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Earlier today, an Israeli military sniper opened fire at demonstrators in the village of Nabi Saleh, injuring one in the thigh. The protester was hit by 0.22" caliber munitions, which military regulations forbid using in the dispersal of demonstrations. Late in 2001, Judge Advocate General, Menachem Finkelstein, reclassified 0.22” munitions as live ammunition, and specifically forbade its use as a crowd control means. The reclassification was decided upon following numerous deaths of Palestinian demonstrators, mostly children. http://www.freeturbine.com/index.php/news/recent-politic/item/live-sniper-fire-injures-protester-in-nabi-salehEarlier today, an Israeli military sniper opened fire at demonstrators in the village... more
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Earlier this summer a crew member aboard a clamming vessel pulled up mysterious canisters from the ocean off the south shore of Long Island.
Turns out they were exposed to mustard gas, used during World War I as a chemical warfare agent. The 145-foot clam boat, based out of Atlantic City, N.J., and all crew members were safely moored and the crew decontaminated.
Additionally, 504,000 pounds (14,400 bushels) of clams the crew had unloaded, not knowing they had been contaminated, were sold in New Bedford. This required Massachusetts state officials to search for and isolated the catch.
The state officials safely disposed of the clams and the Coast Guard was tasked with decontaminating the boat, removing any detectable sulfur mustard contamination on the vessel.
“What is stunning to everyone is it is still so potent after all this time,” said Boyer, a medical toxicologist who studies mustard gas.
People exposed to mustard gas on their skin are often not aware of it until 24 hours later when enormous, raised blisters occur; that is exactly what happened to the crew member, Boyer said.
Read the Whole Story: http://morichesdaily.com/2010/08/toxic-munitions-dumping-sites-shores/Earlier this summer a crew member aboard a clamming vessel pulled up mysterious... more
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