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November 24 2007
Vaccines Threaten Up to 44,000 U.S. Soldiers

A U.S. soldier in Iraq, Pfc. Leif Hamre, 22, may face dismissal for refusing the anthrax vaccine. According to his own statements, he’s already been given an Article 15 – a non-judicial military punishment – including being taken off missions, assigned 18-hour workdays, and reduction in his pay scale, in addition to being subjected to threats and intimidation.

Concerned about the questionable safety of the vaccine, he became even more concerned after he discovered the military wasn’t even handling the vaccine under the rules for storing it at the correct temperature.

In an open letter he states, “The tactics they have used to coerce me into taking the shot are unregulated, unscrupulous and downright un-American.”

But Hamre is not alone in his opposition to the vaccine. A recent report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) confirms that about one to two percent of immunized individuals may end up with severe adverse reactions, including disability, chronic disease and death. Even at that seemingly low risk, when calculated across the 2.2 million in the service, an estimated 44,000 enlisted could potentially end up in the morgue.

The vaccine BioThrax, manufactured by BioPort (now called Emergent Biosolutions) is the only FDA-licensed anthrax vaccine available in the U.S. However, even BioPort’s own insurance company, Evanston Insurance, has sued BioPort, alleging “material misrepresentations about incidents, conditions, circumstances, defects, or suspected defects in the vaccine.”

Says Leif Hamre, “… I am an American citizen too, with rights I thought we were fighting to protect. I have given two years of dedicated service to the Army, with a clean record and a willingness to sacrifice for my country and fellow soldiers… I just don’t think any of this seems right…”

Dr. Meryl Nass, a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, has a warning for all citizens in the U.S., stating that if there should be another anthrax attack, such as the powder-laced envelopes received at the U.S. Senate office in 2001, an order requiring mandatory inoculations of civilians is both legally and technically possible.

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Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola's Comments:

The issue of mandatory vaccinations of any kind is truly fraught with all kinds of danger, as well as basic ethical questions. Should anyone living in a supposedly free country be forced to be injected with questionable substances against their own will, for any reason?

The truth is that ALL vaccines are immune suppressing; meaning they depress your natural immune functions, which leaves you vulnerable to any number of diseases. The anthrax vaccine, for example, has a long list of potentially devastating side effects, including:

Gulf War syndrome Migraines Heart problems Diabetes
Multiple sclerosis Autoimmune diseases Lesions on your brain Birth defects
Guillain Barre syndrome Seizures Paralysis Chronic fatigue, and chronic pain syndromes

The anthrax scare spurred countless news stories in 2000 and 2001, but hasn’t really been front and center in people’s minds in the last several years. The military actually suspended their use of the anthrax vaccine in October 2004, after a court order revealed concerns over the process through which it was approved for use. Unfortunately, as soon as the court order expired in October 2006, the mandatory shots were quickly resumed.

Dr. Meryl Nass, who was mentioned in this article, is the leading authority on anthrax vaccinations in the U.S. She has been on the forefront in exposing the anthrax vaccine’s risk to health. She also helped expose the covert and immoral U.S. military and government testing of vaccines on troops without their knowledge or consent.

Her website, anthraxvaccine.org, contains much of the latest up-to-date information about this vaccine, so if you’re interested in getting more in-depth information I’d highly recommend it. Her website is also actively seeking plaintiffs in a new lawsuit against the government over the restart of the anthrax vaccination program that now may cost Pfc. Hamre his job.

No doubt, there's big money in the hysteria surrounding anthrax - big money for Bayer, producer of the dangerous antibiotic Cipro, and big money for BioPort, the Saudi-owned holder of the exclusive contract to produce anthrax vaccine in the United States. All in all, Big Money for more new vaccines.

And let’s not forget Dr. Ness’ warning that this, and/or other vaccines, can and most likely will be ordered mandatory for civilians, if another case of suspected anthrax (or whatever else) shows up in the United States…

What is Anthrax?

In case you’ve forgotten the drill from 2001, let’s review what anthrax actually is. According the Merck Manual, a standard medical text, anthrax is a

"highly infectious disease of animals, especially ruminants, transmitted to humans by contact with animals or their products."

- Merck p 1157

It is infectious, but not contagious. Causative agent: Bacillus anthracis - a gram positive anaerobic bacterium. Standard medical knowledge of the disease is still sketchy because anthrax is extremely rare as a naturally occurring disease.

It has, however, been intensely studied as a bioweapon since the 1940s. After years of experimentation with anthrax, a method for inducing spore encapsulation was invented. In this way anthrax the disease was crafted into anthrax the weapon. But not by Islamic terrorists. WE created anthrax the bioweapon, right here in Maryland, U.S.A.

According to the same Merck Manual, you can contract the anthrax disease in three ways:

  • Through broken skin
  • By eating infected meat
  • By inhaling spores (Woolsorter's Disease)

How Could You Protect Yourself Against Anthrax Without a Vaccine?

