World Health Organization Covers Up Iraq War Crimes | Brainwash Update

World Health Organization Covers Up Iraq War Crimes | Brainwash Update
Oct 21, 2013 | breakingtheset

: Abby Martin calls attention to the gross underestimation of Iraq War casualties, and calls out the WHO over a report that blatantly covers up the connection between the use of depleted uranium by occupation forces and congenital birth defects among Iraqis.

Moral Obscenity: Toxic background to US chemical 'highground'

Depleted Uranium
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Moral Obscenity: Toxic background to US chemical 'highground'
Aug 29, 2013 | RT

WARNING! Some images in this report could be disturbing for some users.

While the British Parliament stands divided over whether to strike at Syria, Washington claims there's a moral reason to attack. But the use of chemical weapons was of no concern in the wars that the US waged in the past.

Comment: It's wonderful that Maria did this report at this particular time which points out that the U.S. and Israel are preparing to use chemical weapons in Syria based on the ploy that Syria has already used them, which is much more likely not true. This is unbelievable hypocrisy.Thank you Maria.

Depleted Uranium Inside the Body -Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants

Depleted Uranium Inside the Body -Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants
July 29, 2013 | MsMilkytheclown1

Depleted Uranium in the Human Body: Sr Rosalie Bertell, PhD

Epidemiologist Rosalie Bertell (PhD, biometrics) explains the effects of the weaponized DU on the people of Iraq and the planet. In subsequent parts of this series, Dr. Bertell offers readily-accessible ways to detox some heavy metals and poisons from the body.



(part of a snowshoefilms series (2007) with Sister Bertell, a member of the Gray Nuns of the Sacred Heart. http://youtu.be/WgQ79-oDX2o

Videos: Dr Rosalie Bertell PhD - Chemtrails Earthquakes HAARP Depleted Uranium - Includes Many Other Videos On These Subjects http://tinyurl.com/664myu7
http://loveforlife.com.au/content/11/...

Depleted UF6 Guide
An introduction to uranium and its compounds, depleted uranium, and depleted uranium hexafluoride (depleted UF6). http://tinyurl.com/lqbthvy
http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/...

Uranium is it a Country? The Origins of Nuclear Power - Documentary
http://youtu.be/2BfBoun5k2w

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Fallujah, Iraq, Europe, Depleted Uranium, Cancer Birth Defects, 2012
http://vimeo.com/38175279
http://youtu.be/Uify1FZ5Tic

Video: Chemtrails: Sr. Rosalie Bertell, PhD - 9 Minutes 11 Seconds - In May 2005, snowshoefilms interviewed epidemiologist Rosalie Bertell (Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart) in New York City. Questions covered a wide range of topics, including 'chemtrails.' The 7-part interview was posted on Archive, and subsequently posted by others on youtube. Here's a 2009 updated edit of that interview, with chemtrail footage from Sister Bertell's Mother House in Yardley, Pennsylvania (2007) and video from Chautauqua, N.Y. Note: Cliff Carnicom (LA, May 17 2008 Chemtrail Convergence) calls attention to 3 aspects of chemtrails: ionized metalic salts, organic fibers, and dessicated red blood cells. It is our view that these dessicated blood cells are used to disseminate mycoplasmas -- in particular, weaponized mycoplasmas such as fermentans incognitus. See snowshoefilms' video of microbiologist Garth Nicolson for an explanation of how mycoplasmas could be disseminated via aerosol spray for genetically targeted populations (most of us). Note also, Sr. Bertell references 'global warming' as if it might be human caused. Whether or not that is so (we doubt it), chemtrails have been officially advanced as a mechanism to combat 'global warming'. Most likely, they contribute to local warming.

Chemtrails: Sr. Rosalie Bertell, PhD
http://youtu.be/hh4iS_P5aBw

Chemtrail Forecast North America Evening -- Night http://tinyurl.com/n6hbhm8
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Depleted Uranium Released During Canadian Plane Crash
Little-Known Use of DU in Commercial Jets Exposed http://tinyurl.com/n5eahap
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OMG! A new way to test Chemtrails! Metal Detector
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Depleted Uranium Inside The Body & Testing For Chemtrails
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Epidemic of Birth Defects and Cancer in Iraq: America's Toxic Legacy

Epidemic of Birth Defects and Cancer in Iraq: America's Toxic Legacy
June 13, 2013 | uruknet.info | Stephen Lendman

America's Gulf War, intermittent bombings in the 1990s, the 2003 war, and aftermath left a toxic legacy. 

Children born with two heads reflect it. Some had only one eye. Missing sockets look like the inside of an oyster. They're milky and shapeless. 

Some children had tails like a skinned lamb. One or more had a monkey's face. Girls had their legs grown together. They were half fish, half human.

Miscarriages are frequent. Hundreds of newborns have cleft pallets, elongated heads, overgrown or short limbs, and other malformed body parts. Some are too gruesome to view.

Deformed Iraqi newborns are commonplace. So are virtually every known illness and disease. They're inordinately frequent. They range from severe headaches, muscle pain and debilitating fatigue, to serious infections, cardiovascular disease, brain tumors and numerous type cancers.

They include leukemia, Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma. Others affect the bile ducts, bones, brain, breasts, colon, prostate, esophagus, gall bladder, liver, lungs, pancreas, pharynx, ovaries, salivary glands, small intestine, stomach, thyroid, urinary tract, and pelvis.

Cancer's been around a long time. In October 2010, Nature.com headlined "Cancer: an old disease, a new disease or something in between?"

It said a "striking rarity of malignancies in ancient physical remains might indicate that cancer was rare in antiquity…."

University of Illinois School of Public Health/Cancer Prevention Coalition Chairman/Professor Emeritus Samuel S. Epstein titled his 1978 award-winning book "The Politics of Cancer."

Twenty years later, he updated it. It's called "The Politics of Cancer Revisited."

He's an internationally recognized cancer expert. He calls it a growth industry. Over recent decades, the incidence of numerous types skyrocketed.

He referred to doing so in modern societies. Iraq and other US war theaters are different. Iraq perhaps is in a class of its own. Vast parts of the country are irradiated.

On May 21, Science Daily headlined "Cancer and Birth Defects in Iraq: The Nuclear Legacy," saying:

Ten years after the 2003 war, Mosul-based scientists "detected high levels of uranium contamination in soil samples at three sites in the province of Nineveh which, coupled with dramatically increasing rates of childhood cancers and birth defects at local hospitals."

Iraq's a toxic wasteland. Scores of pollutants include dangerous chemicals and metals, oil, gasoline, pesticides, bacteria, other poisons, and irradiation. Widespread depleted uranium use caused it.

US bombs, missiles, shells and bullets use solid DU projectiles or warheads. They're de facto nuclear bombs. Their widespread use is more harmful than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Inhaled or ingested DU particles or dust is highly toxic. They're designated illegal weapons for good reason. America prioritizes their use. Iraqis suffer horrendously. 

Radioactive contamination is virtually everywhere. DU's half-life is 4.5 billion years. Contamination is permanent. According to Helen Caldicott:

America's two Iraq wars "have been nuclear wars because they have scattered nuclear material across the land, and people, particularly children, are condemned to die of malignancy and congenital disease essentially for eternity."

From 1991 - 2008, the incidence of birth defects and childhood cancer spiked sevenfold. Over one-third of US Gulf War vets are dead, seriously ill, or permanently disabled.

Science Daily said widespread "carcinogenic material across Iraq suggests the public health legacy of the two Gulf Wars is only going to get worse." It does so annually.

In October 2012, London's Guardian headlined "The victims of Fallujah's health crisis are stifled by western silence."

Four new studies link "one of the most severe public health crises in history" to America's two November 2004 assaults on the city. Cancer rates and birth defects spiked dramatically.

Cancer expert Dr. Chris Busby studied conditions. He called Fallujah's crisis "the highest rate of genetic damage in any population ever studied."

In some respects, Basra replicates it. Its neural tube defects (aka "open back") incidence is unprecedented. Numbers keep rising.

Hydrocenphalus (water on the brain) cases among newborns are sixfold higher than America. US munitions bear full responsibility.

In September 2012, the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (BECT) headlined "Metal Contamination and the Epidemic of Congenital Birth Defects in Iraqi Cities."

Evidence it reported was damning. From October 1994 - October 1995, congenital defects per 1,000 live births in Basra's Maternity Hospital was 1.37.

In 2003, it was 23. It represented an "astonishing 17-fold (increase) in the same hospital." From 2003 - 2011, annual evaluations were conducted. Congenital birth defect occurrences and types were reported.

Metal levels in hair, toenails and teeth were provided. Children with birth defects had nearly three times more lead in the enamel portion of deciduous teeth than others living in unimpacted areas. 

Parents were abnormally affected. Pregnant mothers and growing fetuses are especially vulnerable. Exposure to toxic air, water, and soil pollutants assures trouble.

Following US bombings, contamination increased dramatically. Cancer, other diseases and birth defects followed. They're at epidemic levels. They keep rising.

Populations in war zones suffer horrifically. Radiation-affected theaters compound it. BECT said nationwide Iraq ill health reports suggest greater crisis ahead.

"News of increases in childhood cancers, of perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality, and of unusual increases in congenital birth defects, have continued to emerge from across Iraq." 

Data from central Iraq's Al-Ramadi corroborated Fallujah findings. Basra's seriously affected.

"Present knowledge on the effects of prenatal exposure to metals, combined with our results, suggests that the bombardment of Al Basrah and Fallujah may have exacerbated public exposure to metals, possibly culminating in the current epidemic of birth defects."

Internal pre-Gulf War data showed cancer incidence at 40 per 100,000. By 1995, it was 800. By 2005, it doubled to 1,600. Annually, numbers increase.

They understate the problem's severity. Cancer and birth defect rates are likely much higher. Reporting falls short of what's needed. 

Iraq's a cauldron of disease, malformed newborns, pain, suffering, misery, deaths and despair. 

Daily violence, extreme poverty and unemployment, malnutrition, repression, dysfunctional infrastructure, permanent occupation, and other imperial priorities compound other problems.

Media scoundrels don't explain. US ones hail an Iraq success story. In August 2008, The New York Times called "Iraq a remarkably safer place than it was when" Petraeus arrived.

