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peace campers
at Greenham
England, claim
that
they
are
as lacked
by
the US
electronic
'.veapi.’its «'rom within the US airbase there.
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hciic-ve
that some fonn of
elee-
iiVifftaiinetH? wave or other signal
is being
directed
at them and
is responsible
lor a
.
number of
illnesses
they have
sultered
o\er die past year.
•-tvn.ra.vus range from mild headaches
•n'.d" drowsiness "to bouts of temporary
iraralvsi;.
and.
in one
case,
an apparent
or'.maiory
laiiure which required emer-
ireittmont. Women have also com-
niaine J of shtup pains and problems with
;
speed',
coordination. A team of doctors
i ’em the Medical Campaign Against Nuc-
Weapons arc compiling a report on the
lM ,iuit)p. ol
the women affected.
i'he women
first
noticed
a
pattern
of
ifmcsscs emerging
in
1984.
They
dis-
i .liiiiicd food or water poisoning as a cause
, ;i d Maned
to
suspect interference from
'.,,,ide the base. They found that women at
•isfinivni paints around the camp appeared
.-cpei'icnced similar symptoms at
v,>iiK lime, even when they were not in
.ir..ici
v.
ii one another.
; u
v : there
is a dclibciuic intent
jfllift
Microwave
tower owned
by
the
U.S.
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to make life difficult for them and so drive
them away. Some of the worst atfected
women now
find
it
impossible
to
slay
around Greenham
for more than
a short
period of time.
CPYRGHT
Electronic weapons are known to have
been used by security forces on a number
of occasions. The Americans are reported
to have used ultrasound
to disorient and
demoralise their enemies during the Viet-
nam war and a number of American police
t.
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.
.
L-..«
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r-i
H
nut
lorces
arc
trials with-infra-sound generators mounted
on the back of trucks. The high intensity,
low frequency pressure waves these pto-
duce are said
to cause vonnung, nausea
and a range of other disturbances and to
induce
fifs
in
those who
are subject
to
them. American medical groups have pro-
tested against the proposed use of these
weapons for urban riot control.
Microwave radiation is also believed to
have been used as a weapon
at various
times. The most celebrated instance was
the irradiation of the US Embassy in Mos-
cow during the 1950s, ’60s and VOs. It has
never been made clear whether the Rus-
sians used the signal as a weapon or for
surveillance, but a television documentary
screened Mast year reported
a high
inci-
dence of cancer amongst ex-Embassy stall
and suggested that disorders of the blood
and nervous system could also have been
caused by the signal.
The women at Greenham Common sus-
pect that more than one type or frequency
of radiation
is being used against them.
They
say
that
the symptoms
vary from
time to time and seem to reflect what takes
place
ort
the
base.
Large numbers
of
women have complained of sudden
teel-
ON GUAR!
ings of extreme
tiredness
shortly be km
major events such as
the departure
ol
.
cruise missile convoy and on odier occa
sions when
their
activities
might haw
proved particularly awkward for the force,
using the base.
We have conducted a number ot
tesc
around the base in cooperation with jou;
nalists from other organisations. Reading
taken with
a wide range
signal strengu
ilieiet
slip wed marked
increases
in
lb
background signal level near one of tm
womens’ camps
at
a time when
the.
claimed to be experiencing
ill effects.
On
another occasion,
previously
lov
signal levels near the camp rose snarpT
when the women created a disturbance jus
outside
tire perimeter fence ot
the base
Whether this indicated an attempt to sub
due
the women by
electronic means
o
merely the use of a radar surveillance sys
tern
it is impossible to say.
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The
signal
levels measured were wei
above normal background levels but Mil
within
official
safely
limits.
Howcvei
there is evidence from a number of source
that low
levels of electromagnetic
radia
lion can have harmful
effects esp-cKm.
where exposure takes place over
a
Ion.
. period of time.
British
Defense
officials
have
derms
that any form of electronic signal
is be.
used against the protesters.
—courtesy, Electronic*
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