Stan de SD wrote on ca.politics but took it out of the reply
Post by Stan de SDPost by kujebakPost by Yez[...]
Post by tiny_urlSay Stan, weren't those Chemical WMD's that you refer to
provided to Iraq by US companies during the reign of right wing
scumbags Reagan and Bush the First?
I'm not Stanley, thank (insert your godname here) but yes, see the
Reigle Report.
'rena
All the Reigle report proved was that Saddam had chemical and
biological weapons, and that some U.S. personnel might have been
exposed them during Desert Storm. The alleged complicity of the
Reagan Administration in the development of Saddam's WMD pro-
gram is nothing but a liberal urban myth. Despite the nature of our
relationship with Iran in the eighties, the simple fact is the U.S.
played quite an insignificant role in Saddam's weapons procurement
prior to the Gulf War.
http://www.command-post.org/archives/002978.html
Do unserstand that Yez is a mindless little twit whose limited
cerebral capacity has reduced her to chanting her singular mantra
"Democrats good, Republicans bad"
I missed the post from Kujebak, thanks for drawing it to my
attention... I don't know command-post.org from Adam's off ox, never
heard of them but I did read the Reigle Report. This breakout quotes
directly from it (please note that these horrific materials were not
attenuated or weakened and were capable of reproduction...
U.S. Exports of Biological Materials to Iraq
[...]
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has
oversight responsibility for the Export Administration Act. Pursuant to
the Act, Committee staff contacted the U.S. Department of Commerce and
requested information on the export of biological materials during the
years prior to the Gulf War. After receiving this information, we
contacted a principal supplier of these materials to determine what, if
any, materials were exported to Iraq which might have contributed to an
offensive or defensive biological warfare program. Records available
from the supplier for the period from 1985 until the present show that
during this time, pathogenic (meaning "disease producing"), toxigenic
(meaning "poisonous"), and other biological research materials were
exported to Iraq pursuant to application and licensing by the U.S.
Department of Commerce. Records prior to 1985 were not available,
according to the supplier. These exported biological materials were not
attenuated or weakened and were capable of reproduction. According to
the Department of Defense's own Report to Congress on the Conduct of
the Persian Gulf War, released in April 1992:
[...]
Included in the approved sales are the following biological materials
(which have been considered by various nations for use in war), with
their associated disease symptoms:
Bacillus Anthracis: anthrax is a disease-producing bacteria identified
by the Department of Defense in The Conduct of the Persian Gulf War:
Final Report to Congress, as being a major component in the Iraqi
biological warfare program.
Anthrax is an often-fatal infectious disease due to ingestion of
spores. It begins abruptly with high fever, difficulty in breathing,
and chest pain. The disease eventually results in septicemia (blood
poisoning), and the mortality is high. Once septicemia is advanced,
antibiotic therapy may prove useless, probably because the exotoxins
remain, despite the death of the bacteria.
Clostridium Botulinum: a bacterial source of botulinum toxin, which
causes vomiting, constipation, thirst, general weakness, headache,
fever, dizziness, double vision, dilation of the pupils and paralysis
of the muscles involving swallowing. It is often fatal.
Histoplasma Capsulatum: causes a disease superficially resembling
tuberculosis that may cause pneumonia, enlargement of the liver and
spleen, anemia, an influenza-like illness and an acute inflammatory
skin disease marked by tender red nodules, usually on the shins.
Reactivated infection usually involves the lungs, the brain, spinal
membranes, heart, peritoneum, and the adrenals.
Brucella Melitensis: a bacteria which can cause chronic fatigue, loss
of appetite, profuse sweating when at rest, pain in joints and muscles,
insomnia, nausea, and damage to major organs.
Clostridium Perfringens: a highly toxic bacteria which causes gas
gangrene. The bacteria produce toxins that move along muscle bundles in
the body killing cells and producing necrotic tissue that is then
favorable for further growth of the bacteria itself. Eventually, these
toxins and bacteria enter the bloodstream and cause a systemic illness.
