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included an extract from a Department of Defense summary discuss this touchy subject. On page 16 they state: "Certain report written in 1992: biotechnical weapons—considered by some to violate the biologi- "By the time of the invasion of Kuwait, Iraq had developed bio- cal warfare convention to which the United States is a signatory— logical weapons. Its advanced and aggressive biological warfare also may transgress American values regarding appropriate program was the most advanced in the Arab world. The program means." They go on to ask: "Could the government and military probably began in the 1970s and concentrated on the development of this multi-ethnic republic face charges that it was developing or of two agents, botulinum toxin and anthrax bacteria... Delivery using a weapon targeting Africans, Jews Koreans, Hispanics, means for biological agents ranged from simple aerial bombs and etc.?" The authors then conclude that, "Overcoming these con- artillery rockets to surface-to-surface missiles." straints...would require fundamental changes in the United Other biological agents provided by the US to Saddam States—an ethical and political revolution may be necessary to Hussein's biological warfare program included Histoplasma cap - make a military revolution." This, the authors "hypothesise", sulatum, which can cause symptoms resembling tuberculosis and could be achieved by remodelling the way Americans think, and lead to the enlargement of the liver and spleen as well as anaemia _—also via the effective control of news management using and skin disease—symptoms that many veterans now exhibit. "advanced psychotechnology" and other techniques such a "mor- Another organism was Brucella melitensis, which, when phing". ‘weaponised', causes chronic fatigue, profuse sweating and loss of appetite, joint pains, insomnia and nausea, EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES COVER-UP and can potentially result in major damage to If genetically engineered biological weapons the vital organs. Again, these symptoms are now available, it is certain that there will reflect the conditions experienced by thou- have been developed the necessary antidotes in sands of Gulf War veterans. In addition to the the form of vaccines. All of the vets I inter- foregoing, shipments to Iraq also included "E. Shaun Rusling received | viewed for this article spoke of the large num- coli and genetic materials, human and bacteri- 24 vaccinations over a ber of vaccines with which they were injected. al DNA"."* fi k . T Shaun Rusling received 24 vaccinations over Furious at the way the Department of our-wee' period. wo a four-week period. Two of these vaccinations Defense has side-stepped these disgraceful of these vaccinations were classified secret, and were "experimen- issues, Riegle fired off a volley of letters to rh tal", he believes. various officials. One letter identified that the were classified secret... Richard Turnbull got a dose of 13 inocula- "average cost" of each of the various biologi- tions in just 10 minutes. Four of them were cal specimens shipped to Iraq was "less i unidentified and classified secret. He than $60.00" and that they were Richard Turnbull got a also believes them to have been experi- "acquired from a not-for-profit organi- dose of 13 inoculations mental. zation"." in just 10 minutes. Four Ray Bristow was informed in a letter Stories also circulating of a genetical- from Brigadier McDermott of the MoD of them were that some of his injections were also unidentified and classified secret. ly engineered organism being used in the Gulf War are paralleled by stories classified. Later he was informed by the from British veterans who also claim Surgeon General, Admiral Revell, that the use of a modified mycoplasma this was not the case and that Brigadier organism. These vets include Angus McDermott's statement was incorrect. Parker who had earlier said it was "an How many vaccines were classified secret? The Surgeon General, Vice infectious organism manufactured in the US". Oddly enough, this is one of the Admiral Revell, during a "behind closed enduring aspects of the "Octopus" story doors" meeting of Parliament's Defence involving engineered bio-organisms Committee, was asked, "How many vac- supplied to Iraq by the Wackenhut Corporation, the giant US pri- cines do we not admit to?" He replied, saying, "I think probably vate-sector security company whose board of directors reads like about five or six."” a roll call of military and intelligence alumni. It is an allegation All previously classified vaccines were declassified on 10 supported by US investigative journalist Carol Marshall in her December 1996, according to a letter dated 20 January 1997 from manuscript, "The Last Circle".” the Ministry of Defence. A spokesman at the MoD confirmed this Marshall has spent years investigating the allegations of in a telephone call on Friday 30 May 1997, adding that there were Michael Riconosciuto—a former CIA scientific whiz-kid. only three vaccines that had ever been classified. He told me Riconosciuto claimed that while working for the Wackenhut these were: anthrax, pertussis and plague. This statement is con- Corporation at its Cabazon Indian Reservation facility he devel- firmed in a letter to Shaun Rusling, dated 20 January 1997, in oped advanced and genetically altered biological warfare agents. which the MoD confided that "the vaccines you were given One such agent, he alleged, was a "race-specific" organism, against potential biological warfare threats were anthrax, pertussis genetically engineered to attack certain races or groups. (as an adjuvant) and plague. These are the only vaccinations Unleashed it could kill or render ill all those of a particular ethnic which have ever been classified." This is a far cry from the testi- group, leaving others entirely unharmed. mony of Surgeon General Revell in the closed-door hearings of Clearly, the possibility of genetically modified bio-weapons the Defence Committee in which he said there were "five or six" having been used in the Gulf War cannot be entirely ruled out.”! vaccines which were "not admitted to". Significantly, in the US Army War College publication entitled I posed this discrepancy to the Ministry of Defence. Surgeon "The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War" General Revell's testimony before the Defence Committee was "a (dated July 25, 1994), authors Steven Metz and James Kievit also misunderstanding", the MoD spokesman said. Despite this "mis- discuss this touchy subject. On page 16 they state: "Certain biotechnical weapons—considered by some to violate the biologi- cal warfare convention to which the United States is a signatory— also may transgress American values regarding appropriate "Could the government and military of this ‘nulti- ethnic republic face charges that it was developing or using a weapon targeting Africans, Jews Koreans, Hispanics, etc.?" The authors then conclude that, "Overcoming these con- straints...would require fundamental changes in the United States—an ethical and political revolution may be necessary to make a military revolution." This, the authors "hypothesise", could be achieved by remodelling the way Americans think, and also via the effective control of news management using "advanced psychotechnology" and other techniques such a "mor- phing". Shaun Rusling received 24 vaccinations over a Richard Turnbull got a dose of 1 3 inoculations of them were unidentified and classified secret. 16 - NEXUS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1997