Violence "plummeted" significantly. Streets "are flourishing with life. The worst, for now, has been averted." America's toxic legacy was ignored.

Violence then was more than acknowledged. Today it's out-of-control. Resource theft, ecocide, human misery, and health crisis conditions go unreported.  

News most fit to print is suppressed. Official fabrications substitute. It's standard scoundrel media practice. 

Most Americans don't know what's been done in their name. It's true in all US war theaters. They don't ask. They're not told. It happens every time.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. 

His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanII.html

Gaza Cancer Rates Soar Following Times of War

A Palestinian woman lifts her son, who is
being treated for cancer, in the pediatric
ward of Augusta Victoria Hospital in
East Jerusalem Nov. 6, 2012.
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Gaza Cancer Rates Soar Following Times of War
April 1, 2013 | Asmaa al-Ghoul for Al-Monitor Palestine Pulse. | إقرأ باللغة العربية

The Information Center at the Ministry of Health in Ramallah said that cancer was the second-leading cause of death in Palestine during the last year, after heart disease. Cancer had been the third-leading cause of death for many years.

The Information Center at the Ministry of Health issued a statement in February 2013 according to which 12.4% of the total deaths in Palestine were caused by cancer in 2011, compared to a rate of 10.8% in 2010. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights indicated in a report issued in June 2012 that deaths resulting from cancer in the Gaza Strip amounted to 12% of all deaths, making cancer the second-leading cause of death in the Gaza Strip after heart disease.Uranium is the main reason

Dr. Khalid Thabet, head of the Oncology Department at the government-run Shifa Hospital, said in a meeting with Al-Monitor that he expects the rate of cancer patients to double over the next five years in the Gaza Strip, due to the uranium used by Israel in its attacks against the Gaza Strip during the 2008-2009 war.
While Israel denied in Jan. 2009 that it had used depleted uranium in its offensive in the Gaza Strip, an investigation by French NGO Action of Civilians for Nuclear Disarmament (ACDN) shortly after the war found the use of depleted uranium “highly probable.”

“After several months of investigation carried out in close liaison with the people concerned and with the help of Jean-François Fechino, a consultant on diffuse pollution and an expert accredited to the UN Environment Program (UNEP). ACDN … produced a 33-page report concluding that the presence of dozens of tonnes of Depleted Uranium (perhaps as much as 75 tonnes) in the soil and subsoil of Gaza is highly probable.

“In April 2009, a four-person mission including Jean-François Fechino went to Gaza under the auspices of the Arab Commission for Human Rights. The samples of earth and dust that they brought back from Gaza were then analysed by a specialist laboratory, which found in them elements of depleted uranium (which is radioactive, carcinogenic, teratogenic), particles of cesium (which is radioactive and carcinogenic), asbestos dust (which is carcinogenic), volatile organic compounds (VOCs, which are fine particles which endanger health, especially the health of children, asthmatics and old people), phosphates (from oxidation of white phosphorus), tungsten (which is carcinogenic), copper, aluminium oxide (which is carcinogenic), and thorium oxide (ThO2, which is radioactive).”

Thabet said that once humans are subjected to uranium, tissue cells need five to ten years to change and develop into a tumor, whose size is initially one cubic centimeter. He said that each year there are a thousand new cancer cases in the Gaza Strip.

During a meeting in his office at the hospital, Thabet said the Gaza Strip was left with 70 tons of uranium after the first war, an environmental catastrophe endangering the lives of all citizens. He explained that the reason behind the spread of these quantities is the fact that the buildings bombed during the war on the Gaza Strip are being used once again. He added that the debris is being processed and reused in construction efforts, thus contributing to the spread of uranium over wide areas. Only time can deplete the amount of uranium in the environment.

Thabet gave as an example the increasing number of cancer patients after the Balkan war in Yugoslavia, the second Gulf War and more recently in Iraq after its occupation by the US, noting that this uranium — be it radioactive or chemical — is a major cause of cancer and can deform fetuses.

The Goldstone Report

According to paragraph 68 of the report issued by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, known as the Goldstone report, “The long-term health impact of … weapons containing substances such as tungsten and white phosphorous, remains a source of concern.”

Paragraph 49 of the report notes, “While the mission is not in a position to state with certainty that so-called dense inert metal explosive (DIME) munitions were used by the Israeli armed forces, it did receive reports from Palestinian and foreign doctors who had operated in Gaza during the military operations of a high percentage of patients with injuries compatible with their impact … these raise specific health concerns.” The same paragraph also notes, “the mission received allegations that depleted and non-depleted uranium were used by the Israeli armed forces in Gaza. These allegations were not further investigated by the mission.”
Eman Shanan, Director of the Help and Hope Association for the Care of Cancer Patients and Survivors, confirms that wars on the Strip are one of the main reasons behind this disease, pointing out that the percentage of cancer cases has increased this year since last November’s war. “But there are unfortunately no medical Palestinian or foreign reports that examine the soil and the environment to see the size of the impact of these wars and weapons and the risk of this disease, which led to the failure of some women who are sick with cancer in their attempts to file a lawsuit against Israel at human rights centers,” Shanan added.

Other reasons

Dr. Thabet says that oncology has three foundations: surgical treatment, which consists of eradicating the tumor and is mostly carried out in Gaza; chemotherapy, a type of treatment that is not always available; and radiation, which is not available at all, despite that a device was set up in the hospital six years ago for this purpose but is now damaged. This delays treatment and leads to a deterioration in the patient’s condition, not to mention the physical and mental suffering that patients endure due to the trips they have to make.

Thabet said the rate of cancer in the Gaza Strip is the same in Egypt, Jordan and among Arab citizens of Israel — i.e., 60 to 70 cases per 100,000 citizens — pointing out that transferring patients for treatment abroad costs the Ministry of Health about $30 million annually.

For her part, Shanan said during a meeting in the association that the absence of a general culture concerned with the importance of periodic inspection and early detection, especially for breast cancer, which can help save patients’ lives by up to 98%, has contributed to many deaths. Moreover, she added that the hospitals in Gaza lack computed tomography or devices and materials for diagnosing the disease. There is also a shortage in medical staff amid fear of the society’s perception of patients who admit to suffering from this disease.

Shanan emphasized that one of the other serious reasons behind the development of this disease is the lack of control on pesticides that come from cross-border tunnels and that are used to spray vegetables. Moreover, there is the contaminated water in the Gaza Strip, which is not suitable for human use, as international reports indicated.

She explained that the failure to provide appropriate medications and the idea of sending patients sometimes abroad for a drug worth $24 on a trip that costs hundreds of dollars is disastrous, stressing that with some coordination between the health ministries of Ramallah and Gaza, the number of those referred for treatment abroad could be reduced by half. Patients are unfortunately falling prey to division and the blockade.

Shanan said the way they are dealing with cancer patients in their last stages is sad, but said the association has a “beauty house,” where women can choose cosmetic breasts, rather than be forced to cover their flat chests with their hands while in public. This helps to restore confidence in many of the patients. There is also a program called the Love Mat, whereby women write down all their feelings concerning their illness, collect the cards and link them together like a mat.

My husband left me

Safaa al-Taweel, 48, is a cancer surivor. She told Al-Monitor, “I discovered that I had cancer eight years ago while I was breastfeeding my son. I noticed my right breast was bleeding. They had to remove it, but then the cancer spread to the other breast, which was also removed. I remember I was so afraid of the disease and I felt like I was going to die, but now I discovered that it is normal and it is possible for a person to live with it. What hurt me the most is that my husband left me and married someone else, although he stood by me during the first years.”

Her friend Farha al-Fayoumi, 48, unlike Safaa, has her husband taking care of her and saving money to be able to buy medicine for her and travel with her to Egypt for treatment, but he died two months ago due to heart disease. Now she has lost the only person who had been easing her suffering, caused by five years of dealing with breast cancer.

Fayoumi and Taweel say that people’s pity is what hurts them the most; they are normal and can work and raise their children like any other mother.

A report issued by the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights indicates that males make up 47% of cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, whereas females account for 53%. According to the report, breast cancer is the most common disease, accounting for 16.5% of all cancers. Moreover, it is the most common disease among women. Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer, accounting for 9.7% of all diagnoses, and is the leading form of cancer among men.

Asmaa al-Ghoul is a journalist and writer from the Rafah refugee camp based in Gaza.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/cancer-rates-soar-gaza-war.html#ixzz2PHM9nHAr

Radiation Danger Covered Up Ever Since Nuclear Weapons Invented

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Radiation Danger Covered Up Ever Since Nuclear Weapons Invented
Aug 17, 2012 | Washingtons Blog

Government Has Been Covering up Radiation Danger for 67 Years

The U.S. and other governments have been covering up nuclear meltdowns for fifty years to protect the nuclear power industry.

It turns out that the U.S. tried to cover up the destructive nature of radiation produced by nuclear weapons 67 years ago. As Democracy Now reports:

The army was well aware in 1943 of the enormous potential for radiation dangers to civilians and military personnel as a result of the use of radioactive weapons ….

[The New York Times] was essentially putting out the official government narrative [regarding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki], which is that atomic radiation is not harmful, is not a major byproduct of the nuclear weapons program. You know, it’s only the blast that has essentially a very short impact. The reason that this has importance is that for really a half century, this narrative became the government’s response to all protests against nuclear power, the nuclear weapons programs of the 1950s and 1960s and the Cold War. So, [The New York Times] essentially set the table that the government was to occupy for the next half century as they disputed any attempt to rein in, you know, the rapid acceleration of nuclear weapons and power programs.

Nothing has changed. Governments worldwide continue to this day to cover up the amount – and health effects – of radiation released by military and energy facilities.

And the same considerations which drove the cover up in 1945 are still driving it. The archaic uranium reactor designs developed more than 40 years ago are good for making bombs.

Comment: Global Research hosted Helen Caldicott at a conference in Montreal in June of 2011 which is highly recommended. Here is the first part with links to the series below. What ever it was that Einstein really created, there is something missing from this picture.If people really knew how dangerous that was, they would put a stop to it right now before it is too late. Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9LK9LB0FNU&feature=relmfu Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtb7uX2icKg&feature=fvwrel Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJC5WSrOz2U&feature=relmfu Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-iTYFnsnqM&feature=relmfu Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83mzk9fkj1c&feature=relmfu Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TN4n6ja4EE&feature=relmfu

Depleted Uranium, Fukushima and Karma

Depleted Uranium, Fukushima and Karma by Christina Consolo

I read a quote earlier in the week about Fukushima fallout in the US, which said, “Depleted uranium (DU), by the hundreds of tons, has been spread around the world from US military weapons systems. What goes around, comes around.”

