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FOR RELEASE: 20 January 2005
"U.S. Wages Biological Warfare In 2005"
Paul von Hartmann
Project P.E.A.C.E.
Planet Ecology Advancing Concious Economics
http://webspawner.com/users/projectpeace/
Though we occupy different regions, with distinct cultures and various ideas concerning politics and nationalism, in fact, we are all children of the Earth, sharing limited space, resources and time on one planet. In truth, the only really significant boundary there is on our tiny island in space, are the borders we cross in 'time.' We cannot go back to yesterday.
This is what makes the practice of biological warfare so incredibly dangerous. Once invasive organisms have been released, there is no going back to the way things were before. To unleash permanent and unpredictable disruption against biological systems has always been a crime of arrogance against the Natural Order, a poorly understood system of synergistic mysteries and uncompromising consequences.
The following documents describe biological attacks presently being prepared by the U.S. government, demonstrating a consistent disregard for primarily significant, "self-evident" laws, which determine the future quality of life on this planet. There is perhaps no better example of the extreme to which the functional integrity of human judgment and rational thought are being compromised, and disrespect for nature capitalized on, than the obvious perversions of biological terrorism being self-inflicted in mankind's unwinnable civil war within the Web of Life.
The following is excerpted from "The Re-emergence of the Biological War on Drugs"
The Transnational Institute
http://www.tni.org/
"In 2000, the U.S. Congress recommended use of the Fusarium oxysporum fungus as a biological control agent for eradicating coca crops in Colombia. At the time, the news that the United States was seriously considering use of biological agents in the war on drugs lead to a strong opposition movement in Colombia and the rest of the world. Not only would the use of this fungus represent a potential violation of the global prohibition on biological weapons, such biological agents are also hazardous to the environment and could have unforeseen consequences for agriculture and the vegetation in various ecosystems."
"...According to documents revealed recently in various media, the United States has renewed its pressure on the Colombian government to implement the use of mycoherbicides. In October 2003, the U.S. State Department's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs asked the Colombian government to resume promotion of research and development involving the use of mycoherbicides on poppy and coca crops. "
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Excerpt from "The 2003 Annual Report for Classical Biological Control of Narcotic Plants"
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=402468&showpars=true&fy=2003
"Research was initiated on this project [in1999] at the request of Congress and the State Department to identify new biologically based methods of controlling marijuana."
"University of California scientists are now working jointly on this project with ARS personnel...to identify, collect and test natural enemies of the [Cannabis] plant in each of these countries. UC Davis and ARS scientists...expect ... that Cannabis testing can begin as soon as plant and insect materials are available. This work is expected to allow the testing and selection of new effective and safe biological control agents to aid in the management of Cannabis sativa in the United States."
"Year 2005 - We also plan to move the highest priority natural enemies into US quarantine facilities to verify overseas assessments and to further test these agents against key crop and native plants."
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THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/default.htm
"Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are crucial in feeding the world’s population. They are the raw material that farmers and plant breeders use to improve the quality and productivity of our crops. The future of agriculture depends on international cooperation and on the open exchange of the crops and their genes that farmers all over the world have developed and exchanged over 10,000 years. No country is sufficient in itself. All depend on crops and the genetic diversity within these crops from other countries and regions.
"After seven years of negotiations, the FAO Conference (through Resolution 3/2001) adopted the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, in November 2001. This legally-binding Treaty covers all plant genetic resources relevant for food and agriculture. It is in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity.
"The Treaty is vital in ensuring the continued availability of the plant genetic resources that countries will need to feed their people. We must conserve for future generations the genetic diversity that is essential for food and agriculture."
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Paul von Hartmann
Project P.E.A.C.E.
Planet Ecology Advancing Concious Economics
With thanks to the people at Chanvre Info, in Switzerland, for posting this information on-line at
http://www.chanvre-info.ch/info/en/article1214.html
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Revaluation of Cannabis necessitates the obvious and considerable distinction that needs to be re-established between substances legally identified as "drugs" and those substances which qualify as "herbal therapeutics." In addition to the differences between drugs and herbs regarding availability, the following statement points out the "Significant positive correlations...between some fatty acids and some tocopherols":
"Significant positive correlations were detected between some fatty acids and some tocopherols. Even though the average content of P-8 in hemp seeds was only 1/120th of the average É¡-tocopherol content, P-8 content was more closely correlated with the unsaturated fatty acid content than É¡-tocopherol or any other tocopherol fraction. The average broad-sense heritabilities of the oil content, the antioxidants (tocopherols and P-8) and the fatty acids were 0.53, 0.14 and 0.23, respectively. "
From :
"Oil content, tocopherol composition and fatty acid patterns of the seeds of 51 Cannabis sativa L. genotypes"
Euphytica 137 (3): 339-351, June 2004
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http://www.kluweronline.com/article.asp?PIPS=5276362&PDF=1
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