HA! I think Rokke is a clown AND a contortionist!
Posted on 01/08/2006 10:38:28 AM PST by KeyLargo
Ex-military director speaks out
Peace activist says U.S. using uranium in warfare
Methodist Medical Center
Sunday, January 8, 2006
BY KELLY MAHONEy
OF THE JOURNAL STAR
PEORIA - A former military director on Saturday accused the United States of war crimes for its use of depleted uranium in warfare.
Peace activist Dr. Doug Rokke, a Gulf War veteran and former director of the U.S. Army's Depleted Uranium Project, presented his thoughts on the military's alleged use of depleted uranium to about 50 people in the basement auditorium of the Peoria Public Library's main Downtown branch.
Rokke's presentation was sponsored by the local chapter of Peace Action, which is dedicated to creating a world "free from violence and war," according to its Web site, www.peace-action.org.
Rokke, who has a Ph.D in physics and technology education, claimed the U.S. government continues to use uranium against the mandates of the United Nations.
"The United States Department of Defense continues to use uranium emissions," he said. "It is a radioactive defense item, it's a dirty bomb."
Rokke said the government continues to use uranium because of its effectiveness. "It's incredibly effective as a weapons system."
By the Office of Homeland Security's own definition, use of depleted uranium is radiological warfare and thus a war crime, Rokke said.
"It's an act of terror," he said. "It's in their own guidelines. I don't think they realized what they did when they did it."
Depleted uranium exposure causes a variety of symptoms and, Rokke claimed, is a contributing factor in Gulf War syndrome, a malady among veterans of that military action against Iraq in 1991.
Once uranium is used in an area, studies show the particulate matter can travel at least 30 miles, Rokke said. Those in the area can continue to infect others as well.
"Any military personnel that has been near the contamination will bring it back," Rokke said. "We have proven incidents when contamination has been brought back."
There is no way to effectively remove this contamination, Rokke said.
"You cannot decontaminate clothing," Rokke said. "We could never, ever get it down to permissible levels."
Furthermore, Rokke said there is no way to treat exposure if it is not dealt with in the first 24 hours.
"I mean, you can do basic stabilization," Rokke said. "When the rash breaks out, the doctor gives me a salve."
Even on the other side of the globe from war, central Illinois residents have been exposed, Rokke said.
"Have troops in Illinois gone over and been exposed? Absolutely," Rokke said. "Have central Illinois people died as a result of this? Absolutely."
Kelly Mahoney can be reached at 686-3114 or news@pjstar.com.
This says it all!!
Silly as well as goofy-looking.
http://www.uraniumconference.org/Rokke.html
What part of "depleted" do they not understand?
Some facts about the ammo: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/faq_17apr.htm
This from the Federation of American Scientists- hardly an apologist for the 'military-industrial complex'.
Definitely at night. The doctor is obviously having a nocturnal emission (aka a wet dream) over this issue.
From Wikipedia:
Civilian applications for depleted uranium are fairly limited and are typically unrelated to its radioactive properties. It primarily finds application as ballast because of its high density. Such applications include sailboat keels, as counterweights and sinker bars in oil drills, gyroscope rotors, and in other places where there is a need to place a weight that occupies as little space as possible. Other relatively minor consumer product uses have included: the manufacture of pigments and glazes; incorporation into dental porcelain used for false teeth to simulate the fluorescence of natural teeth; and in uranium-bearing reagents used in chemistry laboratories.
Oh man. When the time comes for me to have that sort of thing- I want a set of depleted uranium dentures- so I can invade one of their meetings. I'll loudly announce that I'm packing DU in my mouth and watch them scatter like a squealing flock of pigeons. LOL!
I wonder if our liberal friends are aware that they're yachts probably employ depleted uranium in one capacity or another...
You don't need to read any further...............
Bwaaaahahahahaha!
I know that is not what is meant, but it kind of says it all.
Nope, that fringe has ALWAYS been out there. The numbers aren't increasing....
Do the "emmissions" occur mainly during the day, or at night?
No doubt these bedwetters are deadly afaid of "night emissions"
Sigh, another B.S.p.h.d.
Rokke's presentation was sponsored by the local chapter of Peace Action, which is dedicated to creating a world "free from violence and war,">>>
Which is like being dedicated to creating a world "free of human beings." Possible, but unlikely.
Okay, I give up. Granted, I was navy and not army, but what is a "one-tank round"? Is that different than, say, a "two-tank round"?
Did he say when he would be returning the money he made as the director of the Depleted Uranium Project? Ill gotten gains that they are. Interesting that he was the director of the DU project.
The point being?
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