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Mad Cows to fight DUPiotr Bein, piotr.bein@imag.net,Vancouver, Canada Happiness
Ended
At the end of Y2K, I had
found an enlightened American, one no less than a prestigious institute
director, who was not afraid to speak out against NATO and who cared about the
welfare of post-communist countries in Eastern Europe. Ben was working on a fresh
approach to economic reform for Yugoslavia's President Kostunica. I included Director Works in
plans for a seminar on the subject, along with Professor Poznanski, the author
of the best-selling book in post-WWII Poland, a volume about the “grand
swindle” of current political elites who gave away over 70% of Poland's
national assets to foreigners in return for
bribes. My happiness ended when the
Balkan "leukemia" scandal broke out in Europe. From economics and
corruption in the former Soviet bloc, Ben and I switched to the depleted
uranium [DU] topic. I was looking forward to his just voice and shared my
limited experience and references
from the international anti-DU conference in Manchester in the Fall of 2000. I included Ben in a DU list
that was growing daily. Like most non-experts on DU, we did not have
irrefutable arguments. I went by intuition, having learned about DU's risks and
cover-ups since the Spring of 1999 when I first dug into
NATO's adventures in
the Balkans, and then, following the DU thread, also in the
Persian Gulf as well as
in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Ben corrected my sloppiness regarding certain DU weapons Apache helicopters did
not use. I welcomed it, but when Ben persisted at marginalizing DU dangers to
human health and the environment, something was definitely wrong. He refused to
look at the effects of low-level radiation of DU acting inside the human body.
These papers were only a drop in the bucket and there was a wealth of
irrefutable scientific proofs, starting from the end of the 19th
century. My compatriot Maria Sklodowska
died in 1934 after working with her French husband Pierre Curie (who died in
1906) on researching the radioactivity of uranium minerals and their effects on
organisms. Ben cited a bunch of
references on "leukemia," as if this was the only cause of misery
among Persian Gulf and Balkan soldiers and civilians derived from DU exposure.
They referred primarily to institutions and documents sanctioned by NATO, and
emphasized the other causes of leukemia, not radioactivity. The key papers of
the majority of the research community were not on the list. I did not give in.
Ben called me an "hysteric" and severed contact. Still, I hoped that
he would eventually see through the fog of Pentagon-NATO disinformation. I was
wrong. Several weeks later, a
multitude of scholarly publications, scientific proofs of the deadly effects of
alpha particles, testimonies of nuclear cover-ups, and books concerning
Hiroshima and Nagasaki piled up in cyber-space for everyone to examine and to
conclude that DU radioactivity is deadly. Ben remained unswayed, standing
lonely on an island with NATO "scientists" who repeated the no
risk, no link to leukemia and cancer
broken record amidst an ocean of
very concerned academics and researchers. If he was really pursuing
the discovery of truth about DU, it was Ben's loss to sign off the discussion.
The Depleted Uranium Watch
e-list became a major forum, attracting anti-DU activists and lawyers,
independent journalists, nuclear researchers and scientists, Gulf War syndrome
veterans and the executives of their associations. The list was mounting an
offensive against Pentagon-NATO propaganda that grew feebler, ran out of
reasonable arguments, and resorted to increasingly more bizarre trickery. Through lists like DU
Watch, dozens of independent references were posted and disseminated that I
had no idea existed. I am still no expert, but nobody can sell me gas about DU,
particularly when posing as a "scientific authority" from an
organization with a longish name. The Internet postings also
indicated that no “respectable” organization could be trusted. The World Health
Organization [WHO] was corrupted by a agreement with the International Atomic
Energy Authority that limits WHO's activity to toxic effects of nuclear
substances. The International Commission on Radiation Protection and the
British Royal Society, to whom Ben Works referred with reverence, also turned
out to be involved in cover-ups of nuclear crimes against humanity.
Turncoat
As in any other form of
warfare, objectivity, rationality and reason don't matter in information
operations, as long as one "wins." For the military and the nuclear
industry the stakes are higher than ever: Saving face and maintaining
credibility with their own public, keeping the military alliance together, and
dodging prosecution. As usual, the government-military-industrial complex
co-opted the media in a war with the truth. But not only the
media is utilized to the maximum. So are institutes like SIRIUS, apparently.
Like Marcus Spillmann's grotesque piece
in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Ben Works's February 8th, 2001, essay combines a “Serb
atrocity” refutation with the DU issue, albeit discussing the latter only in
passing at the end of the essay. Both Spillmann and Works participate in the
deception game, the former basing his ploy on the alleged Racak massacre, the
latter - on the Trepca hoax. There is, however, a fundamental difference
between the two DU apologists. Spillman ridiculed the truth
about DU by alluding to the fact that, like the truth about the Racak massacre
shining through the final forensic report from the Finnish investigation, it
was propaganda from the enemies of good old NATO. Works did it differently. He
ridiculed the allegations of a Serb atrocity in the Trepca mines, but asserts
that DU hysteria comes from the same mentality, that of unchecked fact junkies.
When British soldiers faced
impending defeat in World War I trenches, they turned their coats inside out to
deceive the enemy about their true identity. The well-known British expression
"turncoat" was born. Works's essay would indicate a
"turncoat" of Psychological
Operations (PsyOp), as I first publicly suspected in an e-mail responding
to his references on “leukemia.” I expanded on this hypothesis in Credibility
Lost, asking: Does Ben Works know he is part of a PsyOp scheme or is he
an involuntary victim? If he is part of it, why would he defend Yugoslavia's
position against the unprovoked, barbaric attack it sustained from NATO? Special Operations
literature instructs what to do when PsyOp need a believable propaganda voice
in a desperate situation, like the present DU scandal. An information source -
that until now consistently advocated a view opposite to the strategic and
military objectives of NATO (other powers use the same tactics) - would
"turn the coat" inside out. The source starts to disseminate lies,
and fools the audience that had got used to the source as being truthful. This would explain why Ben
Works is rational and in-depth on the Trepca hoax, but fails to acknowledge the
overwhelming evidence against DU. Outraged that anybody could maintain belief
in the fabricated Trepca proposition, he consulted trusted NATO and Pentagon
intelligence sources and confirmed that the alleged atrocity was Baloney!
Sirius
Struggle If anyone doubted his
honesty, Works reminds his readers that for a long time he has made clear that virtually
nothing undertaken by governments or businesses is random, or 'news.' It is all
managed by press releases and the many tools of public relations, and nothing
is left to 'chance' if it can be managed. And I paraphrase, but as far
as DU is concerned, the devil comes out: All of my readers who are still
entranced by the illusive DU hysteria will recognize this technique for turning
the remotely hypothetical into the highly possible. Ben Works and SIRIUS
discern the absurd from fact, using primary sources of information: SIRIUS
learns important things from Russian paratroopers, American tank officers, and
other factual sources. For the DU issue, however, Works is unable to
display as much research and investigative acumen as he did to debunk the
Trepca spin. Adolf Hitler noted in Mein
Kampf (My Struggle) that people accepted a lie the more readily the more
outrageous it was. The “massacres” of Srebrenica and Racak, the “destruction”
of ancient Dubrovnik, the “death” camps in Bosnia, and numerous other terrible
crimes of “Serbs” and “Milosevic” were outrageous lies concoted to demonize the
Serb nation. With that it was easier for the Pentagon and NATO to get public
acceptance of their military's criminal interventions in the Balkans. Hitler
did the same by demonizing the Slavs, Jews, Gypsies and Jehovah Witnesses.
Knowingly or not, Ben Works uses the lie as a double-edged sword. First, he
authoritatively dispels the PsyOp fabrication of Trepca “atrocity controversy”
(as if anybody in their right minds still believed it). In the Director's own
words, SIRIUS gets the truth from US military officers,
Yugoslav diplomats and other knowledgeable sources. SIRIUS works very hard to
be honest, objective and dispassionate. It works out. Ben Works seeks to establish his credibility,
particularly before the Serb audience (who by the way are also outspoken on the
DU problem): Again, he goes on, Serbs and Serbian Americans would be tickled
to know what I have learned from officers at NATO who knew how President Clinton's gang
of buccaneers led this lethal confrontation so badly awry. Second, Ben Works knows that
Serb organizations like Serbian Unity Congress
who publish his literature are suckers for any word defending Serb honour. He
calculates his words to this end: In the case of this latest revival and
regurgitation of the Trepca Mine pseudo-atrocity, I got in
touch with a US military source who is also involved with the use of depleted
uranium ammunition in Iraq and Kosovo, and with other aspects of NATO's
bombing campaign. He lets the reader know that he has this and other
confidential sources who give him details, including the “truth” on DU: Serbs should know, these men are not
proud about that war; but admit that they missed 99% of Serb armour and
hit without fail a multitude of civilian targets under orders from corrupt
politicians. He continues, all of my
readers who are still entranced by the illusive DU hysteria will recognize this
technique for turning the remotely hypothetical into the highly possible. In my opinion this mention of DU in passing is the
PsyOp mission of the article: Having first established credibility on the
Trepca issue, it implants doubts about the dangers of DU weapons. We heard about “hysteria,”
and about the “leftists” whipping it up, according to eminent articles like Michael Albert's
diagnosis on Z Net. In Ben's essay they are “liberals.” We can anticipate from Works's concluding words the
next “liberal” propaganda plot against innocent NATO that wants to bring peace
and wealth to the world: Want to see another hysteria-in-the-making? Keyword
search on 'Mad Cow Disease' this week, he smirks. Does it mean that the Mad
Cow Disease would also turn out to be a PsyOp diversion from really important
current issues? I wished it was, for soon I will be in Poland, enjoying smoked
sausages with beer and sour cukes. The weeks ahead look exciting. The hoaxes of
“Serb” rape and death camps, assorted “massacres” and general savagery still
remain untapped in NATO's desperate trade-offs to save their face … and skin,
from hanging for war crimes and crimes against humanity for the use of DU
weapons. I can't wait for more sham and impostors. (copyleft: reproduce and acknowledge the source) This page: http://www.stopnato.org.uk/du-watch/bein/madcows.htm
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