MARCH 28, 2018 BY 21WIRE
In January, 21WIRE published the journalist Dilyana
Gaytandzhieva’s previous report detailing the Pentagon’s extensive
overseas biological and
chemical weapons facilities in eastern Europe and central
Asia and the dangers it poses to surrounding populations.
Today we learn that
this same threat is much closer to home…
By Dilyana
Gaytandzhieva
21st Century Wire
SPECIAL REPORT
21st Century Wire
SPECIAL REPORT
Some extracts:
“The Pentagon has spent at least $70
million on military experiments involving tests with deadly viruses and
chemical agents at Porton Down – the UK military laboratory near
the city of Salisbury…
Data
obtained via the Freedom of Information Act gives an idea of the dimensions of military chemical
and biological experiments carried
out at Porton Down. A total of 122,050
animals have been
exposed to deadly pathogens, chemicals and incurable diseases over the last
decade (2005-2016)...
In 2016 Porton Down scientists along with
their colleagues from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical
Defense published the results of a joint study Acute
Gene Expression Profile of Lung Tissue Following Sulfur Mustard Inhalation
Exposure in Large Anesthetized Swine…
Sulfur mustard is a chemical warfare agent that was first
used on the battlefield in World War I. It has been classified as a Class 1
human carcinogen, meaning that it can also cause cancer. Mustard agents were
regulated under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention as substances with no use other than in chemical
warfare.
The last use of Sulfur mustard in battle was confirmed in
Syria in 2016. According to the BBC,
Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists used mustard gas against government forces in
Deir-ez-Zor. The same chemical gas was confirmed to have been used by ISIS
against Kurds in Northern Iraq…
[Note: This contradicts the official narrative that falsely blames only the Syrian government for the use of such chemical weapons, when it has been the terrorists!]
According to information obtained from
the US Federal contracts registry, Porton Down scientists 5 months ago
completed a $2 million military program involving chemical gas experiments on
animals. This program was funded by the US Department of the Army…
Tests
using nerve agents VX and VM on guinea pigs were carried out at Porton Down in 2015. The project
was funded by the UK Ministry of Defence. Interestingly, guinea
pigs were also found at Sergei Skripal’s home in Salisbury, just a few kilometers away from the
secretive chemical and biological military lab. A photo of the Skripals’ pets –
a cat and guinea pigs, was posted by his daughter Yulia on Facebook…
Porton Down scientists test chemical gas on London Tube
passengers
Chemical gas was released on thousands of unsuspecting
commuters during a military experiment on the London Underground, documents
reveal. These chemical tests were performed in 2013 by scientist from Porton
Down.
The UK government never informed the British
public of the military experiment on the London Underground. Thousands of
people were exposed to chemical gas without their knowledge. Nor did the
Ministry of Defence ask for their consent to participate in such military
experiments…
The controversial military laboratory was
investigated for chemical and biological experiments on humans in the past.
Up
to 20,000 people took part in various trials from 1949 to 1989. In 2008, the UK
Ministry of Defence paid 360 veterans £3 million without admitting liability…
Even recently, UK have been actively
involved in the development of the lethal VX gas and have conducted numerous
lives tests.
Similarly, the
United States has an extensive and sordid record of using both chemical and
biological weapons at home and overseas. Aside from civilian deaths, a number
of US serviceman deaths during field testing and other ‘live’ testing…
Powder dissemination of chemical or biological agents
Presently Porton Down scientists produce and test
dissemination of biological and/or chemical agents as they did in the past,
documents from the UK government contracts registry reveal. Although the
information is redacted, it still raises questions as to why the UK military
needs to develop a new technique for dissemination of chemical or biological
agents via the inhalational route…
Although the US and UK joined the UN
Conventions on the prohibition of chemical and biological weapons, documents
prove that their military programs have never ended…
US official lied in Brussels about the Pentagon
biolaboratories
Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary at the US Department of
Health, categorically denied the existence of an American bio-weapons program
at a seminar on the threat of biological and chemical weapons. The event was
organized by the European Parliament on 7th March in Brussels.
Asked why the information about the US military bio-laboratories in 25
countries bordering on Russia, China and Iran (the Pentagon’s main rivals) is
classified, Kadlec responded: “They are not classified, they are openly
available to anyone who wants to look at them.”
WATCH: Full video of my challenge to US official Robert Kadlec’s
at the European Parliament in Brussels:
According to the 2005 Agreement between the US DoD and the Ministry of Health of
Ukraine the Ukrainian government is
prohibited from public disclosure of sensitive information about the US
program. The Pentagon has been operating 11 biolaboratories in
Ukraine.
Porton Down is just one of the
Pentagon-funded military laboratories in
25 countries across the world, where the US Army produces and tests man-made
viruses, bacteria and toxins in direct violation of the UN convention.
These US
bio-laboratories are funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under
a $ 2.1 billion military program– Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP), and
are located in former Soviet Union countries such as Georgia and Ukraine, the
Middle East, South East Asia and Africa.
The Pentagon-funded military facilities are not under the
direct control of the host state as the US military and civilian personnel is
working under diplomatic cover.
As the local governments and communities are
prohibited from public disclosure of sensitive information about the foreign
military program running on their own territory – the full extent of the public
risk will always remain unknown.
Consequently, without being under the direct control
of the host state, these Pentagon bio-laboratories put the
health of the local population at risk and must be closed.”
Author Dilyana
Gaytandzhieva is a Bulgarian-based investigative journalist, specializing
in covering conflicts and terrorism in Middle East and Asian conflicts, and
international weapons trafficking operations. An earlier version of this story
was first published at the military analysis website South Front.
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