[Marxism] U.S. to use untested exotic weaponry against Iraqis to curb their appetite for freedom!

[Duane Roberts <duaneroberts92804@xxxxxxxxx>]

Watch out! The Iraqi people are becoming increasingly
restless now that the Bush/Cheney junta (with the full
cooperation of Senator John Kerry and other key
Democratic Party leaders) have heroically liberated
the oil wells of their country from Saddam Hussein's
tyrannical grip!

In order to dampen their newfound enthusiasm for
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", our
dear friends at the Pentagon (the same folks who
brought us the Abu Graib prison scandal) have decided
to haul out a couple of hi-tech gadgets they think
will help quiet them down a bit.

According to an article appearing in the Sunday,
September 19, 2004 issue of The London Daily
Telegraph, U.S. troops will soon begin using
"microwave weapons" to "scatter large crowds" of
people who come out to greet them as they hunt for
"evildoers"!

Although The London Daily Telegraph hints that none of
these "microwave weapons" has ever been used on any
real crowds as of yet, there is an historical
precedence for the United States using untested
hi-tech gadgets to curb the enthusiasm of people
they've liberated.

For example, although the Gatling gun (the forerunner
of the machine gun) was invented during the midst of
the American Civil War, its first widespread
application was to help the U.S. Army "pacify" the
indigenous populations of North America who were a bit
too eager to meet their civilizers!

In addition to this, Napalm, Cruise Missles, the B2
Bomber, and other wonders of American ingenuity were
all first tested out in places like Vietnam, Cambodia,
Afghanistan and elsewhere where the "natives" greeted
their liberators with the same enthusiasm that the
Iraqis currently do!

Sincerely,

Duane J. Roberts
duaneroberts92804@xxxxxxxxx


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/19/wirq319.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/09/19/ixworld.html

The London Daily Telegraph (UK)

Microwave gun to be used by US troops on Iraq rioters
By Tony Freinberg and Sean Rayment, Defence
Correspondent
(Filed: 19/09/2004)

Microwave weapons that cause pain without lasting
injury are to be issued to American troops in Iraq for
the first time as concern mounts over the growing
number of civilians killed in fighting.

The non-lethal weapons, which use high-powered
electromagnetic beams, will be fitted to vehicles
already in Iraq, which will allow the system to be
introduced as early as next year.

Using technology similar to that found in a
conventional microwave oven, the beam rapidly heats
water molecules in the skin to cause intolerable pain
and a burning sensation. The invisible beam penetrates
the skin to a depth of less than a millimetre. As soon
as the target moves out of the beam's path, the pain
disappears.

Because there are no after-effects, the United States
Department of Defence believes that the weapons will
be particularly useful in urban conflict. The beam
could be used to scatter large crowds in which
insurgents operate at close quarters to both troops
and civilians.

"The skin gets extremely hot, and people can't stand
the pain, so they have to move - and move in the way
we want them to," said Col Wade Hall of the Office of
Force Transformation, a body formed in November 2001
to promote rapid improvement across all of the
American armed services.

Rich Garcia, a spokesman for the Air Force Research
Laboratory in New Mexico, where the systems were
developed, took part in testing the weapon and was
subjected to the microwave beam which has a range of
one kilometre. "It just feels like your skin is on
fire," he said. "[But] when you get out of the path of
the beam, or shut off the beam, everything goes back
to normal. There's no residual pain."

A heated battle on a crowded Baghdad street last week
that left 16 Iraqis dead, highlighted once again the
pressing need to reduce the number of civilian
casualties, and at the same time prevent further
damage to relations between American troops and the
Iraqi population. American commanders later admitted
using seven helicopter-launched rockets and 30
high-calibre machine gun rounds in last Sunday's
incident.

The armoured vehicles will be named Sheriffs once they
have been modified to carry the microwave weapons,
known as the Active Denial System (ADS). Col Hall said
that US army and US marine corps units should receive
four to six ADS equipped Sheriffs by September 2005.

The project was initiated only three months ago but US
military chiefs intend to rush the Sheriffs into the
front line, believing that they can be of immediate
assistance.

In another development, the Sheriffs will be fitted
with Gunslinger, a rapid-fire gun currently under
development that will detect enemy snipers and
automatically fire back at them.

If the Sheriffs prove successful, their use will be
expanded in combat zones. They will also be deployed
for security at ports and air force bases, and could
take part in border patrols.


                
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