times this fact
> had been
> noted by the italian soldiers".
>
> "Marica immediately denounced [reported] that U.S. soldiers in
> Somalia, even with 40
> degrees [centigrade] in the shade, were using overalls, masks,
> gloves and glasses, while
> the italian ones were dressed with shorts and t-shirts" Accame says,
> underlining the importance of the sentence and reminding that
> "Italian corps
> were made aware of the danger only on 22nd November 1999, when
> information
> about precautionary measures was finally given to soldiers in the
> Balkans".
>
> Accame raises another question too: "The sentence is dated 17
> December 2008,
> exactly the day before Mr. La Russa, Ministry of Defence, during a
> press
> release, announced the funding of 30 million euros for the victims of
> depleted uranium and nanoparticles". [2]
> Is it a coincidence? Or the Ministry decided to show a
> collaborative attitude
> towards what had just been decided by the Court?
> In any case - concludes Accame - "we are extremely happy of this
> achievement".
>
> [1] http://www.altalex.com/index.php?idnot=44275
> [2] http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/222.html
>



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PLEASE FORWARD
Is Gaza a testing ground for experimental weapons?
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 13 January 2009







Since Israel has barred journalists and international observers from entering
the Gaza Strip it has been difficult to determine if Israel is using weapons
illegal under international law. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages)
Concerns about Israel's use of non-conventional and experimental weapons in the
Gaza Strip are growing, with evasive comments from spokesmen and reluctance to
allow independent journalists inside the tiny enclave only fueling speculation.

The most prominent controversy is over the use of shells containing white
phosphorus, which causes horrific burns when it comes into contact with skin.
Under international law, phosphorus is allowed as a smokescreen to protect
soldiers but treated as a chemical weapon when used against civilians.

The Israeli army maintains that it is using only weapons authorized in
international law, though human rights groups have severely criticized Israel
for firing phosphorus shells over densely populated areas of Gaza.

But there might be other unconventional weapons Israel is using out of sight of
the watching world.

One such munition may be DIME, or dense inert metal explosive, a weapon recently
developed by the United States army to create a powerful and lethal blast over a
small area.

The munition is supposed to still be in the development stage and is not yet
regulated. There are fears, however, that Israel may have received a green light
from the US military to treat Gaza as a testing ground.

"We have seen Gaza used as a laboratory for testing what I call weapons from
hell," said David Halpin, a retired British surgeon and trauma specialist who
has visited Gaza on several occasions to investigate unusual injuries suffered
by Gazans.

"I fear the thinking in Israel is that it is in its interests to create as much
mutilation as possible to terrorize the civilian population in the hope they
will turn against Hamas."

Gaza's doctors, including one of the few foreigners there, Mads Gilbert, a
Norwegian specialist in emergency medicine working at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
City, report that many of the injuries they see are consistent with the use of
DIME.

Wounds from the weapon are said to be distinctive. Those exposed to the blast
have severed or melted limbs, or internal ruptures, especially to soft tissue
such as the abdomen, that often lead to death.

There is said to be no shrapnel apart from a fine "dusting" of minute metal
particles on damaged organs visible when autopsies are carried out. Survivors of
a DIME blast are at increased risk of developing cancer, according to research
carried out in the United States.

Traditional munitions, by contrast, cause large wounds wherever shrapnel
penetrates the body.

"The power of the explosion dissipates very quickly and the strength does not
travel long, maybe 10 meters, but those humans who are hit by this explosion,
this pressure wave, are cut in pieces," Dr Gilbert said in a recent interview.

This is not the first time concerns about Israel's use of DIME have surfaced in
Gaza. Doctors there reported strange injuries they could not treat, and from
which patients died unexpectedly days later, during a prolonged wave of Israeli
air strikes in 2006.

A subsequent Italian investigation found Israel was using a prototype weapon
similar to DIME. Samples from victims in Gaza showed concentrations of unusual
metals in their bodies.

Yitzhak Ben-Israel, the former head of the Israeli military's weapons
development program, appeared familiar with the weapon, telling Italian TV that
the short radius of the explosion helped avoid injuries to bystanders, allowing
"the striking of very small targets."

Israeli denials about using weapons banned by international law would not cover
DIME because it is not yet officially licensed.

It will be difficult to investigate claims that non-conventional weapons have
been used in Gaza until a ceasefire is agreed, but previous inquiries have shown
that Israel resorts to such munitions.

The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has recorded numerous occasions when the
Israeli army has fired flechette shells, both in Lebanon and Gaza. The shell
releases thousands of tiny metal darts that cause horrible injuries to anyone
out in the open.

A Reuters cameraman, Fadel Shana, filmed the firing of such a shell from an
Israeli tank in Gaza in April, moments before its flechettes killed him.

Miri Weingarten, a spokeswoman for Physicians for Human Rights, said they were
watching out for use of a new flechette-type weapon the Israeli army has
developed called kalanit (anemone). An anti-personnel munition, the shell sends
out hundreds of small discs.

Israel appears to have used a range of controversial weapons during its attack
on Lebanon in 2006. After initial denials, an Israeli government minister
admitted that the army had fired phosphorus shells, and the Israeli media widely
reported millions of cluster bombs being dropped over south Lebanon.

There are also suspicions that Israel may have used uranium-based warheads. A
subsequent inquiry by a British newspaper found elevated levels of radiation at
two Israeli missile craters.

Sarit Michaeli, a spokeswoman for B'Tselem, said her organization had not yet
been able to confirm which weapons were being used in Gaza in the current
attacks. She added, however, that Israel's denials about using non-conventional
munitions should not be relied on.

"It is true, as the army spokespeople say, that weapons such as phosphorus and
flechette shells are not expressly prohibited. But our view is that such
weapons, which do not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants, cannot
be used legally in a densely populated area like Gaza."

Reports this month revealed that the US has been organizing massive shipments of
arms to Israel, though a Pentagon spokesman denied they were for use in Gaza.

Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. His latest
books are Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to
Remake the Middle East (Pluto Press) and Disappearing Palestine: Israel's
Experiments in Human Despair (Zed Books). His website is www.jkcook.net.

This article originally appeared in The National published in Abu Dhabi and is
republished with permission.


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From Cynthia McKinney: Thousands Rally and March in Washington, D.C. to "Let
Gaza Live"


Today I participated in ANSWER's march and rally, "Let Gaza Live" in Washington,
D.C.� Attendance was excellent despite the weather.� Among the many friends in
attendance, I met a young man and his daughter who had come all the way from
Greensboro, North Carolina to participate.� The crowd was one of the most
diverse that I have ever seen.� I think our message is reaching deep into our
country's heartland.� Here are my remarks:

Cynthia McKinney
"Let Gaza Live"
Washington, D.C.
January 10, 2009

We don't see the images.� They are neatly censored from our view in this
country.� But everywhere else around the world the carnage that is Gaza is being
seen and the people are revolted by what they see.

They see dead babies, decapitated bodies, defenseless relief workers killed.�
Maimed men, makeshift morgues, mortified mothers.

They see exploding white phosphorus shells, cluster bombs, depleted uranium
munitions.

They see what is reportedly the world's fourth most powerful military using all
of its power against a defenseless people.

In fact, they are witnesses to 15 days of war crimes, crimes against humanity,
ethnic cleansing, and genocide.

They see Hugo Chavez expel Venezuela's Israeli Ambassador and they see lawmakers
in Ecuador condemn Israel's actions, calling for an investigation into Israel's
crimes against humanity.�

And despite the obvious facts of an Israeli-sponsored terror campaign against
Palestinians in Gaza, a piece of territory roughly twice the size of the
District of Columbia, they see the U.S. Congress support a resolution totally
supporting Israel, even though Israel is in violation of U.S. and international
law.

They see Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, swaggering in insult to black
America by initially refusing to seat Roland Burris from Illinois in the Senate,
yet that same Reid cowers before the pro-Israel lobby, and they wonder why.

And sadly, they see the U.S. President-elect, who roared onto the scene like a
lion, remain as quiet as a lamb in the face of the utter inhumanity of Israel's
actions, and they wonder why.

And then, they see us.� Gathered here in front of the White House, reaffirming
our own humanity, and that of millions of people around the world, including in
Israel, who disagree with this death and destruction.� The tears of the
Palestinians roll down our cheeks, even as we bury our own victims of police
murder.

A new day is coming in U.S. politics.� We will use the power of our vote to
change U.S. policy.� We will no longer check our values at the door and support
politicians and political parties that fail to deliver.

Not one more bomb to Israel.

In defense of humanity, we will not give up and we will win.