So what happens if there is another anthrax scare? Provided you even get to have a say in the matter, do you submit to a dangerous and potentially deadly vaccine or not? Are there any other alternatives?

The potential destructive devastation of germ warfare far exceeds that of most chemicals because the infections continue to spread among individuals, as most of the biological agents are highly communicable.

So, always remember that your first line of defense is to posses a healthy, vibrant immune system!

Anthrax, or any natural pathogenic agent, cannot overpower such a body; your internal defense system can then kill and rid your body of foreign invaders effectively. You might get ill before your body's defense system kicks into high gear, but your body will eventually win out over the biological agent, and defeat its spread.  A compromised immune system, however, will likely fail to defeat an anthrax invasion of your body.

Since many people have compromised immune systems, it is absolutely vital to feed your body with foods designed to rebuild and strengthen its defenses. This should not be one of your last options, but your first.

My recommended eating plan is invaluable for building and maintaining a strong, healthy immune system. It contains some of the most potent physical measures you can implement to optimize your health.


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curlilox
[ Joined on 08/07 ] [ Posted on November 2, 2007 ]
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My friend's husband served in Iraq a few years ago.  They had a beautiful baby girl who lived 4 months.  She was born with severe internal abnormalities .  They are devestated.  I was informed that this happening more frequently in the military.  They call them military babies.  Evidently, some of the vaccines change your DNA at the cellular level, causing a miriad of problems.   Unfortunately, many times the ones who really suffer are the babies born.  The parents tried to work with her  to restore the DNA at the bottom of the cellular level, but the doctors drugged her til her body couldn't take any more.  When will enough be enough?  When will they stop using our own military as guinea pigs?  Praise God someone finally stood up and said enough!  Many many more follow his example!!
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DizzyIzzy1
[ Joined on 06/07 ]  [ Posted on November 2, 2007]
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I really feel for the people in Iraq at the moment, both the troops and the Iraqi people themselves.

The ravages of DU (depleted uranium) are probably also to blame for these babies... absolutely horrendous stuff, it should be banned internationally.

Islander is right in saying that vaccines are only the tip of the iceberg... the entire situation there, and in Iran, is just ridiculous and wrong. So, so, very wrong.
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veggienut
[ Joined on 09/06 ]  [ Posted on November 3, 2007]
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DizzyIzzy's mention of Depleted Uranium should be highlighted and examined further, as it is a crucial aspect to all the issues we are currently seeing with Iraq vets/families and will see more of in the future.  While DU is being used on a widespread basis in all sorts of ways now, it was also widely used in Vietnam, unbeknownst to most.  Unfortunately, Vietnam vets and their families (I am the daughter) had not only Agent Orange, multiple mysterious vaccines and a number of required pills to take in the field, they also were exposed continuously in combat to DU.  It is only now, in the middle of the Iraq war, 40-some years later, that there is any discussion of DU in relation to Vietnam. 

Too late.  The damage is done.  The toxins have been passed to at least one generation, in most cases 2. Heavy metal testing can show for many elevated levels of Bismuth, which can be directly linked to the production of DU.  Chelation may help, but cannot necessarily repair existing neurological damage.
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mmc88121
[ Joined on 11/06 ]  [ Posted on November 4, 2007]
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Curlilox, do you have any more information about the anthrax vaccine and birth defects, my only grandchild had severe birth defects and lived less than 1 hour. 

Mary
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Pat Ormsby
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on November 24, 2007]
       
   
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Mary, may I express my profoundest sympathies!  I pray there will be more, who will be healthy, thanks to your wisdom.

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ricci
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on November 24, 2007]
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The sooner more people consider that 9/11,WMD,HPV,HIV,H5N1,CO2,wars on terror, cancer, drugs,AIDS, crime and poverty etc are all pretexts, or red herrings if you like, that serve to justify the ensuing Trojan Horse industries and beaurocracies the better. The growing armies of crusaders together with the media's disinformation campaigns very successfully reinforces our preconceptions of who or what lies behind these assumed "pandemic" threats to our future existance. Once mass consideration process begins we will undoutedly realise that there are no "good guys" or "safe solutions",only counterproductivity, creating the demand for more funding, more "research",bigger bureacracies,more fear mongering, a bigger vicious circle etc. My suggestion is to start here:

Exposure of the failed "war on AIDS" by watching "AIDS Inc" video on Youtube or by visiting Mercola.com

Exposure of the failed "war on terror"by watching"John Pilger"videos on Youtube

Exposure of the failing "war on drugs"by visiting prisonPlanet.com

Exposure of the failed "war on cancer" by visiting Mercola.com

Exposure of the future failure of HPV awareness campaigns by visiting Mercola.com

Exposure of the failing "war on poverty" by realising that the implementers and benefactors are the likes of NIH,CDC,WHO,World Bank,IMF,UNAIDS,USAID,UNFPA,UNHCR,UN... NGOs in Africa exploit, cause more poverty and are self-serving. You don't need a website to realise this, only common sense. There is more poverty now than before they moved there.

