STOP ALL FEDERAL ABUSES NOW (S.A.F.A.N. No. 23 June 22, 1996) PETER KAWAJA CHALLENGES DOD/VA TO PUBLIC DEBATE LIVE ON CNN By Peter Kawaja Review the following News Article, Saturday June 22, 1996: IRAQI BUNKER MAY HAVE CONTAINED CHEMICAL ARMS 1) AP - Washington - American troops destroyed an Iraqi ammunition depot in March 1991 that may have contained chemical weapons, Pentagon officials said Friday. Investigations are under way to determine whether the soldiers were unknowingly exposed to poison gas. 2) The officials said it is unclear whether rockets later found in the bunker contained chemical agents at the time they were detonated. They said the soldiers used detection equipment before and after the demolition, which never signified the presence of agents. 3) It is possible the rockets could have been placed in the bunker after it was demolished to destroy weapons caches and clear mine fields when the Persian Gulf War ended. 4) Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon told reporters no evidence has been found that the Iraqis used chemical weapons during the war and that "clinical evidence" still does not exist that troops were exposed to chemicals. 5) However, Bacon said, because of recent findings in Bunker 73 at the Kamisiyah Depot in Southern Iraq, the Pentagon is reexamining if exposure might have occurred. 6) U.N. inspectors found evidence in May that shell casings in the bunker were of a type that typically contained chemical agents, officials told reporters. 7) Bacon said the soldiers who destroyed the bunker at the Kamisiyah Depot in Southern Iraq were trained experts and did not believe at the time that it contained chemical weapons. 8) Pentagon officials said they were going public with the new findings to encourage those involved in the destruction of the bunker to reveal whatever information they may have. 9) Bacon said the Pentagon was reviewing health records from Gulf War Veterans to determine whether the 37th Engineering Battalion based at Fort Bragg, N.C. had any lingering health problems. No immediate reports of acute illness were recorded at the time, said Dr. Stephen Joseph, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. The types of agents that might have been in the bunker were sarin or mustard gas, the officials said. Exposure to either would have been likely to cause immediate health problems. In the past, the U.S. government has insisted that Gulf War veterans weren't likely exposed to chemical agents. It still insists it has found no evidence Iraq used its arsenal of chemical and biological weapons. So far, almost 9,000 Gulf War veterans have filed disability claims with the Veterans Affairs Department for illnesses they believe are related to the conflict. VA and Pentagon officials have said they have yet to find any single cause for illnesses, including neurological, respiratory, and skin problems known collectively as "Gulf War Syndrome". The number for soldiers involved to call is 1-800-472-6719. AP PICTURE: The Army's 101st Airborne establishes a position inside Iraq Feb. 25, 1991, just weeks before American troops destroyed an Iraqi ammunition depot that contained chemical agents. Troops may have been exposed unknowingly to these chemicals, the Pentagon said Friday. **** These are my responses to their statements which I have numbered on the article: 1) FACT: American Forces destroyed untold numbers of munitions bunkers/depots, both Iraqi AND American. There is NO QUESTION of the existence of EVIDENCE of these facts. Five years later, they want you to believe they just started an investigation into whether our soldiers were "unknowingly" exposed to poison gas. Five years ago - our solders WERE exposed, complained about it, others tested and given MEDALS (commendations for bravery, etc.) for such actions - there is ABSOLUTE EVIDENCE that the DOD is LYING! 2) People of America - they insult you to the ultimate to the MAX. How could it be "unclear" if they actually found rockets? So, they ADMIT to having found rockets/ EVIDENCE. Then why were these rockets not tested before blowing them up? Is this anything like WACO, MURRAH, and now the Blood at MD Anderson. Get rid of the evidence by destroying it? Is this a Government that wants a solution or answers to help American soldiers? OHHH - and now they say the soldiers used detection equipment before and after the demolition, WHICH NEVER SIGNIFIED THE PRESENCE OF AGENTS. Here again is another bald-faced LIE to your face. They treat you like you are a HORSE'S ASS. Previously, CIA Director Deutch (bag) stated that the levels were so low that our equipment couldn't detect any traces, etc., that is, during the war. Now, they are telling you, that our equipment couldn't detect ANY presence of agencts, and WE ourselves, explosed a rocket under controlled circumstances AFTER the war. People, if our equipment is that faulty, that we could put a sensor right up to a rocket (area) and explode it and NOT detect any agences, how the XXX (the place where you do to if you are bad) can we EVER expect to detect anything in a real war? Are YOU that STUPID America that you believe this cow manure? 