Ex-DAFB commander says troops used as guinea pigs

[donsu]

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/10/10exdafbcommander.html

A former Dover Air Force Base commander says military officials used his troops as guinea pigs in illegal medical experiments under the government's controversial anthrax vaccination program.

After some of his troops in their 20s and 30s began developing arthritis, neurological problems, memory loss and incapacitating migraine headaches, Col. Felix Grieder took a drastic step. In 1999, he halted the vaccination program in Dover, a move he said ended his military career. The decorated Air Force colonel has spent the past five years trying to discover the truth about the vaccine program in Dover, where he commanded 4,000 troops.

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Grieder has interviewed scores of his former pilots and crew who say they have had life-altering reactions to the vaccine.

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Dover is now ground zero in the controversy because troops there were injected with anthrax vaccine containing squalene, a fat-like substance that occurs naturally in the body. Squalene boosts a vaccine's effect, but some scientists say injecting even trace amounts of it into the body can cause serious illness.

Government officials have acknowledged that the Department of Defense secretly tested squalene on human beings in Thailand. Grieder believes they did the same in Dover.
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sue the bastards!

(this is a long article with info and facts)

Bring Our(Sick)Troops Home Now - if they are not sick from vaccines or DU they are sick from missing their Peace of Mind.

[molly]

1. There is a follow-up - front page today

Delegation asks military to investigate whether pilots, crews used as guinea pigs
By LEE WILLIAMS and HIRAN RATNAYAKE
The News Journal
10/12/2004

Delaware's congressional delegation on Monday called on military officials to investigate whether the Defense Department used troops as guinea pigs to test illegal anthrax vaccinations at the Dover Air Force Base in 1999.

Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Mike Castle said they will send a letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld asking him to look into the allegations. They also said an outside investigation may be necessary.

The News Journal reported Sunday that former base commander Col. Felix Grieder concluded after years of investigation that his troops were the subject of illegal experiments in Dover. The troops received anthrax vaccine that may have contained squalene. Some experts say even trace amounts of squalene can suppress the human immune system, causing arthritis, neurological problems, memory loss and incapacitating migraine headaches.

The military has secretly experimented with squalene to test its ability to boost the effect of some vaccines. But the military denies it tested squalene in Dover and has said any contamination in the vaccine must have occurred accidentally.

"If it was intentional, I want to see people go to jail," Biden said. "I am outraged if it's intentional."

In addition to the letter to Rumsfeld, Biden wants investigations by the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and the Government Accountability Office.

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/10/12biden,carper,ca.html

[donsu]

3. thanks for this update - hope Biden sticks to it and others help him

nt

[cthrumatrix]

2. time for 60 minutes to step in......