The Anthrax Files: US Forces Conducted Multiple Secret Anthrax Experiments in South Korea
The
initial admission by the Department of Defense that one sample of live
anthrax was inadvertently sent to Osan Air Base in South Korea has now
been revealed to be grossly inaccurate.
According
to a recent report by a US/South Korea joint working group, a US
military defense laboratory at Dugway Proving Grounds mailed anthrax to
South Korea at least fifteen times prior to the previously acknowledged
March, 2015 delivery. These other anthrax samples were delivered to
Yongsan Garrison, in central South Korea, between 2009 and 2014. In
addition, a 1-milliliter sample of the Yersinia pestis bacterium (which
can cause the bubonic plague) was sent along with the anthrax to Osan.
to a recent report by a US/South Korea joint working group, a US
military defense laboratory at Dugway Proving Grounds mailed anthrax to
South Korea at least fifteen times prior to the previously acknowledged
March, 2015 delivery. These other anthrax samples were delivered to
Yongsan Garrison, in central South Korea, between 2009 and 2014. In
addition, a 1-milliliter sample of the Yersinia pestis bacterium (which
can cause the bubonic plague) was sent along with the anthrax to Osan.
The United States has denied accusations that it lied in a May press release, which stated that: “The
laboratory biological defense training, part of the Joint United States
Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition Program at Osan
Air Base, has been halted pending further review… This was the first
time the training has been conducted.”
laboratory biological defense training, part of the Joint United States
Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition Program at Osan
Air Base, has been halted pending further review… This was the first
time the training has been conducted.”
In an email reply to the Washington correspondent with Korean publication JoongAng Daily, Pentagon spokesman Bill Urban wrote: “Following
the inadvertent delivery of potentially live Bacillus anthracis, the
51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base correctly informed the public in the
Osan area that the shipment supported the first Joint U.S. Forces Korea
Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition program’s training at that
location.”
the inadvertent delivery of potentially live Bacillus anthracis, the
51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base correctly informed the public in the
Osan area that the shipment supported the first Joint U.S. Forces Korea
Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition program’s training at that
location.”
JoongAng
went on to report that Urban suggested that the press release had been
misunderstood and the intended meaning was that “the first time”
training only referred to the first in Osan, not in all of South Korea.
went on to report that Urban suggested that the press release had been
misunderstood and the intended meaning was that “the first time”
training only referred to the first in Osan, not in all of South Korea.
It
has recently come to light that the Pentagon FedExed live anthrax to
all fifty states and to nine foreign countries. The Department of
Defense has declared that errors in the process of inactivating the
anthrax resulted in the inadvertence wherein live anthrax was FedExed to
foreign and domestic laboratories.
has recently come to light that the Pentagon FedExed live anthrax to
all fifty states and to nine foreign countries. The Department of
Defense has declared that errors in the process of inactivating the
anthrax resulted in the inadvertence wherein live anthrax was FedExed to
foreign and domestic laboratories.
The
joint working group has refused to discuss the amount of the anthrax
samples used in Yongsan, citing “military secrets.” The working group’s
conclusions are already under fire, with allegations being mounted that
it relied too heavily on input from Washington.
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/12/26/the-anthrax-files-us-forces-conducted-multiple-secret-anthrax-experiments-in-south-korea/
joint working group has refused to discuss the amount of the anthrax
samples used in Yongsan, citing “military secrets.” The working group’s
conclusions are already under fire, with allegations being mounted that
it relied too heavily on input from Washington.
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/12/26/the-anthrax-files-us-forces-conducted-multiple-secret-anthrax-experiments-in-south-korea/