In addition, several shipments of Escherichia Coli (E.Coli) and genetic
materials, as well as human and bacterial DNA, were shipped directly to
the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission.
The following is a detailed listing of biological materials, provided
by the American Type Culture Collection, which were exported to
agencies of the government of Iraq pursuant to the issuance of an
export licensed by the U.S. Commerce Department:
Date : February 8, 1985
Sent to : Iraq Atomic Energy Agency
Materials Shipped: Ustilago nuda (Jensen) Rostrup
Date : February 22, 1985
Sent to : Ministry of Higher Education
Materials Shipped: Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum (ATCC32136)
Class III pathogen
Date : July 11, 1985
Sent to : Middle and Near East Regional A
Materials Shipped: Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum (ATCC32136)
Class III pathogen
Date : May 2, 1986
Sent to : Ministry of Higher Education
Materials Shipped: 1. Bacillus Anthracis Cohn (ATCC 10) Batch #08-20-82
(2 each)
Class III pathogen.
2. Bacillus Subtilis (Ehrenberg) Cohn (ATCC 82) Batch # 06-20-84 (2each)
3. Clostridium botulinum Type A (ATCC 3502) Batch# 07-07-81 (3 each)
Class III Pathogen
4. Clostridium perfringens (Weillon and Zuber) Hauduroy, et al (ATCC
3624) Batch# 10-85SV (2 each)
5. Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 6051) Batch# 12-06-84 (2 each)
6. Francisella tularensis var. tularensis Olsufiev (ATCC 6223)Batch#
05-14-79 (2 each)
Avirulent, suitable for preparations of diagnostic antigens.
7. Clostridium tetani (ATCC 9441) Batch# 03-84 (3 each) Highly
toxigenic.
8. Clostridium botulinum Type E (ATCC 9564) Batch# 03-02-79 (2 each)
Class III pathogen
9. Clostridium tetani (ATCC 10779) Batch# 04-24-84S (3 each)
10. Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 12916) Batch# 08-14-80 (2 each)
Agglutinating type 2.
11. Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 13124) Batch# 07-84SV (3 each)
Type A, alpha-toxigenic, produces lecithinase C.J. Appl.
12. Bacillus Anthracis (ATCC 14185) Batch# 01-14-80 (3 each) G.G.
Wright (Fort Detrick) V770-NP1-R. Bovine anthrax,
Class III pathogen
13. Bacillus Anthracis (ATCC 14578) Batch# 01-06-78 (2 each)
Class III pathogen.
14. Bacillus megaterium (ATCC 14581) Batch# 04-18-85 (2 each)
15. Bacillus megaterium (ATCC 14945) Batch# 06-21-81 (2 each)
16. Clostridium botulinum Type E (ATCC 17855) Batch# 06-21-71
Class III pathogen.
