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>From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "New Paradigms Posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html -Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: Action Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 8:36 PM Subject: Frame-up hides real terrorists > International Action Center > 39 West 14th St., #206 > NY, NY 10011 > 212-633-6646 > fax: 212-633-2889 > <www.iacenter.org> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 7/7/02 > > Muhajir frame-up hides real terrorists > > Washington's depleted uranium 'dirty bombs' > > By Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center > > The writer was co-editor of the book "Metal of Dishonor: > How the Pentagon Radiates Soldiers and Civilians with DU Weapons" > (International Action Center, 1997). Much of the information in this > article is drawn from "Metal of Dishonor." > > In a dangerous legal precedent and complete violation of > constitutional rights, a U.S. citizen is being held without the rights > of due process or freedom from unreasonable seizure. > > Abdullah al Muhajir, a Puerto Rican Muslim from Chicago formerly known > as Jose Padilla, is being accused of planning to build a radioactive > "dirty bomb" to attack a U.S. city. According to news reports, Muhajir > had no accomplices, no materials, no access to materials and no > training in making such a bomb. > > The prosecution's "secret" evidence is so flimsy that the government > acknowledges it is not likely to obtain an indictment from a grand > jury. In the current political climate, U.S. Attorney General John > Ashcroft would likely have no trouble getting an indictment if there > was any evidence at all. > > Muhajir is being held without charges under the legal category of > "enemy combatant," despite the fact that Congress has not declared > war. He was brought to New York, moved to a South Carolina naval brig > and then to Department of Defense custody. Defense Secretary Donald > Rumsfeld said Muhajir may never get a trial. > > But the very charge that Muhajir may have discussed the > idea of unleashing a radioactive bomb is so ominous that > it has silenced the U.S. corporate media and many civil rights > organizations. > > Using the charge that an "unfolding terrorist plot to > attack the United States with a radioactive 'dirty bomb' > had been disrupted," U.S. government attacks on civil > rights and civil liberties have reached an ominous new > level. > > While in Moscow on June 10, Ashcroft called a dramatic > press conference to announce Muhajir's arrest. Ashcroft announced that > the FBI and the CIA, working together, had uncovered this nefarious > plot. Ashcroft assured the media that such a bomb would have caused > "mass death and injury." > > Muhajir had been held incommunicado since his arrest on > May 8 at O'Hare International Airport. Ashcroft's grand announcement > in Moscow--five weeks after Muhajir's arrest--conveniently coincided > with President George Bush's unveiling of a new Homeland Security > Department. > > Who are real 'dirty bombers'? > > A quick search on the Internet reveals hundreds of news stories > debating the possible problems of evacuating major U.S. cities if a > terrorist group set off a radioactive "dirty bomb." > > What is a "dirty bomb"? Has such a dangerous radioactive weapon ever > been used? Who would dream of unleashing radioactive materials, > especially on unprotected and defenseless civilian targets? > > Reports in the U.S. corporate media have described in > great detail that a "dirty bomb" combines conventional explosives-even > dynamite-with radioactive material. An explosion can spew radiation > over a large area. > > However, not one of the hundreds of news reports dares to state the > truth: The United States is the only country that has extensively used > radioactive dirty bombs all over the world. > > The Pentagon's "dirty bombs" are made with a core of > highly toxic and radioactive depleted uranium (DU) packed > in a conventional explosive. > > By their own admission, the U.S. government has used thousands of > these radioactive bombs in Iraq and Yugoslavia. > > Angry mass movements have forced the U.S. government to acknowledge > that it has test-fired these radioactive weapons at U.S. bases in > Okinawa, Japan, Vieques, Puerto Rico, and south Korea. The army has > also tested these weapons at more than 25 domestic sites, including > Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, according to a 1995 Army > Environmental Policy Institute report. > > Why the Pentagon uses DU > > Radioactive waste is not difficult to obtain. It's given > away free to U.S. weapons manufacturers. So it is an enormously > profitable weapon for military contractors. > > Uranium is a heavy metal--twice as heavy as lead. Weapons made with DU > have greater range and higher accuracy than conventional weapons. > > The problem is that DU is both toxic and radioactive. It > is also pyrophoric, meaning that it burns fiercely on > impact