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U.S. conducted biological weapon field tests in Okinawa: documents

37 points by georgecmu 13y ago

Blahah 13y ago
It turns out this has been uncovered along with a huge list of other horrifying practices on Okinawa by the USA in Sheldon Harris' book Factories of Death (http://www.scribd.com/doc/91284707/Factories-of-Death http://www.scribd.com/doc/91284707/Factories-of-Death). It was part of the more wide-ranging chemical and biological weapons program, Project 112 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_112 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_112). There's a huge community of veterans who have served at Okinawa who research this stuff online and on the island in order to help process compensation claims and lawsuits against the US government (e.g. http://vets.yuku.com/forums/74/Agent-Orange-Heart-Disease-Prostate-and-Parkinsons#.UtJpdGRdVCI http://vets.yuku.com/forums/74/Agent-Orange-Heart-Disease-Pr...). So this isn't new, but it is absolutely disgusting.
throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
Here's a non-paywalled article: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140111/us-biological-weapons-tested-okinawa-60s http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140111/us-biolog... The US army conducted field experiments of biological weapons, which could harm rice cropping, in the Japanese island of Okinawa in the early 1960s, a press report said Sunday. The same experiments were also conducted on the US mainland and in Taiwan, Kyodo news agency reported, citing US military documents it said it had obtained. [...] The obtained documents mention test sites including Nago and Shuri, both in Okinawa, but it is not known whether the experiments were conducted within the premises of US bases there, Kyodo said. In the field tests, the army "used a midget duster to release inoculum alongside fields in Okinawa and Taiwan," measuring dosages at different distances and the effect on crop production, the documents said.
VLM 13y ago
Note from a FUD standpoint how well the reports avoid discussing the topic of simulant substances being used. Follow the money (lawsuits).

37 points by georgecmu 13y ago

It turns out this has been uncovered along with a huge list of other horrifying practices on Okinawa by the USA in Sheldon Harris' book Factories of Death (http://www.scribd.com/doc/91284707/Factories-of-Death http://www.scribd.com/doc/91284707/Factories-of-Death). It was part of the more wide-ranging chemical and biological weapons program, Project 112 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_112 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_112). There's a huge community of veterans who have served at Okinawa who research this stuff online and on the island in order to help process compensation claims and lawsuits against the US government (e.g. http://vets.yuku.com/forums/74/Agent-Orange-Heart-Disease-Prostate-and-Parkinsons#.UtJpdGRdVCI http://vets.yuku.com/forums/74/Agent-Orange-Heart-Disease-Pr...). So this isn't new, but it is absolutely disgusting.

throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago

Here's a non-paywalled article: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140111/us-biological-weapons-tested-okinawa-60s http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140111/us-biolog... The US army conducted field experiments of biological weapons, which could harm rice cropping, in the Japanese island of Okinawa in the early 1960s, a press report said Sunday. The same experiments were also conducted on the US mainland and in Taiwan, Kyodo news agency reported, citing US military documents it said it had obtained. [...] The obtained documents mention test sites including Nago and Shuri, both in Okinawa, but it is not known whether the experiments were conducted within the premises of US bases there, Kyodo said. In the field tests, the army "used a midget duster to release inoculum alongside fields in Okinawa and Taiwan," measuring dosages at different distances and the effect on crop production, the documents said.

VLM 13y ago

Note from a FUD standpoint how well the reports avoid discussing the topic of simulant substances being used. Follow the money (lawsuits).