--
The shock, awe and heart attacks that followed Madoff's confession that he was
'running a Ponzi scheme' drew as much anger for the money lost and the fall from
the moneyed class as for the embarrassment of knowing that the world's biggest
exploiters and smartest swindlers on Wall Street, were completely 'taken' by one
of their own. �Not only did they suffer big losses but their self-image of
themselves as rich because they are so smart and of 'superior stock' was utterly
shattered: �They saw themselves as suffering the same fate as all the schmucks
they had previously swindled, exploited and dispossessed in their climb to the
top. �There is nothing worse for the ego of a respectable swindler than to be
trumped by a bigger swindler. �As a result, a number of the biggest losers have
so far refused to give their names or the amount they lost, working instead
through lawyers fighting off other losers.
--James Petras

"And advanced forms of biological warfare that can 'target' specific genotypes
may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically
useful tool."
--PNAC, Rebuilding America's Defenses, p. 60

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies,
one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea
acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties
should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw the rascals
out" at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in
policy.
--Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in our Time
Roy Walker
www.panafricanpersp ective.




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Unconventional Weapons against The People of Gaza
Interview of Dr. Mads Gilbert

by Akram al-Sattari





Global Research, January 6, 2009
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11636


Press TV
�
�

��� Photo:� InfoWars http://www.infowars.com/?p=7005
�
This report confirms that these attacks are quite deliberately directed against
civilians, using�new unconventional weapons. �

This is a carefully planned humanitarian catastrophe.�How can anybody in their
right mind support the actions of the Israeli government.

Read this interview with a distinguished and courageous Norwegian doctor.


Dr. Mads Gilbert

Here are some of the highlights.

"The Israelis are using a new type of very high explosive weapons which are
called Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) and are made out of a tungsten alloy.
These weapons have an enormous power to explode."
"these weapons will have a cancer effect on those who survive. They will develop
cancer we suspect."

"All that is happening in Gaza here now is against international law, it is
against humanity"

"Almost all of the patients we have received have these sever amputations. They
seem to have been affected by this kind of weapon. Of course, we have many
fragment injuries and burns but those who have got their limbs cut off,
constitutes quite a large proportion.
You know we have a lot to do. Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics do an
incredibly heroic job to save their people. Doctor Eric and I are just a small
drip in the ocean, but we learn from them."

And then decide where do you stand.

We�stand with the people of Palestine whose lives are being destroyed.

We stand in solidarity with their struggle.

We�stand for humanity against the US-Israeli war criminals.��
�
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, January 5, 2009




Doctor Mads Gilbert is a member of a Norwegian triage medical team present in
the besieged Gaza Strip. The team has exposed that Israel has used depleted
uranium weapons in its war on the impoverished territory which is home to 1.5
million Palestinians.
�
He described the conditions inside Gaza in an exclusive Press TV interview.
�

Press TV: What can you tell about the uranium findings?
�
Dr. Mads Gilbert:The findings about the uranium I cannot tell you much about,
but I can tell you that we have clear evidence that the Israelis are using a new
type of very high explosive weapons which are called Dense Inert Metal Explosive
(DIME) and are made out of a tungsten alloy.
�
These weapons have an enormous power to explode.
�
The power of the explosion dissipates very quickly and the strength does not
travel long, maybe 10 meters, but those humans who are hit by this explosion,
this pressure wave are cut in pieces.
�
This was first used in Lebanon in 2006, it was used here in Gaza in 2006 and the
injuries that we see in Shifa [Hospital] now, many many of them I suspect and we
all suspect are the effect of DIME weapons used by the Israelis.
�
On the long term, these weapons will have a cancer effect on those who survive.
They will develop cancer we suspect. There has been very little research on this
but some research has been among other places in the United States, which show
that these weapons have a high tendency to develop cancer. So they kill and
those who survive risk having cancer.
�
Press TV: And what do you have to say about this?
�
Dr. Mads Gilbert: All that is happening in Gaza here now is against
international law, it is against humanity and I think it is against what it
means to be a decent person. You don't treat other people like this. Even if you
disagree with him� maybe even if you fight with them, you don't treat civilians,
children and women like this.
�
And I have an appeal to the Israeli doctors and nurses. They are my colleagues.
We belong to the same international community, the medical community. I wish
that the good doctors and nurses in Israel tell their government to stop these
atrocities. We cannot continue with this. We may differ in opinions, but you
cannot treat the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza in this way.
�
Today, they were bombing in Gaza City; we received 150 wounded and more than 50
killed.
�
Press TV: Only at Shifa?!
�
Dr. Mads Gilbert: Yes, here in Shifa. I treated a ten-year-old boy. He had his
whole chest filled with fragments from the bomb. On his lap was another person's
leg that had been cut off. We resuscitated him and did everything we could do to
save his life but he died between our hands.
�
This is such a terrible experience and behind the numbers that you report all
the time, there are human beings, families, women, grandmothers, children. That
is in fact the reality in this situation. Those who are paying the price for the
Israeli bombardments now are the common people, the Palestinian people.
�
Half of the population in Palestine are below 15 years and 80 percent of the
people in Gaza live below the level of poverty defined by the UN. Now they don't
have food, they don't have electricity. It's cold they don't have warmth and in
addition to that, they are killed.
This must be stopped.
�
Press TV How many people did you see that are effected by this weapon?
�
Dr. Mads Gilbert: Almost all of the patients we have received have these sever
amputations. They seem to have been affected by this kind of weapon. Of course,
we have many fragment injuries and burns but those who have got their limbs cut
off, constitutes quite a large proportion.
�
You know we have a lot to do. Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics do an
incredibly heroic job to save their people. Doctor Eric and I are just a small
drip in the ocean, but we learn from them. Unfortunately, we don't have the time
to do research, we have to save lives, but this question should be researched by
the international community.
�
�




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Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims http://www.presstv. ir/detail.
aspx?id=80443&sectionid=351020202
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:16:21 GMT





Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gazan
residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive into the strip.

Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some of the
victims who have been wounded since Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip
on December 27 have traces of depleted uranium in their bodies.

The report comes after Israeli tanks and troops swept across the border into
Gaza on Saturday night, opening a ground operation after eight days of intensive
attacks by Israeli air and naval forces on the impoverished region.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Sunday that the wide-ranging
ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would be "full of surprises."

A ground offensive in the densely-populated Gaza is expected to drastically
increase the death toll of the civilian population.

The latest assaults bring the number of Palestinians killed to over 488 with
2790 others wounded. The UN says that about 25 percent of the casualties were
civilian deaths - including at least 34 children.

According to Israeli army officials, at least 30 of its soldiers have been
wounded since the start of the ground campaign.

Amid global condemnation of the ongoing violence in the region, the UN Security
Council failed to agree on a united approach to resolve the crisis.

" Once again, the world is watching in dismay the dysfunctionality of the
Security Council," UN General Assembly chief Miguel d'Escoto said Sunday.

According to diplomatic sources, the US blocked a Security Council resolution,
with US Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff arguing that an official statement
that criticizes both Israel and Hamas would not be helpful.

The White House has so far declined to comment on whether an Israeli ground
incursion into Gaza is a justified measure.

















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Flyby News Notes - www.FlybyNews.com
Editor - Jonathan Mark
January 1, 2009 -
<http://www.flybynews.com/http://www.flybynews.com/cgi-local/newspro/viewnews.cg\
i?newsid1230845901,4409,>Israel
Illuminati GAZA Death-Suffering Toll

�Shema Yisrael, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echad!�

1) Disproportionate Slaughter In Gaza Meant for Bigger War
- - We have no words left
- - "I Heard the Missile Coming"
- - Mass Grave
- - Bolton: Gaza raids precursor to Iran war
- - Boat carrying Cynthia McKinney to Gaza attacked!
- - Starhawk personal commentary on Gaza
- - Demonstrations to stop the massacre of Palestinians
2) Nanothermites 101 Kevin Ryan � PSYOPS � Did Bush Kill Kennedy?
- - Nanothermites and WTC dust � By Kevin Ryan
- - PSYOPS - Psychological Operations Described in Washington Post
- - Did Bush Sr. Kill Kennedy and Frame Nixon?

Time endorphins twist magic into a sickening fate.
The eye is blind, the tooth full of blood
where it should not be -
I am fixed into an empty seclusion,
where I don't know how this ends.
But much of the process sucks;
Goddess earth is being destroyed,
children, women, men, blown into bits,
ignorance festers hatred,
and fear seems to be in/out of control,
but only until it is too late,
which may have already happened.