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JulejuleLMT
[ Joined on 04/07 ]  [ Posted on November 24, 2007]
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My husband was subjected to this and a few other vaccines this year (including small pox and soon the flu). We are bound and gagged by just the above reasons. To question or refuse would mean the end of his military career. Very sad. My girls and I follow the guidelines provided by Dr.M and we're never sick. My 2 and a half year old has never been vaccinated and my 4 year old, only up to 9 months. And now to think that the State could come in and forcibly pollute and poison their little bodies makes me sick to the core.

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ricci
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on November 24, 2007]
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A not so dissimilar epidemic of paediatric fatalities and abnormalities continues to plague Iraqi children because of mass depleted uranium that came about during and post the Gulf War.

As for civilian death toll of Iraqies (I believe that the definition of a civilian is someone who is ununiformed and unarmed) is now upwards of 77,000

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

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AdrienneG
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According to a recently published scientific paper:

In 1991, an estimated 375 tons of Depleted Uranium were dumped on Iraq, and

approximately 2200 tons were dumped in the war in 2003. According to geiger

counter readings in four different sites, the radiation levels were between

one and two thousand times higher than normal background radiation.

Millions of Iraqis have been affected. Of the 697,000 American troops that

were there in 1991, about half of them have since reported serious medical

problems and significant increases in birth defects in their newborn

children.

For perspective, in Vietnam, about 10% of veterans reported problems, and in

WWII about 3% reported, and now we are looking at 50%. About 1/3rd of the

Iraq vets  230,000 people are on Veterans Administration (VA) Disability.

That is a huge increase over previous wars.

I hope in time, depending on funding, we

should be able to start certain programs to clean up the environment of

radioactivity. Such things are available, and will be discussed when we

put them into action. In the meantime we have discussed some preventatives.

One of the simplest, and least expensive is Natural Cellular Defense (NCD),

containing a form of  zeolite, which was used in Chernobyl to neutralize the

radiation after nuclear incident polluted the entire environment. In over 40

people examined at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center , 39 of the 40 had

DU in brain, breast and liver, and in

one week in our detox fasting spiritual program, 99 percent of the

participants were DU-free.  Zeolites, in the form of this patented product,

Natural Cellular Defense, are indicating a very high affinity for DU through

its’ initial testing.  Currently there is a double blind, placebo study

taking place at the V.A. hospitals with fifty veterans returning

from the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.  It is hoped that this study

will be completed and published by the end of this year. Order: http://www.mywaiora.com/679607

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texastoaster
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on November 24, 2007]
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Before my unit deployed to Afghanistan in 2004, there were two babies born to our soldiers. Both of the soldiers had previously deployed to Iraq and both babies born had deformities.

My 1SG confided that he'd never taken a questionable vaccine and said the way to do it was to not be there when they're giving them out. Maybe a senior medic like him could get away with that but it'd be hard for a regular soldier.

Fortunately for me, they declared the anthrax vaccine illegal the day before I was scheduled to receive it. I'd already written my letter of refusal so that seemed like the best news I'd ever gotten. It was illegal because it was never tested or approved by the FDA for inhaled anthrax. It was a souped up version of the same thing they give farm workers who might touch it. If I remember correctly, the FDA approved it 6 days later. Those were some quick tests evidently.

Another good treatment of DU and the various vaccines is the movie, "Beyond Treason." Their website gives out free copies to current and former military or it's available on Google video.

A good history of the anthrax vaccine is "Vaccine A" by Gary Matsumoto. Ironically, I found the copy I read in our military library.

  
  
seg
[ Joined on 11/06 ] [ Posted on November 2, 2007 ]
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They should make it mandatory for the makers of these poisons and the doctors who administer them to be injected first and foremost IN PUBLIC TO...I believe there was and likely still is a reward of approx 75G'S for any doctor to publicly take one of these shots, but so far no one has step up to the plate to collect........SWINE SOB'S..........
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tanya
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on November 24, 2007]
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i believe the challenge is up to $125,000.00 for any doctor to take a cocktail

that includes the adult equivalent of the vaccines pumped into babies.  none has stepped up to the plate.  

perhaps this should become part of the challenge to our legislators to take this challenge themselves or make it part of a piece of legislation.

  
  
Katee Roux
[ Joined on 07/07 ] [ Posted on November 2, 2007 ]
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I am deeply sorry for the insults this young man is having to go thru because of his stand.  However, i am very thankful he is doing it, not only because of his own health, but also this will make the issue more public.  As others in the military become aware & come forward, & as those in the public become aware, maybe the true nature of vaccines will finally be revealed.
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ricci
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