Tuesday, November 09, 2004

An Open Letter to Mr. Nader: Help End the Radioactive War Crimes

By Reza Fiyouzat

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  1. Thank you for this must-read article.  I urge everyone to view the photos of the babies born to Mothers who have been exposed to DU.  JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS...Justice and reparations NOW....rosemarie

    Posted by rosemarie jackowski from  on  11/09  at  08:18 AM

  2. The radioactive murder has been going on right here “at home” for quite some time, of course. It is obvious that WE will have to act to change the momentum. People who angst about the Iraqis...and well they should...as per this article...ought to wake up to the fact that their own children et. al. on these shores have not only been exposed through leaks...but as a result of experiments conducted on the population. In addition, Lawrence Livermore Labs...which I live near...as one example...is not allowed to notify the public of “leaks” or “problems” as per currrent US law; stipulations in the PAT ACT prohibit dissemination of such warnings...in the name of protecting us from letting “the terrorists” know what is where.  Well, re “where”...the terrorists are here...and have been...in the form of the US and its labs (wh include major culpable universities).  DO something yourself daily as per the Podur article says (at the end) on today’s ZNet.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from  on  11/09  at  10:06 AM

  3. It sould be told, also, that the said Livermore National Labs, who process so-called depleted uranium (as only one of the lovely things they do), recently changed its operating executives from a university-based operation to one run by, guess who, boys at Carlyle Group. That’s right. Increasing amounts of this lethal industry are run by close buddies of His Eminence, The Sore Sire W, the Chief Executive of the US Co.

    Posted by reza from Tokyo  on  11/09  at  10:39 AM

  4. The level of murder, including radioactive types, perpetrated by the federal gov’t here on the “homefront” is miniscule compared to the magnitude of similar types of mass murder being carried out today by the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere around the world. But since we’re impotent to slow the U.S. terror machine abroad—despite the New York Times saying “outrage” over civilian casualties forced the Americans to withdraw from the first Falluja massacre without finishing it—should we then get used to the mass murder being carried out in our name and with our money, and quit feeling the angst? Instead, should we focus solely on fighting battles on the local level here at home, battles that we stand a chance (albeit small) of winning? Is that what it’s come to inside our beastly bureaucracy (and the way it’s always been)? Other than propagandizing here on the web about the atrocities of the U.S. war machine or marching in circles against the “war” every couple months or withholding the war portion of our federal taxes, anybody got any better ideas on how to end U.S. terrorism abroad? Neither do I.

    Posted by Mark Hand from  on  11/09  at  11:31 AM

  5. The following statement is, at the very least, debateable: “The level of murder, including radioactive types, perpetrated by the federal gov’t here on the “homefront” is miniscule compared to the magnitude of similar types of mass murder being carried out today by the U.S. military in Iraq and elsewhere around the world.” The outcome would be contingent upon how one defined “murder.” Regardless, I submit that we must, indeed, take action at home, and I wonder OUT LOUD why more of those “propagandizing here on the web about the atrocities of the U.S. war machine or marching in circles against the ‘war’ every couple months or withholding the war portion of our federal taxes” don’t at least comment on why or why not The Plan delineated in this past weekend’s COUNTERPUNCH online would do the trick...for starters.  The murderers, whether they have 40,000 more victims here or abroad, must be FORCED to stop, not talked out of the abominations.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from  on  11/09  at  11:48 AM

  6. Thanks Reza for bringing attention to this issue again (and hope you will keep on doing so).

    If Nader had received 15 million votes (Mickey Z’s excellent idea), instead of the numbskulls’ (ROx’s phrase) voting for Depleted Skull and Radioactive Bones Kerry (my turn of phrase) can you imaging the popular mandate Nader would now have? We would still be strapped with the same president but far ahead of where we are now in terms of anti-war, etc.

    Anyway, may I humbly direct interested parties to some of the data I collected in my paper on US militarism, which is at the bottom of the main page at http://www.wisehat.com. I only point it out because it brings together a number of important sources on the topic of US military pollution, both at home and abroad (and both are important issues!).