Editor's Notes:

The top quote is from a Hebrew prayer, �Hear O
Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One!"
And with only one Creator, who else could be the
father of all creation, while the dark forces
spin indefensible slaughter of innocence, molding
the oppressed into an oppressor. Palestinians are
at a loss to describe this latest catastrophe.
Thus, this new year and FN issue begins. It
appears that the same group that produced a
pre-emptive war on a tortured-sanctioned Iraq,
following September 11, is up to no good again.
The Neocon-illuminati, John Bolton, is advising
that this should lead into an attack on Iran.
Bolton was chosen by George Bush, Jr. to
represent the United States at the UN. If the
tragedy didn't hurt so much, it could be funny.

And while PSYPOS confuse and disturb, and empower
those who want to push the envelope for greater
violence, Kevin Ryan, a patriotic engineer
analyzes WTC dust and nanothermite. Meanwhile, of
all people, David Swanson, who typically shrinks
from the subject of 9/11, writes a powerful
review-article on Russ Baker's new book,
<http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/1421>The
Bush Family of Secrets. Swanson praises its
remarkably new and extensive documentation.
�According to this account, George H. W. Bush,
the father of the current president, devoted his
career to secret intelligence work with the CIA
many years before he became the CIA director, and
the network of spies and petroleum plutocrats he
began working with early on has played a powerful
but hidden role in determining the direction of
the U.S. government up to the current day.� So,
while we were expecting a big event, while
holding our breath until January 20th, this Gaza
carnage makes it clear that the evil-doers are still busy at work.

<http://qumsiyeh.org/rightsblog2008/>Crisis in GAZA
<http://qumsiyeh.org/rightsblog2008/>Human Rights Blog - Qumsiyeh

Boat carrying Cynthia McKinney to Gaza attacked!
<http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/12/29/penhaul.gaza.bpr.boat.cnn\
>Israeli
Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship!

<http://valley911truth.org/>Valley 9/11 Truth
is supporting an event with
Cynthia McKinney
Honoring the life and work of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
<http://www.allthingspass.com/journalism.php?catid=73>I
Have A Dream Of Unity: A Change Embraced
<http://9-11.meetup.com/270/calendar/9403949/>January
19, 2009; First Churches; Northampton, MA
Also V-Truth will screen:
<http://fabledenemies.com>Fabled Enemies
<http://9-11.meetup.com/270/calendar/9404208/>January
21st at Green Fields Market; Greenfield, MA
and
<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3505348655137118430>The
Secret Government
<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3505348655137118430>The
Constitution in Crisis
<http://9-11.meetup.com/270/calendar/9403573/>February
11th; Media Ed. Foundation; Northampton, MA

"We must all learn to live together
as brothers or we will all perish together as fools.
We are tied together in the single garment of destiny,
caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And
whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. "

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
<http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/I%27ve_been_to_the_mou\
ntaintop.pdf>Speech
in Memphis, April 3, 1968,
on the day before he was assassinated.

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<http://www.flybynews.com/cgi-local/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1230845901,4409,>\
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Illuminati GAZA Death-Suffering Toll
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It is possible�some readers were�unable to access the�graphic link�to send
donations to help keep Cindy Sheehan working for us. Plus there's other ways to
become involved as well!
�
Please visit directly:�� www.cindyforcongress.com .
�
Thank you again!

Below follows a message from Cindy Sheehan that I'd like to share with you.
�
I'd first like to mention�that I've been�following the work of�this
awesome woman over the years and have never�seen anyone work�harder to end
these illegal, amoral wars. Nor have�I been so impressed with anyone
for�speaking out� adamantly and passionately for racial, economic,�and social
justice.
�
Talk about a�brave, relentless,�and�un-compromised human being!
�
Cindy has also demanded the�clean up of toxic and radioactive contaminated
sites, has�spoken out about�our need to find out the�actual truth�about
9-11, has�championed to stop the use of illegal radiological
weapons,�has�embraced the need for�environmental stewardship, and�has
advocated for�an end to new�nuclear power.
�
The list of�the issues and things Cindy Sheehan has courageously spoken
publicly about is truly phenomenal!
�
As Cindy describes below, her efforts have hit a (financial) wall and she
desperately now needs our support! If�we can dig down deep and scrape
together�even a few dollars, these monies�will allow Cindy Sheehan to keep on
working for us. And next time around,�with more�support,�we can hopefully get
Cindy Sheehan�elected into Congress!
�
Please forward�this and do what you can to help keep Cindy Sheehan speaking up
and out for peace on earth and for the rights, health, and welfare of all the
good people of our country!
�
With warm wishes and thanks,
�
Cathy Garger
�
--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Cindy for Congress <contact@...>
wrote:

From: Cindy for Congress <contact@...>
Subject: Last Ditch Effort...
To: savorsuccesslady3@...
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 6:42 PM











Dear Friend,
On Monday, I sent an e-mail announcing that the Cindy for Congress campaign
organization was closing its doors. In response, I received a flood or replies
begging me not to give up.

Believe me, I do not want to give up. As noted in that e-mail, I will continue
to do what I can, while also trying to keep life and limb together. I've
lived in tents and on couches before because my commitment to the cause is
greater than my financial resources. And, yes, I'm willing to do whatever it
takes to stay in the game if you, my supporters, are able to help provide some
of the necessary resources.

Given that we literally are within days of losing our office space, having the
electricity turned off and so on, if we're going to save the Cindy for
Congress campaign, we need to act now.

Of course, this plea comes at the worst time of year. Thanks to the failed
economic policies of this and past administrations, we're all financially
strapped. Yet holiday traditions call for spending more money than usual.� Now,
here I am, hat-in-hand, literally begging for money and other resources.

Before you delete this message, let me give you a breakdown of what it costs to
keep the Cindy for Congress campaign running. If you'll read the next few
paragraphs, you'll see that even little donations have a huge impact on our
ability to keep the doors open.

We spent roughly $600,000 last year while my opponent raised $2.3 million to
ensure her re-election and to elect more status-quo supporting Democrats around
the country.

Next year, 2009, we'll need approximately $240,000 to maintain even a
minimal level of visibility and momentum. This will be critical going into 2010
when we'll need even more money to mount an aggressive campaign that has a
more significant impact.

If we divide $240,000 by 12, that means about $20,000 per month in donations to
keep the campaign afloat. If we take the monthly figure and divide it by 5000
supporters, we'd need EVERYONE receiving this to donate $4.00 per month.

But the bottom line is, we need you to click the donate button at the top of
this message and donate something. Anything. If we can get thru the next month
or two, we'll have time to work on building a more stable financial
foundation.

True Grassroots Movement

IF we're to keep the Cindy for Congress campaign alive and growing between
now and the next election in 2010, we need every individual who supports us to
be actively involved. We need to focus on convincing thousands upon thousands of
people that our efforts are worth supporting.

If I can win a seat in the US House of Representatives, my official duty will
be to represent the people of the 8th Congressional district in San Francisco
but you know I can't - and won't - stop there.

No matter how well or successfully (or failing) Obama is in addressing the ills
plaguing this country right now, both the House and Senate need more members who
believe they answer to the people. Currently, most members of both houses are
beholden to corporate contributors and the super-rich. Together, these two often
overlapping groups control a disproportionate amount of the country's
resources and political power. �

Our founders believed in one person, one vote (if you were a white, male
property owner; but movements have achieved universal suffrage), but we've
seen this principle erode over the years. Now we're seeing the results: An
economic meltdown; No public healthcare; One environmental disaster after
another; Our Constitution lies in shreds; Less security at our ports and borders
than before 9-11; A full brigade of the US Army trained and poised to turn on
the American public should the president deem it advisable;� A public education
system rated at the bottom of all such systems in the industrialized world. The
list goes on and on and on.

The ONLY answer lies with us � with "We, the People." Until we
stand up for our rights, the deck will continue to be stacked against us. Again,
not because of anything the incoming administration does or doesn't do. The
entire system is full of weeds. We need to ferret out those weeds and replace
them with healthy green grass.

I apologize for being so long-winded and brazen in my request for support.
However, as I said at the beginning of this note, the response to my
announcement about suspending the Cindy for Congress campaign was overwhelming.
As such, I thought it was worth a last-ditch effort to scrape together enough
funds and new volunteers to re-energize the campaign while we figure out how to
keep the organization solvent, going and growing.

My most heartfelt thanks for any help and support you can offer. You'll
hear from me at least one more time with an update on the success (or failure)
of our efforts.

Best,

Cindy


PS: If it's impossible for you to make a financial contribution at this
time - and I know about financial hardship - continue reading. There are a whole
host of things you can do that would help the Cindy for Congress campaign
greatly. Remember, the more of you who get involved, the more likely we are to
win the next election!

Can't donate money?

While money is critical at this point - and I do mean critical - we can use
help in a number of other areas. Here's just a partial list of things we
need donated that perhaps you or someone you know can help out with:

��� �Fundraising - house parties, spreading the word, more

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��� �Hook-ups - If you're involved in a group of political or human
rights activists we can reach out to, let us know.

��� �Mailing Lists - we need to expand our base of supporters. If you have
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��� �Media Relations - We desperately need someone to focus on getting the
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��� �Spread the Word - send this e-mail to ten of your friends. Ask them
to do the same.

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to need to travel the country, spreading my message, raising funds, giving
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no cost, let us know!

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Below follows a message from Cindy Sheehan that I'd like to share with you.
�
I'd first like to mention�that I've been�following the work of�this awesome
woman over the years and have never�seen anyone work�harder to end these
illegal, amoral wars. Nor have�I been so impressed with anyone for�speaking out�
adamantly and passionately for racial, economic,�and social justice.
�
Talk about a�brave, relentless,�and�un-compromised human being!
�
Cindy has also demanded the�clean up of toxic and radioactive contaminated
sites, has�spoken out about�our need to find out the�actual truth�about 9-11,
has�championed to stop the use of illegal radiological weapons,�has�embraced the
need for�environmental stewardship, and�has advocated for�an end to new�nuclear
power.
�
The list of�the issues and things Cindy Sheehan has courageously spoken publicly
about is truly phenomenal!
�
As Cindy describes below, her efforts have hit a (financial) wall and she
desperately now needs our support! If�we can dig down deep and scrape
together�even a few dollars, these monies�will allow Cindy Sheehan to keep on
working for us. And next time around,�with more�support,�we can hopefully get
Cindy Sheehan�elected into Congress!
�
Please forward�this and do what you can to help keep Cindy Sheehan speaking up
and out for peace on earth and for the rights, health, and welfare of all the
good people of our country!
�
With warm wishes and thanks,
�
Cathy Garger
�
--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Cindy for Congress <contact@...> wrote:

From: Cindy for Congress <contact@...>
Subject: Last Ditch Effort...
To: savorsuccesslady3@...
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 6:42 PM











Dear Friend,
On Monday, I sent an e-mail announcing that the Cindy for Congress campaign
organization was closing its doors. In response, I received a flood or replies
begging me not to give up.

Believe me, I do not want to give up. As noted in that e-mail, I will continue
to do what I can, while also trying to keep life and limb together. I've lived
in tents and on couches before because my commitment to the cause is greater
than my financial resources. And, yes, I'm willing to do whatever it takes to
stay in the game if you, my supporters, are able to help provide some of the
necessary resources.

Given that we literally are within days of losing our office space, having the
electricity turned off and so on, if we're going to save the Cindy for Congress
campaign, we need to act now.

Of course, this plea comes at the worst time of year. Thanks to the failed
economic policies of this and past administrations, we're all financially
strapped. Yet holiday traditions call for spending more money than usual.� Now,
here I am, hat-in-hand, literally begging for money and other resources.

Before you delete this message, let me give you a breakdown of what it costs to
keep the Cindy for Congress campaign running. If you'll read the next few
paragraphs, you'll see that even little donations have a huge impact on our
ability to keep the doors open.

We spent roughly $600,000 last year while my opponent raised $2.3 million to
ensure her re-election and to elect more status-quo supporting Democrats around
the country.

Next year, 2009, we'll need approximately $240,000 to maintain even a minimal
level of visibility and momentum. This will be critical going into 2010 when
we'll need even more money to mount an aggressive campaign that has a more
significant impact.

If we divide $240,000 by 12, that means about $20,000 per month in donations to
keep the campaign afloat. If we take the monthly figure and divide it by 5000
supporters, we'd need EVERYONE receiving this to donate $4.00 per month.

But the bottom line is, we need you to click the donate button at the top of
this message and donate something. Anything. If we can get thru the next month
or two, we'll have time to work on building a more stable financial foundation.

True Grassroots Movement

IF we're to keep the Cindy for Congress campaign alive and growing between now
and the next election in 2010, we need every individual who supports us to be
actively involved. We need to focus on convincing thousands upon thousands of
people that our efforts are worth supporting.

If I can win a seat in the US House of Representatives, my official duty will be
to represent the people of the 8th Congressional district in San Francisco but
you know I can't - and won't - stop there.

No matter how well or successfully (or failing) Obama is in addressing the ills
plaguing this country right now, both the House and Senate need more members who
believe they answer to the people. Currently, most members of both houses are
beholden to corporate contributors and the super-rich. Together, these two often
overlapping groups control a disproportionate amount of the country's resources
and political power. �

Our founders believed in one person, one vote (if you were a white, male
property owner; but movements have achieved universal suffrage), but we've seen
this principle erode over the years. Now we're seeing the results: An economic
meltdown; No public healthcare; One environmental disaster after another; Our
Constitution lies in shreds; Less security at our ports and borders than before
9-11; A full brigade of the US Army trained and poised to turn on the American
public should the president deem it advisable;� A public education system rated
at the bottom of all such systems in the industrialized world. The list goes on
and on and on.

The ONLY answer lies with us � with "We, the People." Until we stand up for our
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Dear Chris,
 
I am so terribly sorry to hear that you and your wife have been ill.
 
Yes, there are many studies regarding Uranium at the proving grounds, and no,
they are not concerned with the soldiers who were there. They minimize all
exposure as if everything with the soldiers present in the vicinity was
no concern at all!
 
I keep wondering when vets will actually organize - and I mean, as in vets'
families (as vets are often too sick to organize) and demand better for those
who were put in harm's way without being told the dangers and without proper
protection and testing... and medical care... and just compensation.
 
Let's face it - if you were working outside at a proving ground Uranium test
site during such "testing," then you needed to be tested a long time ago.
 
There is one more thing. I live not far from Aberdeen. I used to live really
close, actually. We all know that the Uranium oxides do not sit in a
cloud considerately only over the firing ranges. The stuff gets carried in
the winds to surrounding areas, of course.  Areas where families live.
 
How many Americans are sick from all of the thousands of tons of radioactive
materials we have exploded and fired at US military bases and national weapons
laboratory sites and also Uranium test firing sites owned by corporate firms (in
the past) since 1945?
 
When someone outside Aberdeen, say in Essex, MD, for example, comes down with
cancer or diabetes, does she get tested for radiation poisoning because she's so
close to Aberdeen? Nope. Not even the soldiers who were at those horrid places
get tested!
 
We are the MOST NUKED nation in the world. And yet you or I can not walk into
our family physician's office or neighborhood laboratory and ask for a test
for radiation poisoning.  Is there no one else angry about this? Sadly, it's
not just the vets who are getting sick. Countless citizens are sick from it,
too, but no one is actually doing the tests on citizens with regard to radiation
poisoning.
 
It's got to be Uncle Sam's dirtiest of all secrets!
 
Cathy Garger
 




--- On Sun, 12/14/08, eaglesrestbc@... <eaglesrestbc@...> wrote:

From: eaglesrestbc@... <eaglesrestbc@...>
Subject: Re: [DU-WATCH] Gulf-War illness report shows DU coverup by US gov't
scientists
To: du-watch@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 8:15 PM







I tried to contact Dan Fahey and his group. It seems to me if one test group
that should be studied would be the actual individuals who fielded the
munitions for the military. I am one such member. During my tour at YPG,
1986 -
1989, I was the only military assigned to one branch which did the video
documentation with the PATS laser systems "down range". Guess who got
"dirty". Other
specific military individuals were assigned to these tests, Apache pilots,
Abrams drivers, ect. We were never given any protocol regarding DU. Today,
my
wife and I suffer from diagnosed and undiagnosed illnesses which we believe
are related to DU. She is not in good shape. We have a doctor with one of
the
Southeast's best hospital/university research facilities who is trying to
get
the tests established. Dr. Durakovic's group (UMRC.net) has been
unresponsive since Sept. Chris Williams

Also, check out how many environmental studies have been done at YPG and
other military "test" facilities such as Aberdeen and Dugway. I do not see
anyone testing the personnel who worked with these classified projects. When you
have a Top Secret and above clearance, you are on a "need to know" basis. I
guess the brass thought we just didn't need to know. I have evidence of DU
testing at Yuma if anyone is interested.















In a message dated 12/12/2008 11:41:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wildclearing@ wildclearing. com writes:

Gulf War Illness report shows cover-up by US government scientists
A US Congressional report on Gulf War illness has accused US
Government scientists of covering up key data on the impact of
depleted uranium on veterans' health.
12 December 2008 - Dave Cullen



In mid November, a committee set up by the US Congress released a
landmark report on Gulf War Illness (GWI), an event widely reported
by the media. It was considered a landmark study, as it stated
categorically that the ill effects suffered by veterans of the
1990-1991 Gulf War were real, and amounted to a distinct medical
condition.