3) Well, if the rockets were placed in the bunker AFTER the bunker was "demolised", are our forces that STUPID that they couldn't tell? I mean if I stumbled onto an exploded blown-up bunker, and found INTACT rockets, with no scratches on them from the explosion, all the nice paint still fresh - GEE, wouldn't I smell a rat? AND, after finding these rockets intact - AGAIN, how come I wouldn't try to dismantle one of them to check what it was, if I was concerned about what Iraq used against us? 4) I am finding it hard to contain myself to not use profanity, because VILE is the only response to such asinine and outright insults to us. SO, now they find these rockets, don't test them, explode them, then still can't detect a trace - BUT make an emphatic statement that "there is NO EVIDENCE...." I bet you the DOD couldn't find any evidence on the video-tape of the Rodney King Beating that ANY police officer EVER used a night stick to beat him! 5) OHHHH - (see Number 4) BUT "now" even though there is NO EVIDENCE, now there "might be" a possibility. 6) OHHHH - NOW even though there previously was NO EVIDENCE, UN inspectors found shell casing ONLY in May 1996 that were of a type that typically contained chemical agents. How come it took the UN 5-years to LOOK AT a shell casing and say, "Golly Gee - doesn't this look familiar?" 7) The soldiers who destroyed the bunker (only one - but "we" know better don't we!) WERE TRAINED EXPERTS. and did not believe at the time it contained chemical weapons. Say WHAT - Say WHAT? These were experts? So. Military EXPERTS sat around the rockets/bunker and sucked a few beers (can't get any better than this!) - and they all voted and said to themselves, we don't have to check this out, and today when we look at this thing, we don't suspect anything, but in a few years, we will look at it again, and in our expert opinion, we will then say, "Hey, this is a typical rocket that contains chemical weapons?" Does our military experts go on BELIEF? What do you think, Ed? (the talking horse's ass). 8) The Pentagon has known for 5 years and have been covering up the truth. Our military who came forward, were punished and shut down, some DEAD. Now they are telling you that they are "encouraging" those in the destruction to "reveal" whatever information they have? The stench is so bad I can't continue to hold my breath. 9) What about the Health records "hard files" of several hundred thousand Veterans? Where are they? They disappeared. Our veterans do not have their Original Medical Records. Say - were these by any chance stored in the Murrah Building? If you read the rest of the article, you can see how easy it is to shoot holes right through this AGAIN media-controlled Propaganda. BOTTOM LINE: * There is EVIDENCE of chemical and biological weapons used on American Forces. * The EVIDENCE is that it was NOT Iraq as much as it was the United States and certain other Coalition Forces who are the Culprits. 1. Chemical Weapons ARE NOT COMMUNICABLE - Gulf Syndrome IS. 2. Untold Thousands of Veterans and civilian support services persons who were NOT in the theater of Operations, HAVE Gulf Syndrome, and have communicated it to family members and civilians who are now DEAD! EXPLAIN THAT ONE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DEMAND that Peter Kawaja be allowed to CHALLENGE the DOD/VA to a Public Debate - LIVE ON CNN! Peter Kawaja International Gulf War Illness Coalition Ph/FAX 369-0064 Voice Mail (704) 349-4285 pkawaja@dnet.net http://www.dnet.net/~pkawaja P.S. Is this what they are going to say in JANUARY 1997: The U.S. formally announces on world-wide TV. "Golly Gee Whilikers, Shucks, we have been duped. We though Saddam was an honorable man, and would not use such neinous weapons. We, of course, NEVER used such things, but we now have conclusive proof that Biological and Chemical weapons were used by Iraq, and the SAD news is that we are facing an internation PLAGUE. All Americans must report to be inoculated. The UN Coalition forces will be invading Iraq in retaliation. Every American MUST be vaccinated or they will be isolated from the rest of the civilian populations, and we JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE (coincidental mind you) some converted military facilities (English translation - Concentration Camps) that we will use to house these people. Of course, Amerika cannot feed these millions of prisoners (scratch that Stephanopolis you idiot, we can't tell them that) - "er, isolated (Patriot/Militias/Constitutionalists) civilians, but we have a solution. We can have them perform labor services (work camps) to earn money (just enough to stay alive, incarcerated, and a slave until death). Don't think this is where we are heading? WAKE UP, AMERICA!!!! ============================================================== SAFAN Editors: Jan Dodge, Jeannie Cox, Jammie Featherstone, and Dot Bibee (DotHB@aol.com) Ph/FAX (904) 453-3656 ============================================================= "Studies have determined that excessive Federal government is dangerous to the health of the Republic (and We the People). In case of overdose, apply the 2nd Amendment liberally, and induce expulsion of the 16th Amendment until swelling subsides. 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