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* CIABASE * E-mail: Ralph McGehee, - Thursday, 5 February 1998 - ----- _________________________________________________________________ BIO-CHEMICAL WAR ON CUBA Information from CIABASE files on bio/chem war on Cuba _________________________________________________________________ Ralph McGehee, CIABASE Source: alt.politics.org.cia * BIOLOGICAL WAR chemical war. covert action information bulletin (now covert action quarterly) 17:2-31; 18:58,59; 21:29,30; 22:16, 35; 25::3,7,26. "germ warfare disinformation," 16:60,58; "the history of U.S. bio-chemical killers," 17:5-7; "U.S. biological warfare: the 1981 Cuba dengue epidemic" 17:28-31. in afghanistan 17:13, 17,28; in Cuba 17:28-31; in korea 17:6-7; in laos 17:12 Cuba. Details CIA efforts to avoid destroying offensive biologicals ordered by pres. nixon. also cites article in the 1/9/77 issue of the Washington Post " CIA linked to 71 swine virus in Cuba." BCAS v12, #4 1980 p11-17 Cuba, 69-70 a U.S. officer passed a vial of african swine fever virus to a terrorist group. six weeks later Cuba suffered the first outbreak of swine fever in the western hemisphere; pig herds were decimated. richelson, j.t. (1985). the U.S. intelligence community 231 Cuba, 71 anti-Castro group releases anti-swine virus in Cuba and Cuban gvt forced to kill 500,000 pigs. CIA agents delivered sealed container that contained virus to Cuban group in ft. gurlick, panama canal zone. CIA paramilitary center helped train members in pm ops. minnick, w. (1992). spies and provacateurs 262 Cuba, 72-82 Cuban officials charge that the CIA infected Cuban pigs with african swine fever in the early 70s and again in the early 80s. also the us introduced mosquitos that carried bleeding dengue into Cuba in 81. hundreds of thousands became ill and 150 died. the nation 8/27/83 135 Cuba, 78-87 CIA contacted dr. eduardo sagaro gonzalez while he taking a medical course in mexico in 78. sagaro traveled to mozambique in 79 where he recruited and close to douglas james smith, the cos in maputo. CIA wanted info on fidel's health and info on pesticide reserves to combat the dengue epidemic. CIA also had asked another agent many questions relating to bio and chemical war. CIA convinced manufacturer of containers for fumigating (dengue fever) mosquitoes to make them without a head of fumigator - rendering them useless. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 77 Cuba, 79-82 when CIA agent davidson left Cuba he instructed officers bruce timpton and richard brennan to keep in touch with agronomist lopez nunez. they asked for samples of tobacco leaves. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 78 Cuba, 79 orlando argudin lopez, aka oscar aka rolando was told by his CIA handler in paris in 79 that CIA was introducing diseases to affect people and animals. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 74 Cuba, 81 300,000 people had dengue fever. two years earlier swine fever devastated the island nation. entire tobacco crop attacked by mildew; sugar cane had fungus. Cuban double agents received reporting requirements from CIA re those events. top secret 0-88 9-11 Cuba, 81 dengue fever type 2 broke out in Cuba 2 months after CIA query re topic to Cuban double agent maria santiesteban. she worked with dse for 11 years and recruited her husband, jose alberto puig aka abelardo. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 71 Cuba, 93 Cuba said an epidemic affecting eyesight - optic neuritis - may have been deliberately introduced from abroad. washington times 5/1/93 a2 Cuba, 95-97 Cuba showed a u.n. meeting against biological weapons, pictures of a U.S. op to plague Cuba with a crop-eating pest and called for an international investigation. it is the first time the biological weapons convention is dealing with a complaint under a 1991 provision that lets a nation that believes it has come under biological attack seek an investigation. a u.n. meeting on Cuba's charges ended inconclusively in geneva. in talks held under a cold war-era treaty which bans biological weapons but lacks a verification mechanism, havana failed to get the investigation it wanted and washington was unable to close the matter. johnpike fas.org 9/2/97 Cuba, 96-97 Cuba said the us government unleashed biowar against Cuba. granma newspaper provided a map of us state department aircraft's trajectory over Cuba last october 21st, the date of the first appearance of the thrips palmi insect plague in western and central Cuba, and the dates of Cuba's official note of protest to the us interests section in havana as well as the response to that protest. on 2/12/97 -- the us interests section said the sr2 aircraft, turned on its smoke generator to warn a nearby Cuban commercial airliner of its presence in the region. the sr2 used by the state department for the fumigation of drug crops is known to have two dispersion systems: one for aerosols and liquid particles, and one for solid particles, but is not known to carry a smoke generator. the Cuban pilot who spotted the aircraft, and who has experience in fumigation said that the us aircraft did not launch smoke, but rather a substance. rhc radiohc.org 5/7/97 Cuba, 96 note 4/28/97 from Cuba to u.n. secretary-general re the thrips palmi plague. on 10/21/96, at 10.08 hours, crew members of (Cuban airlines), saw a single-engine airplane apparently spraying or sprinkling unknown substances - some seven times. located 25 to 30 kilo metres south of varadero. the flight was a fumigation aircraft model sar, register n3093m, operated by the state department. the airplane had taken off from patrick air force base, bound for grand cayman. the Cubana pilot reported to flight control the release of unknown substances, in the form of a white or greyish mist, by the sar airplane. 