    By the way, Russell D. Hoffman has many articles at his webpage. He started out as a critic of the Cassini space probe which carried deadly plutonium on board, and his since turned his laser like focus to the dangers of US nuclear power plants. These are ticking time bombs ready to unleash radioactivity when an accident or possible terrorist attack occurs (assuming Bush would attack such a facility as he did with the WTC). Thanks again for raising this important topic, and I do hope people will take Richard Oxman’s proposal seriously as well. Who else out there is proposing a concrete plan to change things? Go for it!

    Posted by Rhino Rick from  on  11/09  at  06:51 PM

  7. Thanks for the plug, Rhino.  And as Serendipity would have it...I am submitting an article for Mark and others to consider for posting tomorrow...ON MILITARY POLLUTION plus.  Interesting convergence.  In the meantime, would someone remind Rosemarie --until I have a chance to read her full comments-- that...our military is ALWAYS bombing hospitals...ON PURPOSE...and that the media is ALWAYS not covering it...properly.  Which brings us back to The Plan that Rhino has been so kind to remind one and all about...with very kind, encouraging words.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from  on  11/09  at  08:00 PM

  8. Richy, I KNOW THAT THE U.S. HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WAR CRIMES, as you point out, but what percentage of people in this country knows that? I am surrounded by people who still think that Saddam caused 9/11 and “we are fighting for our freedom”. Also, there is an element of something new in this latest hospital bombing.  The official statements being made by those on the ground in Iraq, is that the bombing was INTENTIONAL. Usually in the past, the official word was always that it was collateral damage.  The U.S. arrogance has now reached an even higher level and they openly say that it was intentional. Also, there have been other news reports that the other hospital in Fallujah was taken over so that the wounded Iraqis could not receive medical care.  That is yet another War Crime. You are right, no one should ever be shocked at another U.S. atrocity, but also no one should ever accept the atrocity without feeling great emotion and a passion to change the way things are.  Right ?

    Posted by rosemarie jackowski from  on  11/09  at  08:43 PM

  9. Hope I said “remind” you, R. Sure you know. And sure the others don’t. The starting pt., again, has to be --for the likes of us-- how to help them self-educate.  Again, that’s potentially part of the concern of The Plan...and cd. be specifically applied to spreading the words you want to be digested...IF everyone would either a) get more bodies going back and forth here discussing The Plan OR b) come up w another plan of action.  The GENERAL business of educating the public...won’t work. P.S. The “intentional” thing, by the way, is quite old.  There’s a statue in Santa Cruz downtown titled Collateral Damage...made of old weapons...but which stands there quite neglected.  The “word” about our “intentions” of the long past has also been long forgotten, neglected, etc.  SCHOOLS help w that process as per my lastest article.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from  on  11/09  at  09:07 PM

  10. In a documentary film available from Democracy University (Ralph Cole), I saw the IAC (Ramsey Clarke’s organization) war crimes tribunal for Yugoslavia. We learned that the US/NATO intentionally targeted a maternity hospital (the babes all escaped safely beforehand, thank goodness); religious sites; churches; schools; almost hit a nuclear power plant; intentionally bombed the crap out of a petro chemical plant permanently contaminating a large swath of the Danube river. And this was all under the more “moderate,” “liberal” Bill Clinton. One can only imagine what the Neocons have in store with their plans to annhiliate their “enemies” worldwide, first sweeping through the ME and then onwards, outwards and upwards.

    Look forward to your piece on military pollution ROx anti-military toxin man, hope some of the sources I sited (and Reza’s sources) will be of use.

    Suffer the little children.

    Posted by Rhino Rick from  on  11/10  at  04:53 AM

  11. Time pressures did not allow me to go to your sources; I did mention Reza’s Carlyle thing. Keep in mind that my pollution angle is only “part” of the piece, much like the homeschooling thoughts are only a part of the Never-Never land article.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from  on  11/10  at  09:17 AM

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