On 11 Jun., 23:39, "Jan Rasmussen" <1...@2.3> wrote:
> Nedenstående kunne åbne helt nye muligheder i krigen mod terror,
>
>
http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_159222541.html
> Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'
>
> CBS 5) BERKELEY A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks
> military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal
> to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers
> into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.
>
> Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders
> had considered, and then subsquently rejected, building the so-called "Gay Bomb."
>
> Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom
> of Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's Wright
> Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.
>
> As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested,
> "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs,
> especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."
>
> The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop
> such a chemical weapon.
>
> "The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained
> a chemical that would cause enemy soliders to become gay, and to have their
> units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to
> one another," Hammond said after reviwing the documents.
>
> "The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human
> body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or
> having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soliders would
> become gay," explained Hammond.
>
> The Pentagon told CBS 5 that the proposal was made by the Air Force in 1994.
>
> "The Department of Defense is committed to identifying, researching and
> developing non-lethal weapons that will support our men and women in uniform,"
> said a DOD spokesperson, who indicated that the "gay bomb" idea was quickly dismissed.
>
> However, Hammond said the government records he obtained suggest the military
> gave the plan much stronger consideration than it has acknowledged.
>
> "The truth of the matter is it would have never come to my attention if it was dismissed
> at the time it was proposed," he said. "In fact, the Pentagon has used it repeatedly and
> subsequently in an effort to promote non-lethal weapons, and in fact they submitted it to
> the highest scientific review body in the country for them to consider."
>
> Military officials insisted Friday to CBS 5 that they are not currently working on any
> such idea and that the past plan was abandoned.
>
> Gay community leaders in California said Friday that they found the notion
> of a "gay bomb" both offensive and almost laughable at the same time.
>
> "Throughout history we have had so many brave men and women who are gay
> and lesbian serving the military with distinction," said Geoff Kors of Equality California.
> "So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay that the other military would
> be incapable of doing their job. And its absurd because there's so much medical data
> that shows that sexual orientation is immutable and cannot be changed."
>
> Jan Rasmussen
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