September 2007 DU Action Team Report

� September 13, 2007 at 09:48:34

What non-scientist can tell you in a world of faraway events what is true and what is not?� In a world where science is carried on in laboratories on a �top secret� basis? �In a world where military authorities freely fabricate, mislead, and cover-up the truth?�

Unless one is a trained expert, which I am not, much of what one writes can only be educated conjecture. However, some people supply indications that one may be uncomfortably near the truth.� One indication came to me in an e-mail yesterday from someone claiming to be closer to events than I -�one Lt. Col.�Roger Helbig, U.S. Air Force (retired).� It stated, in part:�

�Your latest [article] about Bush being DU contaminated is pure rubbish .. there is no DU contamination much farther than a few yards from each wrecked tank. You are the one poisoning the world with their lies [i.e., those of Dr. Leuren Moret and Dr. Doug Rokke].� I presume that you really have no scientific education or experience at all.� If you do, explain why you believe the trash that Moret and Rokke have posted. Do you also think that government agents have kidnapped your kid, Moret makes that claim, or forced your car off the road, Rokke has.� (My emphasis.)

No, I have no scientific education or experience at all.� Well, maybe I do. Not much though.

Lt. Col. Helbig has riled enough people to invite web comment from DU activists. �The headline on one website, Axis of Logic (google), reads: �LTC Roger Helbig, United States Air Force: A Bully Pushing Around Civilians -- Air Force Colonel Abuses American Citizens over Uranium Weapons Coverup.�

San Francisco journalist and DU activist Bob Nichols reports that:�"Individuals on web sites throughout the United States have complained over a period of months about the abusive and aggressive actions of an Air Force Lieut. Colonel named Roger Helbig. ... Col. Helbig has consistently misrepresented himself and his participation, voluntarily or on a paid basis, as a �minder� or enforcer for the DOD lie about Uranium Munitions."

Why bother trying to thwart DU activists if what they say is manifestly untrue? �If I were to tell you that the Sun revolves around the Earth, you would probably ignore me.�No, I must have come close to a truth to have stirred up an Air Force lieutenant colonel, even a retired one. �(Most lieutenant colonels�wouldn't give me the time of day.)�

[ My comment: just recall the elaborate military containment housing which is used to test these supposedly non-toxic weapons in Aberdeen Md., USA :� � �George]

The picture below shows the military does realize Uranium Munitions are toxic.��The precautions bear no resemblance to battlefield conditions.� �Compare the pictures and highlighted phrases to the denials of risk and harm from their use.��

http://www.atc.army.mil/fac_guide/facilities/superbox.html

Depleted Uranium (DU) Containment Facility (SUPERBOX)

Environmentally safe enclosed facility for testing weapons and targets that have components made from depleted uranium (DU)
Threats may be gun, rocket sled, compressed air launched, or statically detonated
Dynamic firing into the vessel (up to 200 meters from target)
High-speed flight input door (56-millisecond closure) to seal vessel
Capable of testing full-sized armored vehicles
Designed to withstand 100 pounds of TNT blast equivalency or 600 pounds of propellant
Extensive instrumentation includes flash X-ray, video and high-speed photography, velocity, temperature, toxic fumes, acceleration, shock, and vibration�
Asset protection system (water-foam)
Air quality monitoring (real-time)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Survivability/Lethality Directorate, 410-278-7124 email atcsld@atc.army.mil