12/18/96, the first signs of thrips plague appeared in matanzas province. after a protest note on 2/12/97, the us interest section in havana, stated, the pilot had, during his flight, seen a Cuban commercial airplane flying below, and as he was not certain of having seen, "following caution and safety procedures," and with the purpose of securing a positive visual contact, the pilot used the "smoke generator" of his aircraft, in order to "indicate its location" adding that "the smoke vanished and no fluid was poured from the airplane." the sar aircraft, register n3093m, is used by the state department in the struggle against drug trafficking, to destroy crops. the aircraft utilizes two sprinkling systems: one for the use of aerosols and liquid particles and another for dropping solid particles. the investigations show, the appearance of thrips palmi in mananas province with the dropping, on 10/21/96, of an unknown substance. protest note 6/29/93 Cuba, switzerland, 96-97 - Cuba charged the U.S. sprayed it with a hungry insect that is devouring its crops. at a meeting here of the 138 nations that signed the 1972 convention on biological weapons, Cuba demanded an investigation into claim that a U.S. state dept plane spewed an agent known as thrips palmi over Cuba last october. charges provide a test for the accord, intended to ban germ warfare. accord now includes no provisions for verification or enforcement. now negotiators trying to add powers that were built into the post-cold war treaties to ban chemical weapons and nuclear test explosions. the tiny insect, which severely damages practically every crop, started showing up in potato plantations about two months after the october flyover. washington post 8/26/97 a12 Cuba, switzerland, 97 Cuban accuses U.S. government crop-dusting plane for spraying a substance over Cuba in october 96 that led to the appearance in december of a crop pest. the potato bug was dropped on 10/21/96 by an s2r crop-dusting plane operated by the state department -- who says the plane overflew Cuba, but emitted only smoke. washington times 8/26/97 a10 Cuba, 61 CIA used weather modification and swine fever virus against Cuba. richelson, j.t. (1985). the U.S. intelligence community 231 Cuba, 79-81 Castro said CIA probably behind hemorrhagic dengue where in 7 weeks 113 people died and 300,000 infected. he raised questions about african swine fever, sugar cane rust and blue mold on tobacco that hit Cuba beginning 79 counterspy 2/82 6-8 Cuba, 81 various evidence including testimony suggests that CIA thru Cuban exile terrorist org omega 7 spread epidemic of dengue fever. covert action information bulletin (now covert action quarterly) fall 84 22 & summer 82 28-31 Cuba, 61-81 Cuban sugar contaminated, infected turkeys virus, 8000 died. 71 created african swine fever, 500,000 pigs killed. 81 epidemic dengue fever 300,000 cases reported. blum, w. (1986). the CIA a forgotten history 211 Cuba, plans against Cuba's sugar crop. ranelagh, j. (1986). the agency 386 Cuba, 71 U.S. intel source said the CIA gave an anti-Castro group a container filled with african swine fever virus which caused the slaughter of 500,000 pigs to prevent a nationwide epidemic. wp 1/9/77, first principles 2/77 p12 CHEMICAL WAR 94-95 in 94 at maximum biosafety level 4 at the U.S. army medical research institute of infectious diseases, the fort detrick "biological weapons" center, a controlled experiment was run with what is probably the world's most deadly organism: elgon filoviruses. these fragile tapes of rna in thin, protein-walled molecular tubes a few microns long share seven common proteins, and the army experiment showed that the most fulminating, hemorrhagic subtype, ebola zaire could pass airborne from one monkey to another. in biological warfare lingo, ebola zaire filovirus is a true "slate-wiper:" in a modern hospital, it will kill nine out of 10 infected persons in 24 to 48 hours. there are no known antibodies or counter-measures and its molecular structure is indistinguishable from other filoviruses, the least "fulminating" of which kills one in four persons in 24 to 48 hours. after a few days or weeks of incubation in a mammal host, a filovirus multiples inordinately, congealing blood platelets and softening organ tissue into jelly. first, capillaries, then larger blood vessels fill, swell