and is transformed into a fine uranium oxide powder > or dust. The dust particles measure less than 1.5 microns--small > enough to lodge in the lungs and other internal organs. This > radioactive dust can be carried on the wind. It enters the ground > water and food chain. > > The U.S. government's own studies have again and again > warned of the health risks of DU exposure. A 1990 report warned, > "Short term effects of high doses can result in death, while long term > effects of low doses have been implicated in cancer." > > The study added, "Aerosol DU exposures to soldiers on the battlefield > could be significant with potential radiological and toxicological > effects." The book "Metal of Dishonor," published by the International > Action Center, reproduces several of these government reports. > > Nevertheless, during the 1991 U.S. war against Iraq, the Pentagon > reportedly fired more than 940,000 uranium-tipped 30-millimeter > bullets and more than 14,000 large 120-mm DU rounds, according to the > 1995 U.S. Army Environmental Policy report. This left behind more than > 600,000 pounds of radioactive waste that will continue to contaminate > the soil, water and air in Iraq. > > Of the 600,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Gulf during > that bombing, more than 100,000 became chronically ill > with the wasting malady known as Gulf War Syndrome. Radioactive > poisoning is widely suspected as a primary cause. > > In Iraq there has been a shocking 5- to-16-fold increase > in cancers. The children of Iraqi and U.S. Gulf War > veterans have significantly higher rates of congenital > birth defects. > > On October 3, 2001, the BBC reported that the Department > of Veteran Affairs found that children of Gulf War vets > are twice as likely to be born with birth defects as > children of other soldiers. Female Gulf War vets are three times more > likely to have children with birth defects. The U.S. government has > callously ignored these shocking statistics. > > During the 1999 U.S./NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, thousands > of rounds of radioactive depleted uranium were again > fired. A year later, reports of a strange increase in > cancers among young European NATO soldiers stationed in Kosovo and > Bosnia caused a political uproar in Europe and demands for an > investigation into the U.S. use of depleted uranium weapons. This was > a top story in Europe for months. > > A major article by Robert James Parsons in Le Monde Diplomatic on > March 3, entitled "America's Big Dirty Secret," charged that depleted > uranium is the heavy metal used in the enormous bunker bombs that > burrow through mountains of rock or many feet of reinforced concrete > to destroy cave complexes. > > Le Monde Diplomatic cited a widely distributed report by > Dai Williams, a medical researcher, warning medical professionals, > employees of aid organizations and soldiers stationed in Afghanistan > about the threat of DU contamination. > > The article cites Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Jan. > 16 admission that the U.S. had found radiation in Afghanistan. But > Rumsfeld claimed it was from DU warheads belonging to Al Qaeda. He did > not explain how Al Qaeda could have launched these weapons without > planes. > > Le Monde further compared the Pentagon's DU weapons of 10 years ago > with today's. The amount of DU used has dramatically increased. > > A Gulf War-era T 120-mm anti-tank round has a maximum > weight of 5 kilograms. Today's Raytheon Bunker > Buster-GBU-28 can weigh up to one-and-a-half metric tons. > > It is important to remember that during the Cold War the Pentagon > deliberately exposed more than 250,000 U.S. military personnel to > radiation during nuclear tests from 1945 to 1963 in order to study the > impact on humans. > > According to U.S. Department of Energy reports, thousands > of Marshal Islanders were also callously exposed to > radiation and secretly studied. > > All of this was hushed up in the name of "national > security." Any soldier who spoke out was threatened with court martial > and imprisonment. > > Finally, after the veterans and their families mobilized > and demanded treatment, a special Congressional bill > passed in 1984 acknowledged this crime and promised compensation to > the surviving "Atomic Veterans." > > However, according to the National Association of Atomic Survivors, > fewer than 500 veterans ever received any compensation. The civilians > of the Marshal Islands were never compensated. > > Today's soldiers are just as disposable to the Pentagon generals' > genocidal policies. > > The Bush administration is cynically trying to use genuine concern > about radiation to whip up a climate of fear and hatred to justify > continuing war and repression. The best way to combat this propaganda > is to expose the Pentagon's own criminal record. > > ------------------ > Send replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the IAC activist announcement > list. 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