2011 January 31 « nuclear-news

USA censoring whistleblowers on depleted uranium

“”They are hampering efforts to prove the relation between Depleted Uranium and the illness,”” Durakovic said:
Note about Dr. Durakovic; Firstly, he was warned to stop his work, then he was fired from his position, then his house was ransacked, and he has also reported receiving death threats.
Evidently the U.S. D.O.D is very keen on censoring DU whistle- blowers!)

Public health disaster for Iraqi people by Depleted Uranium, tehran times, 31 Jan 2011,“.……Durakovic said: “Preliminary tests show that the air, soil and water samples contained hundreds to thousands of times the normal levels of radiation.” Continue reading →

January 31, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, depleted uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Passing of an anti-nuclear women’s leader

In September of that year, [1961], philosopher Bertrand Russell, then 89, was arrested for his part in an anti-nuclear bomb demonstration at London’s Trafalgar Square. The night of the arrest Wilson and her husband were hosting a cocktail party at which she expressed her anger at Russell’s jailing…..The next day she began calling every woman she knew…………..Wilson’s high visibility in the protest made her a target of the House Un-American Activities Committee,

Dagmar Wilson dies at 94; organizer of women’s disarmament protesters Dagmar Wilson obituary: Dagmar Wilson, who organized 50,000 women to protest against nuclear weapons, dies at 94 By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times January 30, 2011 At the height of the Cold War, the illustrator and mother of three organized 50,000 women to demonstrate against nuclear weapons. Foes tried to paint her as a Communist, but failed miserably. Continue reading →

January 31, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA | Leave a comment

Mohamed ElBaradei a voice for calm on Iran

ElBaradei said the international community should act only on concrete information. He warned against a repetition of the 2003 experience with Iraq, when IAEA inspectors did not find signs of an active nuclear arms program but were ignored by the United States, which proceeded to use unsubstantiated intelligence to make the case for war. Since then, the IAEA has been proved right that Saddam Hussein did not possess any of the alleged weaponry.

Calm Is Urged in Iran Debate* Voices — Mohamed ElBaradei Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 2011, Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear agency chief, sees no imminent danger from Tehran and asks those discussing the issue to `lower the pitch.’March 31, 2006 By Jeffrey Fleishman and Alissa J. Rubin, BERLIN — United Nations atomic energy chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged the international community Thursday to steer away from threats of sanctions against Iran, saying the country’s nuclear program was not “an imminent threat” and that the time had come to “lower the pitch” of debate. Continue reading →

January 31, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium – a public health disaster

“”I arranged for a delegation from Japan’s Hiroshima hospital to come and share their expertise in the field of radiological diseases that we are likely to face over time.

The delegation told me the Americans had objected, so they decided not to come.

Public health disaster for Iraqi people by Depleted Uranium, tehran times, 31 Jan 2011, “……….Ross B. Mirkarimi, a spokesman at The Arms Control Research Centre stated:””Unborn children of the region are being asked to pay the highest price, the integrity of their DNA.” Continue reading →

January 31, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, health, Iraq | Leave a comment

Nuclear Power and Civil Liberties – theme for February

With uranium mining, nuclear power, nuclear wastes, and nuclear weapons, – civil liberties are increasingly eroded. They must be, even when all seems to be going smoothly. Nuclear reprocessing, with plutonium as fuel, would necessitate taking away even more civil liberties.

A police state would develop, even with “peaceful” nuclear reprocessing. But imagine how fast we would lose civil liberties, in the event of a nuclear mishap – theft of plutonium, terrorist strike, accident. For a start, the public would not even be informed, (for fear of public panic). Very quickly, that police state would be turned into a martial law state.

January 31, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | Leave a comment