That phrase has stuck in my head all week and reminded me of the ancient concept of karma. That’s one of the reasons you should be nice to people, and, well, because it’s just the right thing to do.

As I’m writing this article I am watching events unfold in Chicago on Ustream. So far it isn’t pretty, and daylight brings the big day of the Chicago NATO Summit, the much anticipated May 20th.

There are also Russians doing drills in Denver, a G8 meeting at Camp David, a “Ring of Fire” annular eclipse, and a nasty prediction by Nostradamus of a world-wide earthquake to contend with today. Not to mention some fairly sizable earthquakes happening in Japan again.

But the traitorous Department of Homeland Security has other concerns, which, unsurprisingly, includes spying on the American people.

Last week I talked about citizen scientist, citizen journalists, and Fukushima experts. Normal, everyday people who got interested in something that they see is unbalanced, unjust, and downright scary, after which they stepped in to fill the gap.

Now most of us already know about what some are calling “the red flag words.” But there are many that are just getting wind of this situation. And now they are asking questions, doing research and spreading the word about Fukushima as well. So you should probably be told what “the red flag words” are.

A few months ago a list of words was published from the “Department of Homeland Security National Operations Center Media Monitoring Capability Desktop Reference Binder, 2011.”

These are key words that flag you as a potential troublemaker or terrorist to the DHS, resulting in increased monitoring from the DHS or National Security Agency (NSA).

Have you sent any of these words in a recent email? Facebook post? Tweet? Instant message? Skype conversation?

Some of the many red flag words include:

Hazmat Nuclear Chemical Toxic Cloud Plume Radiation Radioactive Mitigation Leak Burn Infection Powder Exposure and Gas.

I use most of these words on a daily basis before 1:00 pm, but that’s because I have a radio show called “Nuked Radio,” and because I don’t give a crap.

The benefit of talking about Fukushima far outweighs the risk of being labeled a troublemaker or any such nonsense. A far greater crime is being committed against the American people.

I can say the government is lying to you, because I know it’s true. And I can say the government is killing babies, because I know it’s also true. I don’t care if I’m tagged, flagged, or put on a list.

In fact I’ll probably use those words 20 or 30 more times before the end of the day, along with some of these as well, since I do a radiation fallout forecast 3 times a week for Canada, the US and Europe:

Emergency Hurricane Tornado Twister Tsunami Earthquake Flood Storm Extreme weather Forest fire Brush fire Ice Help Hail Wildfire Magnitude Typhoon Shelter-in-place Disaster Snow Blizzard Sleet Erosion Power outage Brown out Warning Watch Lightening Aid and Relief.

So now, the most polite conversation topic in the world, the weather, can get you flagged, because those words are on the list as well.

This must keep DHS pretty busy. I mean with all those people trying to get help, aid and relief for the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear emergency victims in Japan, and the radiation exposure and toxic contamination plume over here leading to burns and infections! See, just this one sentence would flag me 14 times. And, think of all those terrible people talking about the weather.

What I have noticed recently is that no one else cares, either. We are not afraid of the nuke industry. We are not afraid of the DHS. We are not afraid of the government.

Not a single person has asked to be kept anonymous when posting mutation pictures or sending them to me for researchers to examine.

Because now, we know they lied about the radiation and continue to do so. So they are basically trying to kill you and cover their ass.

And in following Fukushima, some of us have realized that they have lied about a few other things as well, like the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

Recent data from independent researchers is showing a 3 times increase in cardiac events in athletes. This is occurring not only in people, but also in racehorses. And not just in the US, but in Europe too since the Fukushima disaster began.

Those who participate in outdoor sports intake more air, hence radiation related illnesses will show up in them faster. Like runners, bicyclists, soccer players, baseball players, and kids at recess. Let’s not forget protestors outside, like the ones protesting the NATO summit in Chicago.

And right now, the Chicago police are driving trucks over protestors in downtown Chicago.

Editor’s note: as per usual, there are some disagreements there, with the police and the large mainstream media outlets on one side and activists on another. This is yet another situation where I recommend that you come to your own conclusions and not take anyone’s word for it.

Now they are breaking up lines of peaceful citizens and shoving them hard, like – and I hate to even say this but – herding sheep. Water cannons and sound cannons (LRAD) have mentioned by some as well.

Even gardening or cutting grass can be strenuous. And cesium, which is a huge component in the releases from Fukushima, attacks the heart muscle.

But besides the NATO Summit, and spent fuel pool #4 which is still a looming threat to humanity, you would think the feds had plenty to keep themselves busy.

There is of course, the greatest financial crisis in history that no one is doing anything about.

And the possibility of thermonuclear war looming with Iran and/or possibly North Korea (both of those are on the red flag word list, too).

And debris field the size of Texas that will be washing up on North American shores shortly along with various other bad news scenarios, some of them Fukushima related, some not.

