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Correction on some statements on UK Hacking and Manipulation of Independent Scientists in the UK mentioned on Nuclear Hotseat report by Shaun McGee

OpEd by Shaun McGee (aka arclight2011)

19th November 2014

posted to nuclear-news.net

I am using this chance to make a correction to some comments made in last weeks Nuclear Hotseat report by Shaun McGee. The claims of manipulation of finances of these two Scientists (Chris Busby and Ian Fairlie) still stand. Also, Ian Fairllie had his recent bullet proof peer reviewed report on increased Leukemia in children around nuclear power plants disappear and become unavailable after some 200 odd downloads by the science community.And Chris Busby has been removed as a scientific witness to the Atomic veterans in the UK courts with no independent scientist allowed to offer non UK government backed Science data. I might add that Mr Gundersen from the USA tells us in the same Nuclear Hotseat Podcast, linked above, that his Tokyo sourced radioactive samples mysteriously disappeared showing that this criminal behaviour is happening on both sides of the Atlantic.

There are many other examples of UK blocking of emails and disruption of nuclear stakeholder groups that will be reported in depth in further articles posted exclusively on this blog, in the near future.

In the report this statement;

“.. even in the face of growing evidence reluctantly released by the UK government showing that there is indeed damage caused by U234 fallout from the Atomic Bomb program..”

Should have said;

The UK government is being challenged by the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association for a paltry 25 million Pounds Sterling (40 million US dollars Approx ) for damage to the veterans and their descendent’s for up to 20 generations, any funds needed above that need to be raised by the Veterans and their families.

And the statement that immediately followed;

“.. Also, this underpinned by recent findings and admissions by the UK government that Depleted Uranium has caused similar genomic problems in Iraq veterans due to DU..”

This statement was wrong, however, 2 soldiers from the first Iraq war were part compensated for Depleted Uranium health effects to themselves whilst cleaning out effected Tanks. And 2,000 others were awarded health pensions due to “war damage” (Quotes and links below).

A report from Going Underground claims that the UK will not be using DU in Iraq in further military actions;

Hundreds of tons of depleted uranium has been dropped in Iraq by US and UK forces, contaminating an estimated 300 sites, with a huge increase in cancer rates and a 17 fold increase in birth defects. The MoD denies any connection between the two. And the UK is one of only 4 countries ruling out banning the use of the weapon, which can disperse toxic dust and contaminate sites for years.

And below is some evidence to support the correction to the Nuclear Hotseat report above;

Exposure to depleted uranium in 1991 Gulf War killed UK soldier – inquest rules

A Black Country soldier died as a result of exposure to depleted uranium during the first Gulf War, an inquest has ruled. Stuart Dyson, of Cherwell Drive, Brownhills, formerly a Lance Corporal in the Royal Pioneer Corps, died of colon cancer in June last year aged only 39. His family has sought to prove his belief that he was dying because of being exposed to the lethal substance while cleaning tanks in the Gulf between January and May 1991. A jury, sitting at Smethwick Council House, heard medical evidence that cancer-inducing particles from uranium in tank shells had been breathed in and swallowed by Mr Dyson and that the onset of cancer in such cases could typically take ten years to show. (Birmingham Post, Sep 11 2009)

Pension award for British soldier’s depleted uranium poisoning claim

Scots ex-soldier Kenny Duncan has become the first veteran to win a pension appeal after being diagnosed with depleted uranium (DU) poisoning during the 1991 Gulf war.
Mr Duncan’s case relied on blood tests carried out by Dr Albrecht Schott, a German biochemist, which revealed chromosome aberrations caused by ionising radiation.
Dr Schott’s research formed part of a study of 16 British veterans of conflicts in the Gulf, Bosnia, and Kosovo. The test results were dismissed by the MoD as “neither well thought out nor scientifically sound”. (Glasgow Herald, Feb. 4, 2004)

UK Gulf War veterans to abandon legal battle for compensation claims

An eight-year, multimillion pound legal battle by more than 2,000 veterans for compensation for Gulf war syndrome has collapsed because there is not enough scientific evidence to prove their case in court.
The Legal Services Commission (LSC), which is estimated to have spent around £4m on the case, is expected to withdraw legal aid this month after being told by the veterans’ lawyers that the action has no real chance of success.
To succeed in their claim against the Ministry of Defence, the veterans would have to produce scientific evidence not only that their illness was caused by their service in the 1991 Gulf war, but also that the MoD had been negligent. The burden of proof would be on them as claimants to prove their case.

More than 2,000 Gulf veterans have been awarded “no fault” war pensions, granted to those whose health has been affected by war service. This week the first war pension for the effects of depleted uranium was awarded to a former soldier, Kenny Duncan, who claimed he was poisoned from inhaling DU dust from burnt-out tanks.
But winning a war pension is no pointer to success in a high court compensation claim. The burden of proof is reversed in pension cases, putting the onus on the MoD to prove the illness is not linked to Gulf service, and there is no need to prove negligence. (The Guardian Feb. 5, 2004)

H/t http://www.wise-uranium.org/dissgw.html for the three articles above.

Of course, the UK government has commissioned, what i believe to be, biased reports claiming no effect of Depleted Uranium although they claim that this weapon will not be used in any further attacks on Iraq. The Science Media backed Scientists connected to the UK governemnt are trying to cover up the effects of radiation and toxic effects of nuclear materials and this will also be reported on in the future exclusively to nuclear-news.net followers.

PS its nice to be back 🙂

November 19, 2014 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized