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| da ... GLOBAL NEWS ... Detailed instructions are given on how to search people, their houses, cars, bikes and, where applicable, farm out- buildings and haystacks. The manual states that particular attention should be paid by searchers to the hair of women and children. Detailed instructions are given on tary backing of PNG and the blockade how to search people, their houses, cars, of Bougainville through supply of bikes and, where applicable, farm out- weapons, ammunition, training and the buildings and haystacks. The manual supply of helicopters and patrol boats, states that particular attention should be were the federal government spy agen- paid by searchers to the hair of women cies involved in Gillespie's arrest and and children. the sabotage of her humanitarian pro- The list of intelligence gathering ject? requirements includes not just informa- (Source: Green Left Weekly #102, 2 June tion about dissidents, but also dissident 1993; The Weekend Australian, 29-30 May “sympathisers", sources of material and 1993) financial aid for dissidents, dissident resupply systems, location of dissident © GULF WAR RADIOACTIVITY safe areas, and the attitude of the media. Qver a year and a half ago, NEXUS One wonders how this manual ties in reported on a the use of radioactive bul- with the obvious ‘high-level’ agenda on ets during the Gulf War (ref: NEXUS, Australia becoming a republic? vol. 2, #6). We accessed the informa- (Source: The Sun-Herald, 6 June 1993) tion for this news item from several meen anenalea Tn Badnana died Tian has anything to do with it? The bullets, made of depleted urani- um, are designed to pierce armour, and are fired from planes and tanks. An estimated 150,000 pounds of uranium dust is currently contaminating the water, soil, air and food of Iraq and Kuwait, and already an epidemic of can- cer and leukaemia has hit the countries’ children. Some sources are now reporting that an estimated 500,000 Iraqi civilians will die over the next 20 years as a result of the radioactive dust from these bullets. Over a year and a half ago, NEXUS _ the radioactive dust from these bullets. reported on a the use of radioactive bul- N lets during the Gulf War (ref: NEXUS, a a Yr 4 vordag > “s ~4 vol. 2, #6). We accessed the informa- tion for this news item from several CANCER sources, namely The Independent Times _ Fluoride in drinking water has been on Sunday (UK), a press release from linked osteosarcoma, a rare form of the Iraqi Embassy, and a leaked news bone cancer. A New Jersey Department item from AAP from a friendly TV of Health study has strengthened the news director at the time—in other _ significance of two previous studies. words, the mainstream media around In the report, osteosarcoma was found the world had access to this information. in males under 20 to be 50% higher in In the USA today, thousands of mili- New Jersey municipalities serviced with tary personnel who fought in the Gulf artificially fluoridated drinking water, War are dying from radiation-related ill- _ than their non-fluoridated counterparts. nesses—and the Pentagon claims itdoes "In the three most heavily fluoridated not know why. They are obviously communities, an almost sevenfold lying to their own people, and the media increase in osteosarcoma was found in as usual are helping them do it. young males between 10 and 19 years The compensation monies that the US of age,” reported John Lee, a medical government would have to pay to these doctor and fluoride expert. soldiers (assuming they admit the truth) —_ WijJiam Marcus, a toxicologist and . would be enormous. We wonder if that senior science advisor at the EPA FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER LINKED TO BONE CANCER BOUGAINVILLE MEDICINES CONFISCATED BY AUSSIE POLICE Rosemarie Gillespie, campaigner for human rights in Bougainville, was arrested by NSW police as she travelled en route to Canberra from Melboume on 27 May. Ms Gillespie was charged with 50 counts of supplying a restricted sub- stance and was ordered to surrender her passport. The “restricted substances" involved were antibiotic and antimalarial drugs donated by Melbourne's Alfred and Royal Children's Hospitals to the Australian Humanitarian Aid for Bougainville organisation. The fact that Ms Gillespie was sup- posedly pulled over on traffic offences which were never pursued, and her car searched, has all the earmarks of a put- up job. Bougainville has been blockaded by the Papua New Guinea government for over three years, with the result that over 2000 children have died as a result of lack of vital medical supplies. As a condition of her bail, the police required Ms Gillespie's passport, which prevented her from accompanying Bougainville's delegation to the UN Human Rights Conference in Vienna. Ms Gillespie's arrest raises many questions that need to be answered. Was she under surveillance by state and federal police while in Melbourne? Given the Australian government's mili- NEXUS ¢7 GULF WAR RADIOACTIVITY AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1993