But what DHS is paying attention to, is what words you are typing on your computer, especially if you’re trying to find out the truth and help people.

Things are pretty chaotic right now. Lots of things are out of our control. But out of chaos comes opportunity. You can control how you react to it. There is a huge opportunity to help one another. Stay safe, if you were brave enough to go to Chicago.

If you haven’t already written to your Senator or state representative about reactor #4, I would suggest you do so.

Oh, and by the way, it’s been 4 weeks since I wrote my first article about Fukushima, and still no progress to report.

Maybe what goes around does comes around, but DU care?

Please send mutation images to christinax4@yahoo.com. Shoot at the highest resolution possible, and include your name, location, and date the mutation was found, for proper credit if the images are published. If it is from store-bought produce, include the location where it was grown and purchased. The more information you provide, the better you will be helping the rest of us.

Please help Christina purchase a spectrometer in order to get the most accurate radiation readings and thus get you the most precise information possible by shopping through her Amazon link or donate directly via PayPal to fukushimafacts@gmail.com. Keep in mind, this is expensive equipment and it is the only way that specific isotope readings can be obtained from food items.

Edited by Madison Ruppert

Christina Consolo is a former clinical researcher supervisor with NIH credentialing; a former Member-at-Large for the Board of Directors, Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society; A peer reviewer for the Journal of Ophthalmic Photography; She has written, published, and contributed to numerous scientific research in retinal imaging and ophthalmogy for the past 24 years; She is also an award-winning biomedical photographer and maintains several websites to teach people about radiation, mitigation, and other nuclear issues. She is also the host of “Nuked Radio” Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12-1:00 pm EST on the Orion Talk Radio Network.

For more info including mitigation for radiation exposure, please visit FukushimaFacts.com, where you can sign up to receive Fallout Forecasts on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

This article originally appeared on End the Lie

Depleted Uranium Leaves Birth Defects Never Seen Before in Iraq

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Depleted Uranium Leaves Birth Defects Never Seen Before in Iraq - Gaia Health

 Fallujah, Iraq - While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two devastating US attacks on

Fallujah in 2004 for what are being described as “catastrophic” levels of birth defects and abnormalities.

Dr Samira Alani, a paediatric specialist at Fallujah General Hospital, has taken a personal interest in investigating an explosion of congenital abnormalities that have mushroomed in the wake of the US sieges since 2005.


As of December 21, Alani, who has worked at the hospital since 1997, told Al Jazeera she had personally logged 677 cases of birth defects since October 2009. Just eight days later when Al Jazeera visited the city on December 29, that number had already risen to 699.”We have all kinds of defects now, ranging from congenital heart disease to severe physical abnormalities, both in numbers you cannot imagine,” Alani told Al Jazeera at her office in the hospital, while showing countless photos of shocking birth defects.

“There are not even medical terms to describe some of these conditions because we’ve never seen them until now,” she said. “So when I describe it all I can do is describe the physical defects, but I’m unable to provide a medical term.”

‘Incompatible with life’

Most of these babies in Fallujah die within 20 to 30 minutes after being born, but not all.

Four-year-old Abdul Jaleel Mohammed was born in October 2007. His clinical diagnosis includes dilation of two heart ventricles, and a growth on his lower back that doctors have not been able to remove.

Abdul has trouble controlling his muscles, struggles to walk, cannot control his bladder, and weakens easily. Doctors told his father, Mohamed Jaleel Abdul Rahim, that his son has severe nervous system problems, and could develop fluid build-up in his brain as he ages, which could prove fatal.

“This is the first instance of something like this in all our family,” Rahim told Al Jazeera. “We lived in an area that was heavily bombed by the Americans in 2004, and a missile landed right in front of our home. What else could cause these health problems besides this?”

Dr Alani told Al Jazeera that in the vast majority of cases she has documented, the family had no prior history of congenital abnormalities.

Alani showed Al Jazeera hundreds of photos of babies born with cleft palates, elongated heads, a baby born with one eye in the centre of its face, overgrown limbs, short limbs, and malformed ears, noses and spines.

She told Al Jazeera of cases of “thanatophoric dysplasia”, an abnormality in bones and the thoracic cage that “render the newborn incompatible with life”.

Rahim said many of his relatives that have had babies after 2004 are having problems as well.

“One of them was born and looks like a fish,” Rahim said. “I also personally know of at least three other families who live near us who have these problems also.”

For now, the family is worried how Abdul will fare in school when he is enrolled next year. Maloud Ahmed Jassim, Abdul’s grandfather, added, “We’ve seen so many miscarriages happen, and we don’t know why.”

“The growth on his back is so sensitive and painful for him,” Rahim said. “What will happen in school?”
Jassim is angered by a lack of thorough investigations into the health crisis.

“Why is the government not investigating this,” he asked. “Western media seem interested, but neither our local media nor the government are. Why not?”

In April 2011, Iraqi lawmakers debated whether the US attacks on the city constituted genocide. Resolutions that called for international prosecution, however, went nowhere.
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Video: Fallujah: a lost generation?

Video: Fallujah: a lost generation? - JusticeForFallujah



This is the trailer to Feurat Alani's "Iraq: Fallujah's Sacrificed Children". Mr. Alani travels to Fallujah unembedded to report on the condition of the city more than six years after it was destroyed by the US military.

