Nuclear alert sparks Chester traffic chaos the standard  28 January 2009

Cheshire Police were quick to assure residents living close to a section of the A41 near Capenhurst that there was no risk after a trailer carrying low-level nuclear waste became detached from a HGV.

Nearby roads were sealed off after the alert was raised and police and firefighters were called out as part of a set emergency plan…………………….The incident had a major impact on rush-hour traffic into Chester and caused long tail-backs.

Families who believe they suffered from nuclear tests WalesOnline Jan 28 2009 by Darren Devine, Western Mail Their families believe they were guinea pigs in government experiments to develop nuclear bombs in the face of what was seen as a growing Soviet threat after World War II. Darren Devine hears from veterans and their families who say that the nuclear tests in the Pacific left a legacy of lives blighted by cancers and ultimately death………………………….

Successive UK governments have denied the veterans’ claims that they were exposed to significant doses of radioactive material, causing severe illnesses including cancers. But the 1000- strong Atomic Veterans Group is involved in legal action against the Ministry of Defence in the High Court in pursuit of a multi-million- pound compensation payout.

Veterans who served in the Army, Royal Navy and Air Force, as well as New Zealand and Fijian claimants, are involved in the landmark compensation case.

About 20,000 veterans saw blasts between 1952 and 1957 and only 3,000 remain alive.

Lawyers say the veterans suffered injuries of all types, ranging from minor complaints and skin conditions to cancers of the thyroid, liver, intestine and lungs.

They have pointed to the Rowland study of a small group of New Zealand test veterans which “proved that most, if not all, of them suffered genetic effects due to radiation exposure”.

The veterans’ lawyers maintain those responsible for the tests did not fully understand the risks.

The Somali Piracy Records. VI

American Chronicle Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis 28 Jan 09 “…………………………The parents of Ukrainian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates on a ship carrying a vast horde of weapons have told AFP they want humanitarian groups to help the sailors suffering “horrible” conditions……………………. We only can hope that all people on MV FAINA are informed about the following!
The Italian Ministry of Defence has been prosecuted on 17th December 2008 by a court of law in Florence / Italy and was charged to pay over half a million Euro in damages to a soldier. The amount was defined by the court as compensation to be paid to an Italian soldier, who had been contaminated during Operation IBIS in Somalia with radioactive substances – uranium – and fell sick thereafter. The ruling clearly points out the given direct correlation between the inhaled uranium-dust and the development of a Hodgkin Lymphoma. The scientific background to the ruling, elaborated by a medico-legal expert appointed by the court, has been published together with the ruling (see: http://www.vittimeuranio.com).

Falco Accame, who founded an association to assist soldiers with ailments due to the handling of ammunition with depleted uranium, stated concerning the ruling: Since 1984 the Italian Ministry of Defence had been provided with scientific documents concerning the use of ammunition containing depleted uranium – as most likely also in other NATO countries. During the Gulf War the precautionary principle had not been implemented yet by the United States of America, but already 1993 during the Somalia operations it was standard practice for most armies. It was only in 1999 that this danger had been exposed in Italy publicly by KAFOR troops operating in the Balkan. The failure to implement the precautionary principle in context with the exposure to depleted uranium ammunition in Somalia therefore must be seen as a criminal act, the court ruled.

First patent for “Armageddon Clothing” awarded tgdaily
TrendwatchBy Nino Marchetti Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Miami (FL) – Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), a developer of what it terms “personal-protection systems for ionizing and nuclear radiation,” said today it has been awarded a nanotechnology patent for the world’s first protective material designed for all types of chemical, biological, radiological and even nuclear incidents. It is called Demron………………….Demron is extremely heavy. The “cloth” weighs about 6 pounds per square foot. A 6′ x 6′ sheet (available in the form of a nuclear radiation blanket) weighs just over 200 pounds, and “is a portable shield offering protection from contained high-energy sources. The suppression blanket can be used to cover an undetonated dirty bomb, radiological dispersal device(RDD), or spill,” according to RST.