The report identified two probable causes of this illness -
pyridostigmine bromide (PB) pills which were given to troops to
protect them from nerve agents, and pesticides which were liberally
used to protect troops from insects.

However, amidst all the fuss, some incredibly damning information on
the US government's response to the use of uranium weapons was
completely ignored by the media. The section on DU related a litany
of irrelevant research, obstructive and incompetent behaviour by the
US government, and confirmation that a touchstone study on veterans
affected by DU covered up an incidence of cancer in the group.

McDiarmid study
Melissa McDiarmid’s Baltimore study, which looks at the health of
friendly fire victims, many of whom have DU fragments in their
bodies, drew particular criticism. This study is frequently referred
to by the UK and US governments when they seek to defend DU, and has
been repeatedly attacked by campaigners – all of whom are vindicated
by the report.

While the DoD has indicated that at least 900 veterans were involved
in incidents that could cause higher-level DU exposure, only 70 were
studied in total – and only 30 in any single follow up. The crude
categories used for medical problems and the lack of a control group
in all but one of the studies, mean that they are of little use for
drawing meaningful conclusions. It is also suggested that the studies
failed to follow up significant findings, including detectable levels
of uranium in the sperm of several veterans in 1997.

Cancer cover-up
Most damming of all is the attempt to cover up the incidence of
tumours in McDiarmid’s study group. The fact that one veteran
developed Hodgkin’s lymphoma is mentioned in passing in one write-up
in 1999, but omitted from subsequent reports, and the occurrence of a
non-malignant bone tumour in another is not mentioned at all.

This was first exposed by US veteran and DU researcher Dan Fahey, and
was mentioned in his presentation during ICBUW’s workshop at the
United Nations in April 2008, but the fact that the committee
confirmed it is a huge vindication. The omission is euphemistically
described as ‘puzzling’, and the committee questioned the study
director about it, who apparently replied that: “these cases were
not included because they were not believed to be the result of DU
exposure.”

Knowledge gaps
In comparison to the relatively clear evidence for PB and pesticides
being a possible cause of Gulf War illness, the information on other
possible causes is much less clear, and DU falls into this category.
The report makes clear that there are huge gaps in our knowledge
concerning the use of uranium munitions.

Unlike oil well fires and possible nerve agent exposure, the US
government has not provided reports into the areas where DU was used,
and the units most likely to be affected. Although a map exists, it
appears the committee was not shown it. Instead they have to fall
back on the estimates by Dan Fahey that several hundred thousand
veterans may have been exposed to DU.

Other knowledge gaps highlighted by the committee are that most of
the models used to estimate the dangers of DU are based around the
scenario of friendly fire incidents, which are not typical of the
majority of exposures, and that self-reporting – the main source of
information for studies which track exposure to health problems –
will be even less reliable as most soldiers knew nothing about DU
during deployment.

Flawed studies
The concentration in research into well understood diagnosable
conditions is singled out for particular criticism, as it is
practically useless in assessing any link between DU exposure and the
collection of ill-defined symptoms that constitute GWI. The report is
particularly critical of the US Institute of Medicine's ‘Gulf War
and Health’ reports for this reason. While the report on DU is not
singled out for particular criticism, this flaw and the omission of
important research in other reports in the series lead the committee
to declare the series did not fulfil their legal requirements, and it
recommends that the government office that commissioned them should
be stripped of responsibility for future research.

Potential dangers of DU
There may have been some disagreement within the committee about the
potential dangers of DU, as they cite preliminary evidence from
animal studies of its damaging effects on the brain as “potentially
of great importance” but state that more research is required before
they could make recommendations on the basis of this evidence. They
also go out of their way to point out that health concerns about DU
are much broader than GWI, and there is scant evidence with which to
judge its links with cancers and birth defects. Indeed, it is implied
that the Department for Veterans Affairs has not released information
it has on the health of veterans’ families.

Recommendations
The recommendations that follow are very simple – suitably broad
epidemiological studies of veterans to establish links between DU
exposure and health outcomes, more sophisticated attempts to
establish exposure than self-reporting, and monitoring of cancer and
mortality amongst veterans thought to be active in areas where DU has
been used. As this is the kind of recommendation which a first year
medical student would have made when the DU issue came to prominence,
it is hard to think of a greater indictment of the 17 years of
research since 1991.

Notes:
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: http://
www1.va.gov/ www1.va.g
Attachments
Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans (7178 Kb -
Format pdf)
The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses was
created by Congress in 1998, and first appointed by Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi in January, 2002. The mission of
the Committee is to make recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on government research relating to the health consequences of
military service in the Southwest Asia theatre of operations during
the Persian Gulf War.

This document is in PDF format and can be read using Acrobat Reader.

from ICBUW

Wes Rehberg
Wild Clearing
www.wildclearing. www
Skype: wildclearing

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I tried to contact Dan Fahey and his group. It seems to me if one test  group
that should be studied would be the actual individuals who fielded the
munitions for the military. I am one such member. During my tour at YPG,
1986 -
1989, I was the only military assigned to one branch which did the  video
documentation with the PATS laser systems "down range". Guess who got
"dirty". Other
specific military individuals were assigned to these tests,  Apache pilots,
Abrams drivers, ect. We were never given any protocol  regarding DU. Today,
my
wife and I suffer from diagnosed and undiagnosed  illnesses which we believe
are related to DU. She is not in good shape. We  have a doctor with one of
the
Southeast's best hospital/university research  facilities who is trying to
get
the tests established. Dr. Durakovic's group  (UMRC.net) has been
unresponsive since Sept. Chris Williams

Also, check out how many environmental studies have been done at YPG and
other military "test" facilities such as Aberdeen and Dugway. I do not see
anyone testing the personnel who worked with these classified projects. When you
have a Top Secret and above clearance, you are on a "need to know" basis. I
guess the brass thought we just didn't need to know. I have evidence of DU
testing at Yuma if anyone is interested.

















In a message dated 12/12/2008 11:41:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wildclearing@... writes:




Gulf War Illness report shows cover-up by US government scientists
A US  Congressional report on Gulf War illness has accused US
Government  scientists of covering up key data on the impact of
depleted uranium on  veterans' health.
12 December 2008 - Dave Cullen



In mid  November, a committee set up by the US Congress released a
landmark report  on Gulf War Illness (GWI), an event widely reported
by the media. It was  considered a landmark study, as it stated
categorically that the ill  effects suffered by veterans of the
1990-1991 Gulf War were real, and  amounted to a distinct medical
condition.

The report identified two  probable causes of this illness -
pyridostigmine bromide (PB) pills which  were given to troops to
protect them from nerve agents, and pesticides  which were liberally
used to protect troops from insects.

However,  amidst all the fuss, some incredibly damning information on
the US  government's response to the use of uranium weapons was
completely ignored  by the media. The section on DU related a litany
of irrelevant research,  obstructive and incompetent behaviour by the
US government, and  confirmation that a touchstone study on veterans
affected by DU covered up  an incidence of cancer in the group.

McDiarmid study
Melissa  McDiarmid’s Baltimore study, which looks at the health of
friendly fire  victims, many of whom have DU fragments in their
bodies, drew particular  criticism. This study is frequently referred
to by the UK and US  governments when they seek to defend DU, and has
been repeatedly attacked  by campaigners – all of whom are vindicated
by the report.

While  the DoD has indicated that at least 900 veterans were involved
in  incidents that could cause higher-level DU exposure, only 70 were
studied  in total – and only 30 in any single follow up. The crude
categories used  for medical problems and the lack of a control group
in all but one of the  studies, mean that they are of little use for
drawing meaningful  conclusions. It is also suggested that the studies
failed to follow up  significant findings, including detectable levels
of uranium in the sperm  of several veterans in 1997.

Cancer cover-up
Most damming of all is  the attempt to cover up the incidence of
tumours in McDiarmid’s study  group. The fact that one veteran
developed Hodgkin’s lymphoma is mentioned  in passing in one write-up
in 1999, but omitted from subsequent reports,  and the occurrence of a
non-malignant bone tumour in another is not  mentioned at all.

This was first exposed by US veteran and DU  researcher Dan Fahey, and
was mentioned in his presentation during ICBUW’s  workshop at the
United Nations in April 2008, but the fact that the  committee
confirmed it is a huge vindication. The omission is  euphemistically
described as ‘puzzling’, and the committee questioned the  study
director about it, who apparently replied that: “these cases were
not included because they were not believed to be the result of DU
exposure.”