Do You See What I See ?

Do You See What I See ? 

Defense and Aerospace Industry Pollutant Now Found in Virtually All Humans Tested

Defense and Aerospace Industry Pollutant Now Found in Virtually All Humans Tested by Sayer Ji

Perchlorate is an environmental pollutant primarily associated with releases by defense contractors, military operations and aerospace programs, as it is a key ingredient in rocket fuel.

It is now found in virtually all humans tested, and it is continually making its way up the food chain through ground and drinking water, into feed and edible plants, animals products, milk and breast milk -- contaminating conventional and organically grown food, alike.

It is now distributed widely throughout North America, as depicted by the image below:

The Colorado River is so thoroughly contaminated with perchlorate (1.5-8 micrograms per Liter) that 90% of the lettuce consumed during the winter months in the United States produced in the Lower Colorado River region contains this powerful endocrine disruptor. (Source).

What does it do?

 Perchlorate has been used as a "medicine" in this country to "treat" hyperthyroidism since the 1950s despite the fact some patients may develop aplastic anemia (bone marrow destruction) as a result.

Perchlorate interferes with iodide uptake at the sodium-iodide symporter in the thyroid gland which unfortunately has a 30-fold higher affinity for perchlorate than iodide. Without adequate iodide hypothyroidism ensues. Could this pollutant have anything to do with the geometric expansion of hypothyroidism diagnoses in this country?

5 studies on perchlorate/hypothyroidism link  

If it were not for the perfect fit between pharmaceutical medicine, e.g. Synthroid (levothyroxine) and pollution-caused hypothyroidism, this question might get some traction in the medical community and we could start solving the underlying problem: a military-industrial establishment that thrives on death and disease. 

HAS PERCHLORATE DESTROYED THE MEANING OF ORGANIC?

In 2005 the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology published a study on perchlorate levels in North America. They found:

Conventionally and organically produced lettuce and other leafy vegetable samples were collected from production fields and farmers' markets in the central and coastal valleys of California, New Mexico, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Quebec, and New Jersey.

Results show that 16% of the conventionally produced samples and 32% of the organically produced samples had quantifiable levels of perchlorate using ion chromatography. Estimated perchlorate exposure from organically produced leafy vegetables was approximately 2 times that of conventional produce... (Source)

The time has come for those of us who buy organic food to transcend the inherently self-centered and anthropocentric limitations associated with these food quality concerns. We can no longer fool ourselves into thinking that we can save ourselves by eating organically without doing something about the planet dying under the weight of the conventional and dominant food production and distribution system. When we pollute the environment we pollute ourselves. The very flesh of the Earth (our mother) and our flesh are woven from the same fabric.

The exact same problem with thinking that consuming organic protects you from planetary destruction has emerged with the inreasingly destabilized/destabilizing nuclear energy paradigm. Radioisotope contamination of the environment is now a global problem, and low-energy internalized radiation is several orders of magnitude more harmful to our health than previously assumed. (Read our expose on this topic here). The global distribution of uranium-238 through hydrological and meteorological cycles, for instance, does not descriminate between "organic" and "conventional" food -- it bioaccumulates equally.

We are not saying that organic isn't important, as we have no other way to protect ourselves from what is increasingly becoming a nutricidal food production system. However, in order to stay grounded in reality, we must realize its limitations and work on changing the underlying dysfunctional planet-harming systems that are cutting across the "organic" and "conventional" lines with equally destructive force. 

Additional Relevant Research:
 
Perchlorate Toxicity
Radiation Associated Toxicity
Hypothyroidism
Why We Can't Afford NOT To Eat Organic

Please visit GreenMedInfo to access their vast database of articles and the latest information in natural health.

Project Censored 2012: The Sourcebook for the Media Revolution

Project Censored 2012: The Sourcebook for the Media Revolution - Media Freedom Foundation

For Immediate Release:

October 12, 2011

Contact:  Project Censored/Media Freedom Foundation, 707.874.2695

Dr. Peter Phillips, President; Prof. Mickey Huff, Director

peter@projectcensored.org; mickey@projectcensored.org

Interviews:  Contact Mickey Huff at email above.

Order the new book online at http://projectcensored.org or send check for $22.95 to

Project Censored/Media Freedom Foundation, P.O. Box 571 Cotati, CA 94931

“Most journalists in the United States believe the press here is free. That grand illusion only helps obscure the fact that, by and large, the US corporate press does not report what’s really going on, while tuning out, or laughing off, all those who try to do just that. Americans—now more than ever—need those outlets that do labor to report some truth. Project Censored is not just among the bravest, smartest, and most rigorous of those outlets, but the only one that's wholly focused on those stories that the corporate press ignores, downplays and/or distorts. This latest book is therefore a must-read for anyone who cares about this country, its tottering economy, and—most important—what’s now left of its democracy.” —Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media ecology, NYU

 Our new book has arrived!

