The Sydney Morning Herald on US admits to 50 secret tests of bio weapons on troops:
The Pentagon used potentially dangerous chemical and biological agents in 50 secret tests involving US military personnel in a decade-long project to measure the weapons' combat capabilities, according to Pentagon findings.
The tests were done between 1962 and 1973 and involved 5,842 service members. Many were not told of the tests, some of which involved releases of deadly nerve agents in Alaska and Hawaii.
Oh goody, more revelations of Uncle Sam using the combined draftee/volunteer force as guinea pigs. There's more where that came from, you can bet on it.
The information released today disclosed eight new tests that primarily used non-lethal bacteria and in some cases caustic chemicals. It revealed for the first time experiments to find ways to use submarines to distribute biological weapons.
"Project 112" and "Project SHAD" were developed in 1961 to study the combat uses of biological and chemical weapons and methods to protect American troops from such attacks. Initially it was believed that only simulated agents were used, but last year the Defence Department admitted for the first time that some of the tests used real chemical or biological weapons.
Let us never forget that the U.S. has dirty hands with regards to proliferation of chemical and biological weapons. Our unncessary entry into World War I got that ball rolling when the Germans started using mustard gas against allied troops. The result – lots of Americans died in that unnecessary war, but their deaths were a case study in the use of chemical weapons that assisted the War Department in developing their own program. Of course, we eventually helped Saddam with his program, even if the pro-war crowd would rather forget that bit of information.
Link courtesy of Rational Review News Digest.