Knowledge gaps
In comparison to the relatively clear  evidence for PB and pesticides
being a possible cause of Gulf War illness,  the information on other
possible causes is much less clear, and DU falls  into this category.
The report makes clear that there are huge gaps in our  knowledge
concerning the use of uranium munitions.

Unlike oil well  fires and possible nerve agent exposure, the US
government has not  provided reports into the areas where DU was used,
and the units most  likely to be affected. Although a map exists, it
appears the committee was  not shown it. Instead they have to fall
back on the estimates by Dan Fahey  that several hundred thousand
veterans may have been exposed to  DU.

Other knowledge gaps highlighted by the committee are that most of
the models used to estimate the dangers of DU are based around the
scenario of friendly fire incidents, which are not typical of the
majority of exposures, and that self-reporting – the main source of
information for studies which track exposure to health problems –
will  be even less reliable as most soldiers knew nothing about DU
during  deployment.

Flawed studies
The concentration in research into well  understood diagnosable
conditions is singled out for particular criticism,  as it is
practically useless in assessing any link between DU exposure and  the
collection of ill-defined symptoms that constitute GWI. The report is
particularly critical of the US Institute of Medicine's ‘Gulf War
and  Health’ reports for this reason. While the report on DU is not
singled out  for particular criticism, this flaw and the omission of
important research  in other reports in the series lead the committee
to declare the series  did not fulfil their legal requirements, and it
recommends that the  government office that commissioned them should
be stripped of  responsibility for future research.

Potential dangers of DU
There  may have been some disagreement within the committee about the
potential  dangers of DU, as they cite preliminary evidence from
animal studies of  its damaging effects on the brain as “potentially
of great importance” but  state that more research is required before
they could make  recommendations on the basis of this evidence. They
also go out of their  way to point out that health concerns about DU
are much broader than GWI,  and there is scant evidence with which to
judge its links with cancers and  birth defects. Indeed, it is implied
that the Department for Veterans  Affairs has not released information
it has on the health of veterans’  families.

Recommendations
The recommendations that follow are very  simple – suitably broad
epidemiological studies of veterans to establish  links between DU
exposure and health outcomes, more sophisticated attempts  to
establish exposure than self-reporting, and monitoring of cancer and
mortality amongst veterans thought to be active in areas where DU has
been used. As this is the kind of recommendation which a first year
medical student would have made when the DU issue came to prominence,
it is hard to think of a greater indictment of the 17 years of
research since 1991.

Notes:
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf  War Veterans' Illnesses: http://
www1.va.gov/www1.va.g
Attachments
Gulf War Illness and the  Health of Gulf War Veterans (7178 Kb -
Format pdf)
The Research  Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses was
created by Congress  in 1998, and first appointed by Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Anthony J.  Principi in January, 2002. The mission of
the Committee is to make  recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on government  research relating to the health consequences of
military service in the  Southwest Asia theatre of operations during
the Persian Gulf  War.

This document is in PDF format and can be read using Acrobat  Reader.

from ICBUW

Wes Rehberg
Wild  Clearing
www.wildclearing.www
Skype: wildclearing

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Wild Clearing
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I tried to contact Dan Fahey and his group. It seems to me if one test  group
that should be studied would be the actual individual who fielded the
munitions for the military. I am one such member. During my tour at  YPG, 1986 -
1989, I was the only military assigned to one branch which did  the video
documentation with the PATS laser systems "down range". Guess who  got "dirty".
Other
specific military individuals were assigned to these  tests, Apache pilots,
Abrams drivers, ect. We were never given any protocol  regarding DU. Today, my
wife and I suffer from diagnosed and undiagnosed  illnesses which we believe
are related to DU. She is not in good shape. We have  a doctor with one of the
Southeast's best hospital/university research  facilities who is trying to get
the  tests established. Dr. Durakovic's  group (UMRC.net) has been
unresponsive since Sept.   Chris  Williams


In a message dated 12/12/2008 11:41:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wildclearing@... writes:




Gulf War Illness report shows cover-up by US government scientists
A US  Congressional report on Gulf War illness has accused US
Government  scientists of covering up key data on the impact of
depleted uranium on  veterans' health.
12 December 2008 - Dave Cullen



In mid  November, a committee set up by the US Congress released a
landmark report  on Gulf War Illness (GWI), an event widely reported
by the media. It was  considered a landmark study, as it stated
categorically that the ill  effects suffered by veterans of the
1990-1991 Gulf War were real, and  amounted to a distinct medical
condition.

The report identified two  probable causes of this illness -
pyridostigmine bromide (PB) pills which  were given to troops to
protect them from nerve agents, and pesticides  which were liberally
used to protect troops from insects.

However,  amidst all the fuss, some incredibly damning information on
the US  government's response to the use of uranium weapons was
completely ignored  by the media. The section on DU related a litany
of irrelevant research,  obstructive and incompetent behaviour by the
US government, and  confirmation that a touchstone study on veterans
affected by DU covered up  an incidence of cancer in the group.

McDiarmid study
Melissa  McDiarmid’s Baltimore study, which looks at the health of
friendly fire  victims, many of whom have DU fragments in their
bodies, drew particular  criticism. This study is frequently referred
to by the UK and US  governments when they seek to defend DU, and has
been repeatedly attacked  by campaigners – all of whom are vindicated
by the report.

While  the DoD has indicated that at least 900 veterans were involved
in  incidents that could cause higher-level DU exposure, only 70 were
studied  in total – and only 30 in any single follow up. The crude
categories used  for medical problems and the lack of a control group
in all but one of the  studies, mean that they are of little use for
drawing meaningful  conclusions. It is also suggested that the studies
failed to follow up  significant findings, including detectable levels
of uranium in the sperm  of several veterans in 1997.

Cancer cover-up
Most damming of all is  the attempt to cover up the incidence of
tumours in McDiarmid’s study  group. The fact that one veteran
developed Hodgkin’s lymphoma is mentioned  in passing in one write-up
in 1999, but omitted from subsequent reports,  and the occurrence of a
non-malignant bone tumour in another is not  mentioned at all.

This was first exposed by US veteran and DU  researcher Dan Fahey, and
was mentioned in his presentation during ICBUW’s  workshop at the
United Nations in April 2008, but the fact that the  committee
confirmed it is a huge vindication. The omission is  euphemistically
described as ‘puzzling’, and the committee questioned the  study
director about it, who apparently replied that: “these cases were
not included because they were not believed to be the result of DU
exposure.”

Knowledge gaps
In comparison to the relatively clear  evidence for PB and pesticides
being a possible cause of Gulf War illness,  the information on other
possible causes is much less clear, and DU falls  into this category.
The report makes clear that there are huge gaps in our  knowledge
concerning the use of uranium munitions.

Unlike oil well  fires and possible nerve agent exposure, the US
government has not  provided reports into the areas where DU was used,
and the units most  likely to be affected. Although a map exists, it
appears the committee was  not shown it. Instead they have to fall
back on the estimates by Dan Fahey  that several hundred thousand
veterans may have been exposed to  DU.

Other knowledge gaps highlighted by the committee are that most of
the models used to estimate the dangers of DU are based around the
scenario of friendly fire incidents, which are not typical of the
majority of exposures, and that self-reporting – the main source of
information for studies which track exposure to health problems –
will  be even less reliable as most soldiers knew nothing about DU
during  deployment.

Flawed studies
The concentration in research into well  understood diagnosable
conditions is singled out for particular criticism,  as it is
practically useless in assessing any link between DU exposure and  the
collection of ill-defined symptoms that constitute GWI. The report is
particularly critical of the US Institute of Medicine's ‘Gulf War
and  Health’ reports for this reason. While the report on DU is not
singled out  for particular criticism, this flaw and the omission of
important research  in other reports in the series lead the committee
to declare the series  did not fulfil their legal requirements, and it
recommends that the  government office that commissioned them should
be stripped of  responsibility for future research.

Potential dangers of DU
There  may have been some disagreement within the committee about the
potential  dangers of DU, as they cite preliminary evidence from
animal studies of  its damaging effects on the brain as “potentially
of great importance” but  state that more research is required before
they could make  recommendations on the basis of this evidence. They
also go out of their  way to point out that health concerns about DU
are much broader than GWI,  and there is scant evidence with which to
judge its links with cancers and  birth defects. Indeed, it is implied
that the Department for Veterans  Affairs has not released information
it has on the health of veterans’  families.