Censored 2012:  The Sourcebook for the Media Revolution, The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2010-2011 by Mickey Huff and Project Censored.  In this volume, there are 500 pages of real news you can use, plus ample analysis that eradicates civil paralysis, and antidotes to our current Truth Emergency that will strengthen societal media literacy.  Help celebrate the 35^th year of the oldest media research organization in the US by donating $35 for a signed copy of Censored 2012, or simply pick up a copy for yourself, friends, or a local library or school for only $19.95 each ($22.95 w/shipping).

Former Project director Dr. Peter Phillips kicks off this year’s work with a dynamic introduction to understanding the NATO/US/military industrial media complex matrix of managed news and propaganda. Censored 2012 also once again proudly showcases the poignant and timely cartoons of Khalil Bendib.  The Top 25 Censored Stories of the past year are not only announced, but this year, they are housed in Censored News Clusters that analyze the architecture of censorship in America by looking at the topical connections of the most commonly underreported stories.  We go down memory lane with PC interns in Censored Déjà vu looking at past censored stories; endure the ubiquity of Junk Food News and News Abuse with professor Adam Bessie and Abby Martin of Media Roots; and highlight solutions for our many interconnected global problems with professor Kenn Burrows and the students of San Francisco State University in hopes to provide people with positive and proactive stories of change that are at the core of the media revolution.  Media Democracy in Action is something Project Censored strives to achieve and we endorse and support many organizations with the same goals.  This year, we proudly feature some of the best and brightest in that vein, both veterans and new comers to the scene.

This year’s TRUTH EMERGENCY section looks at Understanding Propaganda in Theory and Practice.  Censorship, framing, and spin are all tactics that act to shape the public mind in democratic cultures.

Understanding these requires context.  A Brief History of Propaganda is offered by Dr. Randal Marlin and provides a solid foundation for the following chapters; professor Jacob Van Vleet writes on Mass Psychological Manipulation and the theories of Jacque Ellul; Dr. Robert Abele pulls the veil off the US Propaganda Machine; The Impending Demise of Net Neutrality is explored by Dr. Elliot D. Cohen; and Dr. Anthony Dimaggio deconstructs the Tea Party and Manufactured Dissent.

The final section of this year’s book, PROJECT CENSORED INTERNATIONAL, focuses on Human Rights and the Right to Know and introduces the collaboration between Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored and the Fair Share of the Common Heritage, explained by Mary Lia.  This section includes the Media Distortion of Nonviolent Struggles by Dr. Cynthia Boaz; journalist Ann Garrison on the US in Africa; Establishing Ghetto Palestine with journalist Jon Elmer; professor Robin Andersen looks at  HBO’s Treme, and the Fractured Press Coverage of Post-Katrina New Orleans;  Margaret Flowers, M.D., illustrates the Corporate Control of the Message in US Health Care Reform; and renowned midwife and author Ina May Gaskin shows Censorship of the True State of Maternity Care in the US.

Here is a list of the top censored stories from chapter one this year:

Censored 2012: Stories of 2010-2011

1. More US Soldiers Committed Suicide Than Died in Combat


2. US Military Manipulates the Social Media


3. Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign


4. Global Food Crisis Expands


5. Private Prison Companies Fund Anti–Immigrant Legislation


6. Google Spying?


7. U.S. Army and Psychology’s Largest Experiment–Ever


8. The Fairytale of Clean and Safe Nuclear Power


9. Government Sponsored Technologies for Weather Modification


10. Censored # 10: Real Unemployment: One Out of Five in US


11.  Trafficking of Iraqi Women Rampant


12.  Pacific Garbage Dump—Did You Really Think Your Plastic Was Being Recycled?


13.  Will a State of Emergency Be Used to Supersede Our Constitution?


14.  Family Pressure on Young Girls for Genitalia Mutilation Continues in Kenya


15.  Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight


16.  Sweatshops in China Are Making Your iPods While Workers Suffer


17.  Superbug Bacteria Spreading Worldwide


18.  Monsanto Tries to Benefit from Haiti’s Earthquake


19.  Oxfam Exposes How Aid Is Used for Political Purposes


20.  US Agencies Trying to Outlaw GMO Food Labelling


21.  Lyme Disease: An Emerging Epidemic


22.  Participatory Budgeting – A Method to Empower Local Citizens & Communities


23.  Worldwide Movement To Ban or Charge Fees For Plastic Bags


24.  South Dakota Takes Extreme Measures to Be the Top Anti–Abortion State  


25.  Extension of DU to Libya

To preview the top censored stories online see http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/category/top-stories/

Additionally, here are some recent videos about our work taken by Media Freedom Foundation board member Abby Martin of MediaRoots.org.

Project Censored celebrates its 35 years at Moe's Books in Berkeley, CA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yge4kJaNfR0&feature=relmfu

Exclusive interview with Ralph Nader about Project Censored and current events:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMobQqiYKI4&feature=channel_video_title

Censored 2012 is one of our greatest collaborative efforts consisting of 105 professors, hundreds of students, community members, and people from all around the world.  We aim to expose media censorship and provide ways to be catalysts of the media revolution we need to restore the commons of human knowledge and education, establish and protect the right of the public to know what is going on in society, and work to maintain our democratic institutions– our culture of liberty.  We hope you join us in these vital endeavors in critical times.  Thank you for your support.

Mickey Huff
Director, Project Censored/Media Freedom Foundation
Associate Professor of History, Diablo Valley College