17. Bacillus megaterium (ATCC 19213) Batch# 3-84 (2 each)
18. Clostridium botulinum Type A (ATCC 19397) Batch# 08-18-81 (2 each)
Class III pathogen
19. Brucella abortus Biotype 3 (ATCC 23450) Batch# 08-02-84 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
20. Brucella abortus Biotype 9 (ATCC 23455) Batch# 02-05-68 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
21. Brucella melitensis Biotype 1 (ATCC 23456) Batch# 03-08-78 (2 each)
Class III pathogen
22. Brucella melitensis Biotype 3 (ATCC 23458) Batch# 01-29-68 (2 each)
Class III pathogen
23. Clostridium botulinum Type A (ATCC 25763) Batch# 8-83 (2 each)
Class III pathogen
24. Clostridium botulinum Type F (ATCC 35415) Batch# 02-02-84 (2 each)
Class III pathogen
Date : August 31, 1987
Sent to : State Company for Drug Industries
Materials Shipped:
1. Saccharomyces cerevesiae (ATCC 2601) Batch# 08-28-08 (1 each)
2. Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. choleraesuis Serotype typhi (ATCC
6539) Batch# 06-86S (1 each)
3. Bacillus subtillus (ATCC 6633) Batch# 10-85 (2 each)
4. Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae (ATCC 10031) Batch# 08-13-80
(1 each)
5. Escherichia coli (ATCC 10536) Batch# 04-09-80 (1 each)
6. Bacillus cereus (11778) Batch# 05-85SV (2 each)
7. Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 12228) Batch# 11-86s (1 each)
8. Bacillus pumilus (ATCC 14884) Batch# 09-08-80 (2each)
Date : July 11, 1988
Sent to : Iraq Atomic Energy Commission
Materials Shipped:
1. Escherichia coli (ATCC 11303) Batch# 04-87S Phage host
2. Cauliflower Mosaic Caulimovirus (ATCC45031) Batch# 06-14-85 Plant
virus
3. Plasmid in Agrobacterium Tumefaciens (ATCC37349)
(Ti plasmid for co-cultivation with plant integration vectors in E.
Coli) Batch# 05-28-85
Date : April 26, 1988
Sent to : Iraq Atomic Energy Commission
Materials Shipped:
1. Hulambda4x-8, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
(HPRT) Chromosome(s) X q26.1 (ATCC 57236) Phage vector;
Suggested host: E.coli
2. Hulambda14-8, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
(HPRT) Chromosome(s): X q26.1 (ATCC 57240) Phage vector;
Suggested host: E.coli
3. Hulambda15, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
(HPRT) Chromosome(s) X q26.1 (ATCC 57242) Phage vector;
Suggested host: E.coli
Date : August 31, 1987
Sent to : Iraq Atomic Energy Commission
Materials Shipped:
1. Escherichia coli (ATCC 23846) Batch# 07-29-83 (1 each)
2. Escherichia coli (ATCC 33694) Batch# 05-87 (1 each)
Date : September 29, 1988
Sent to : Ministry of Trade"
Materials Shipped:
1. Bacillus anthracis (ATCC 240) Batch#05-14-63 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
2. Bacillus anthracis (ATCC 938) Batch#1963 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
3. Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 3629) Batch#10-23-85 (3 each)
4. Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 8009) Batch#03-30-84 (3 each)
5. Bacillus anthracis (ATCC 8705) Batch# 06-27-62 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
6. Brucella abortus (ATCC 9014) Batch# 05-11-66 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
7. Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 10388) Batch# 06-01-73 (3 each)
8. Bacillus anthracis (ATCC 11966) Batch# 05-05-70 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
9. Clostridium botulinum Type A Batch# 07-86 (3 each)
Class III pathogen
10. Bacillus cereus (ATCC 33018) Batch# 04-83 (3 each)
11. Bacillus ceres (ATCC 33019) Batch# 03-88 (3 each)
Date : January 31, 1989
Sent to : Iraq Atomic Energy Commission
Materials Shipped:
1. PHPT31, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)
Chromosome(s) X q26.1 (ATCC 57057)
2. plambda500, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
pseudogene (HPRT) Chromosome(s): 5 p14-p13 (ATCC 57212)
Date : January 17, 1989
Sent to : Iraq Atomic Energy Commission
Materials Shipped:
1. Hulambda4x-8, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
(HPRT) Chromosome(s) X q26.1 (ATCC 57237) Phage vector;
Suggested host: E.coli
2. Hulambda14, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
(HPRT) Chromosome(s): X q26.1 (ATCC 57240) Cloned from human
lymphoblast Phage vector; Suggested host: E.coli
3. Hulambda15, clone: human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
(HPRT) Chromosome(s) X q26.1 (ATCC 57241) Phage vector;
Suggested host: E.coli
http://traprockpeace.org/reiglereportusshipments.html