Recommendations
The recommendations that follow are very  simple – suitably broad
epidemiological studies of veterans to establish  links between DU
exposure and health outcomes, more sophisticated attempts  to
establish exposure than self-reporting, and monitoring of cancer and
mortality amongst veterans thought to be active in areas where DU has
been used. As this is the kind of recommendation which a first year
medical student would have made when the DU issue came to prominence,
it is hard to think of a greater indictment of the 17 years of
research since 1991.

Notes:
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf  War Veterans' Illnesses: http://
www1.va.gov/www1.va.g
Attachments
Gulf War Illness and the  Health of Gulf War Veterans (7178 Kb -
Format pdf)
The Research  Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses was
created by Congress  in 1998, and first appointed by Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Anthony J.  Principi in January, 2002. The mission of
the Committee is to make  recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on government  research relating to the health consequences of
military service in the  Southwest Asia theatre of operations during
the Persian Gulf  War.

This document is in PDF format and can be read using Acrobat  Reader.

from ICBUW

Wes Rehberg
Wild  Clearing
www.wildclearing.www
Skype: wildclearing

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Gulf War Illness report shows cover-up by US government scientists
A US Congressional report on Gulf War illness has accused US
Government scientists of covering up key data on the impact of
depleted uranium on veterans' health.
12 December 2008 - Dave Cullen



In mid November, a committee set up by the US Congress released a
landmark report on Gulf War Illness (GWI), an event widely reported
by the media. It was considered a landmark study, as it stated
categorically that the ill effects suffered by veterans of the
1990-1991 Gulf War were real, and amounted to a distinct medical
condition.

The report identified two probable causes of this illness -
pyridostigmine bromide (PB) pills which were given to troops to
protect them from nerve agents, and pesticides which were liberally
used to protect troops from insects.

However, amidst all the fuss, some incredibly damning information on
the US government's response to the use of uranium weapons was
completely ignored by the media. The section on DU related a litany
of irrelevant research, obstructive and incompetent behaviour by the
US government, and confirmation that a touchstone study on veterans
affected by DU covered up an incidence of cancer in the group.

McDiarmid study
Melissa McDiarmid’s Baltimore study, which looks at the health of
friendly fire victims, many of whom have DU fragments in their
bodies, drew particular criticism. This study is frequently referred
to by the UK and US governments when they seek to defend DU, and has
been repeatedly attacked by campaigners – all of whom are vindicated
by the report.

While the DoD has indicated that at least 900 veterans were involved
in incidents that could cause higher-level DU exposure, only 70 were
studied in total – and only 30 in any single follow up. The crude
categories used for medical problems and the lack of a control group
in all but one of the studies, mean that they are of little use for
drawing meaningful conclusions. It is also suggested that the studies
failed to follow up significant findings, including detectable levels
of uranium in the sperm of several veterans in 1997.

Cancer cover-up
Most damming of all is the attempt to cover up the incidence of
tumours in McDiarmid’s study group. The fact that one veteran
developed Hodgkin’s lymphoma is mentioned in passing in one write-up
in 1999, but omitted from subsequent reports, and the occurrence of a
non-malignant bone tumour in another is not mentioned at all.

This was first exposed by US veteran and DU researcher Dan Fahey, and
was mentioned in his presentation during ICBUW’s workshop at the
United Nations in April 2008, but the fact that the committee
confirmed it is a huge vindication. The omission is euphemistically
described as ‘puzzling’, and the committee questioned the study
director about it, who apparently replied that: “these cases were
not included because they were not believed to be the result of DU
exposure.”

Knowledge gaps
In comparison to the relatively clear evidence for PB and pesticides
being a possible cause of Gulf War illness, the information on other
possible causes is much less clear, and DU falls into this category.
The report makes clear that there are huge gaps in our knowledge
concerning the use of uranium munitions.

Unlike oil well fires and possible nerve agent exposure, the US
government has not provided reports into the areas where DU was used,
and the units most likely to be affected. Although a map exists, it
appears the committee was not shown it. Instead they have to fall
back on the estimates by Dan Fahey that several hundred thousand
veterans may have been exposed to DU.

Other knowledge gaps highlighted by the committee are that most of
the models used to estimate the dangers of DU are based around the
scenario of friendly fire incidents, which are not typical of the
majority of exposures, and that self-reporting – the main source of
information for studies which track exposure to health problems –
will be even less reliable as most soldiers knew nothing about DU
during deployment.

Flawed studies
The concentration in research into well understood diagnosable
conditions is singled out for particular criticism, as it is
practically useless in assessing any link between DU exposure and the
collection of ill-defined symptoms that constitute GWI. The report is
particularly critical of the US Institute of Medicine's ‘Gulf War
and Health’ reports for this reason. While the report on DU is not
singled out for particular criticism, this flaw and the omission of
important research in other reports in the series lead the committee
to declare the series did not fulfil their legal requirements, and it
recommends that the government office that commissioned them should
be stripped of responsibility for future research.

Potential dangers of DU
There may have been some disagreement within the committee about the
potential dangers of DU, as they cite preliminary evidence from
animal studies of its damaging effects on the brain as “potentially
of great importance” but state that more research is required before
they could make recommendations on the basis of this evidence. They
also go out of their way to point out that health concerns about DU
are much broader than GWI, and there is scant evidence with which to
judge its links with cancers and birth defects. Indeed, it is implied
that the Department for Veterans Affairs has not released information
it has on the health of veterans’ families.

Recommendations
The recommendations that follow are very simple – suitably broad
epidemiological studies of veterans to establish links between DU
exposure and health outcomes, more sophisticated attempts to
establish exposure than self-reporting, and monitoring of cancer and
mortality amongst veterans thought to be active in areas where DU has
been used. As this is the kind of recommendation which a first year
medical student would have made when the DU issue came to prominence,
it is hard to think of a greater indictment of the 17 years of
research since 1991.

Notes:
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: http://
www1.va.gov/RAC-GWVI/
Attachments
Gulf War Illness and the Health of Gulf War Veterans (7178 Kb -
Format pdf)
The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses was
created by Congress in 1998, and first appointed by Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi in January, 2002. The mission of
the Committee is to make recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs on government research relating to the health consequences of
military service in the Southwest Asia theatre of operations during
the Persian Gulf War.

This document is in PDF format and can be read using Acrobat Reader.

from ICBUW

Wes Rehberg
Wild Clearing
www.wildclearing.com
Skype: wildclearing





Wes Rehberg
Wild Clearing
www.wildclearing.com
Skype: wildclearing





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This excellent article appeared today on Alarab.*

Uranium Weapons in Afghanistan: The Silent
Genocide<http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008%5C12%5C12-11%5Cz\
opinionz%5C960.htm&dismode=x&ts=11/12/2008%2001:04:41%20%C3%A3>
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By Christoph R. H�rstel

Peter


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Hi Karen,
�
Supposedly US came in in 2002 with their "counterterrorism" (wink wink) unit.
Here's an article that suggests that Alciaduh has been (manufactured) there,
too... but, as this states, not till after 9/11...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HH23Ae01.html
�
DU military advantages? Hmmm... They claim that they use it�in order�to
penetrate tanks, yet that never does explain why they drop Uranium bombs and
fire Uranium missiles�where there are no tanks and�no armor that�requires
penetrating.
�
But more precious than gold in the Phillipines? There's apparently not gold
chunks, but yellow cake- ie, Uranium, in dar dere yonder�Phillipine hills (or,
rather,
thick, mountainous jungles, deep ravenes, muddy creeks, flat rice-paddies, sugar
cane fields and grassland). http://tinyurl.com/5dv8uw
�
What we have done in the Philippines - and so many other islands... is just
unbelievably devastating. Here's one article that talks of some of it.
http://www.radioproject.org/transcript/2000/0048.html
�
Apparently, the US has used all sorts of toxic and radioactive substances at its
military bases and firing ranges. Two law suits against the US government are
listed here under Toxic Waste: http://www.yonip.com/index/-Toxic.html
�
I found some more�interesting reading (below).
The more I research, the more ashamed I become.
�
Cathy Garger
�
Philippines example
�

Growing popular struggles against the joint military exercises and the CSL bases
in the Philippines may have an impact on anti-base struggles around the world.
�

For over 110 years the Philippines has been U.S. imperialism�s prime military
outpost and stepping stone to China and the Asian mainland. U.S. bases in the
Philippines enabled the U.S. military to control strategic sea lanes.
�

Philippine law has banned U.S. bases since a mass movement forced them out in
1992. Yet today 30,000 to 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed there and are in
constant operation. Under the Balikatan joint war exercises, the Pentagon is
bringing in logistical equipment and building installations.
�

According to a Feb. 26 report from Foreign Policy in Focus, the number of
troops, ships, equipment and infrastructure grows each year. The year 2005 saw
24 joint military exercises involving U.S. and Philippine troops. This grew to
37 scheduled exercises in 2006�or one U.S. military exercise every 10 days.
�

�Training missions� and military exercises mean a continuing presence of U.S.
troops in the Philippines. It also comes with a special name: the Joint Special
Operations Task Force-Philippines. The JSOTF-P has been based in the Philippines
for more than six years on an ongoing �temporary training mission.� The U.S.
stay has become open-ended and, as with the �temporary� CSL bases, its
permanence is unofficial and unacknowledged.
�

Immediately after 9/11 Washington used as an excuse for the re-entry of its
forces that the Philippines needed help in fighting a �terrorist threat� from a
small, secretive armed group known as Abu Sayyaf. The Manila Times of Aug. 27,
2007, reported that, �Even as the United States denies plans to set up a
military base in the Philippines, the American military is reportedly building a
host of projects across Mindanao.�
�

A Rand Corporation report prepared for the U.S. Air Force entitled �Ungoverned
Territories� and available online summarizes U.S. military presence globally. It
highlights the Pakistan/Afghanistan border area, East Africa, West Africa, the
Caucasus, the Venezuela/Colombia border and Mindanao Island in the Philippines.
The U.S. �area of operations� in the Philippines presently covers 8,000 square
miles, including the entire island of Mindanao and surrounding islands.
�
Paying for occupation
�

In the Philippines and many other underdeveloped countries drowning in debt, the
�host� country must pay for the U.S. military presence.
�

According to a Mutual Logistics Support Agreement, available online, that the
Philippines signed with the U.S. in November 2002, the Philippine government
must supply the Pentagon with all the logistical support needed during the
endless military and training �exercises� and �other U.S. military deployments�
to maintain their forces in the region. This Support Agreement lists everything
from food and water to ammunition, spare parts and components, billeting,
transportation, communication, medical services, operation support, training
services, repair and maintenance, storage services, port services and
construction of �temporary structures.�
�

Everything the U.S. used to supply for its own use at its former bases in the
region, such as the giant Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base, is now to be
provided by the impoverished Philippine government on an as-need basis.
�

The newsletter U.S. Intervention Watch, published by Initiatives for Peace in
Mindanao in coordination with US Troops Out Now! Mindanao Coalition, explains
that the widely publicized U.S. humanitarian missions are really military
operations and a cover for a permanent military presence.
�

�The objective is not to provide health care to peasant farmers, but to secure
U.S. economic interests in the Asia-Pacific by turning the Philippines into a
base of operation. This base will serve to protect U.S. multi-billion dollar
investments and promote prospective commerce in the Philippines in oil, energy,
minerals and plantations, keep an eye on the Malacca Straits where 25 percent of
all globally traded oil passes, and threaten nearby China as its rise to global
power continues,� says the newsletter.
�
Massacre made in USA
�

U.S. occupation troops bring attacks, massacres and rapes of the local civilian
population. According to a news article in Bulatlat, a weekly Philippine online
news magazine, �U.S. troops were present during the February 4 assault by
combined Army and Navy elite forces on Barangay village, Ipil, Maimbung, Sulu,
that killed eight non-combatants, including an Army soldier home on vacation.�
�

Sulu�s Governor Abdulsakur Tan said: �This is not the first time that the U.S.
troops were reported to have taken part in Philippine military operations in
Sulu.� He corroborated the U.S. role in an attack in early 2007, when U.S.
troops were supposedly doing �road construction� in the village of Barangay
Bato-Bato, Indanan.
�

Temogen Tulawie, convener of the Concerned Citizens of Sulu and former Jolo
councilor, said the latest massacre is part of a larger picture. Starting in
2003, Balikatan military exercises were held in Sulu. This provoked waves of
protest from the people, who still remember an historic massacre committed in
1906 when hundreds of Moro resistance fighters were gunned down by U.S.
occupation forces.
�

Kawagib Moro Human Rights Organization and Suara Bangsamoro have filed a case
before the U.N. Human Rights Council on the latest massacre.
�

The U.S. military presence is no longer covert in the Philippines. A mass
movement is paying growing attention and mobilizing against this new form of
U.S. occupation. As Initiatives for Peace and U.S. Troops Out Now! Mindanao
Coalition explained: �Mindanao has a long history of resistance to
colonization.�
http://www.iacenter.org/philippines/philippine-resistance033008/






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From: ied@... <ied@...>
Subject: Re: [DU-WATCH] Islamic Boogeyman Manufactured in Phillipines, too
To: du-watch@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 3:23 PM






HI Kathy. The Philippines and the Moro front have been fighting for years. Long
before 9/11. The US has also aided in this for a long time. Any evidence of use
of weapons with DU? Actually, it doesn't make sense as the military advantages
of DU are of no use in this war. karen

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>From: Cathy Garger <savorsuccesslady3@ yahoo.com>
>Sent: Dec 8, 2008 9:53 AM
>To: V911T@yahoogroups. com, FightTheseWars@ yahoogroups. com,
AmericanConscience@ yahoogroups. com, americandust@ yahoogroups. com,
DU-Watch@yahoogroup s.com
>Subject: [DU-WATCH] Islamic Boogeyman Manufactured in Phillipines, too
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>In the sold-out affiliate of�THE�NY TIMES story below we read about how Uncle
Sam has, in this post-9/11 world, helped teach the�peace-loving Filipinos
to�pick off�those pesky Islamic�internationa l terrorists as if they were flies.
>�
>Maybe it's just me, but has�anyone�else noticed how the world's Muslims�were
rather a contemplative 'n' spiritual, peaceful�bunch, minding their own business
down the�ages... until some "dustification"� (courtesy www.drjudywood. com )
was�perpetrated upon a few sky scrapers a little over 7 years back?
>�
>Obliterating the towers into fine dust was�obviously a serious clandestine
"shock and awe"�quasi-military affair...�fair warning, you might say,�for other
world leaders to sit down and�shut up (if they know what's good for 'em) and
watch in horror while�*real* international� imperialist terrorists began
to�rape, rob, desecrate, and radioactively contaminate with Uranium poison�dust
and gas�one nation after the next under the cloak of fighting some glorified
mission that historians�most certainly�will one day�designate "The Era of
the�US-Islamic Crusades."
>�
>Can anyone please tell me how come, whenever the US military�comes to a nation
to bring "humanitarian" relief, coincidentally, while they're there....�those
labeled and branded as Muslim rebels, terrorists, radicals, extremists,�and
"separatists" suddenly�appear out of nowhere... only to require Uncle Sam's
special brand of "humanitarian" relief and assistance.. . out of the barrel of a
Uranium-loaded�
>cannon or Gatling gun?
>�
>One thing's for dang certain. Peace is never safe whenever, wherever the red,
white, and blue comes a callin'.
>�
>May the nations of the world take heed!� In the future,�simply refuse the drops
of disposable diapers,�powdered milk, and�vaccines filled with�unlabeled potions
- and the camouflage, guns, and carnage that comes with it... and�just say�NO to
any and all offers of�what is deceptively pimped as US humanitarian "assistance.
"
>�
>Like a skull and cross flag on a pirate ship, the arrival of the stars and
stripes to a nation's shores�is but a clear and certain�signal that trouble's�a
brewin'...�and that it's time to quickly lock up and secure your women, your
children, and your natural resources, too.
>�
>Cathy Garger�
>�
>Troops and separatists clash in southern�Philippines
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>By Carlos H. Conde
>Published: December 8, 2008
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>MANILA:� As many as five marines and five Muslim separatist rebels were killed
during intense fighting in the southern Philippines, military officials said
Monday. They said an undetermined number of government troops and rebels were
also�wounded.
>�
>The fighting began Sunday and continued Monday morning in the two
Muslim-dominated provinces of Sulu and Basian, islands that the government had
earlier declared to be free from terrorists and Islamic extremists after a
U.S.-supported counterterrorism campaign that began in�2002.
>�
>Officials said Monday that the number of those killed could sharply increase,
particularly on the side of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim
separatist�group.
>�
>"We are now on a defensive stance," said an army spokeswoman, Lieutenant
Steffani Cacho. She said the government was mainly going after members of the
Abu Sayyaf and "rogue elements" of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the
separatist group. She said a recent spate of kidnappings in the region prompted
the military�operation.
>�
>Cacho said that the marines were killed in a firefight in the town of Al-Barka
in Basilan Province, a former stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf. In July last year,
14 marines were also killed in the same town after a firefight, 10 of whom
were�beheaded.
>�
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>www.radiation. org
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>Cathy Garger
>www.mytown. ca/garger
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