and burst, leaving the host bleeding massively internally and also externally through all orifices. intelligence - a computerized intelligence newsletter published in france 2/27/95 2 biological war. covert action information bulletin (now covert action quarterly) 17:2-31; 18:58,59; 21:29,30; 22:16, 35; 25::3,7,26. "germ warfare disinformation," 16:60,58; "the history of U.S. bio-chemical killers," 17:5-7; "U.S. biological warfare: the 1981 Cuba dengue epidemic" 17:28-31. in afghanistan 17:13, 17,28; in Cuba 17:28-31; in korea 17:6-7; in laos 17:12 Cuba, 61-62 op mongoose begun in 11/61 to overthrow Castro. a wide range of ops from intel and propaganda, to sabotage of factories and installations, bombing power lines, spreading chemicals on sugar fields to sicken cane cutters, and several plots to murder Castro. watson, b., watson, s. & hopple, g. (1990). united states intelligence: an encyclopedia 364 Cuba, 61-81 Cuban sugar contaminated, infected Cubans turkeys virus, 8000 died. 71 created african swine fever, 500,000 pigs killed. 81 epidemic dengue fever 300,000 cases reported. blum, w. (1986). the CIA a forgotten history 211 Cuba, 66-87 in july 87 Cuban gvt revealed the identities of 26 Cubans and one italian who had served as double agents for the Cuban gvt while ostensibly working for the CIA (double agents). Cuban tv ran an 11-part series on the 26. series exposed CIA attempts to spread dengue fever and crop diseases and efforts to assassinate Castro. nacla (magazine re latin america) 9/89 6 Cuba, 69-70 CIA used weather modification to ravage Cuba's sugar crop. it seeded rain clouds in non-agricultural areas that left cane fields arid. blum, w. (1986). the CIA a forgotten history 211 Cuba, 69-70 CIA apparently used weather modification to destabilize Cuba's food crop and export income. planes from china lake naval weapons center in california overflew Cuba seeding rain clouds that precipitated torrential rains over nonagricultural areas and left cane fields dry. CIA used international research and technology corporation in this op as reported by one of institutions leaders, lowell ponte in nyt, 6/27/76. dutch scientists jaap van ginneken supported ponte's claim. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 73 Cuba, 69-70 planes from the china lake naval weapons center in california overflew Cuba, seeding rain clouds with crystals that precipitated torrential rains over nonagricultural areas and left the cane fields arid. richelson, j.t. (1985). the U.S. intelligence community 231 Cuba, 71-83 sudden outbreaks of sogata rice blight in 71, african swine fever in 71 and 79, sugar cane rust and smut in 78-79, blue tobacco mold in 79, newcastle disease in 82, and coffee smut in 83 caused serious damage to Cuban economy. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 73 Cuba, 80-84 eduardo victor arrocena perez, head of CIA-financed group, omega-7, tried for assassinating felix garcia, a Cuban diplomat in new york on 9/11/80. arrocena was a CIA agent. during trial he testified CIA had given him chemicals to produce sickness in Cuba. ridenour, r. (1991). back fire: the CIA's biggest burn 78-9 Cuba, vietnam, 57-97 book, che guevara: a revolutionary life, by jon lee anderson, reviewd by jane franklin. discusses lansdale in 1991 who had just returned from vietnam, where operation hades, a massive chemical warfare program, had just been secretly launched. the nation 5/19/97 27-8 * * * +:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+ +: A N T I F A I N F O - B U L L E T I N :+ +: NEWS * ANALYSIS * RESEARCH * ACTION :+ +: RESISTING FASCISM * BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY! :+ +:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+ to subscribe e-mail Tom Burghardt ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ ++++ if you agree copy these 3 sentences in your own sig ++++ ++++ see: http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm ++++
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History of Plagues against Cuba
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Biowar History Time Line Biological war waged by the US against Cuba --1962 A US intelligence agent is known to have given several thousand dollars to a Canadian to introduce a disease infecting Cuban sea-turtles. --1965 A plastic balloon descends on a farm in Santiago de las Vegas. When it hits the ground it expels a white dust that spreads to cane plantation which is later destroyed. --1968 A foreign specialist working for an international agency is expelled after he is confirmed to have introduced a virus affecting coffee crops. --1970 The US is caught seeding clouds over Cuba in an attempt to affect the sugar harvest. The project was part of a larger research plan called "The Cooling" which was intended to devise ways of manipulating the weather for political reasons. --1971 African swine fever is introduced. The Cubans claim that the container transporting the virus came from Fort Gullick, a US military base in the Panama Canal Zone. Those involved in this attack have since testified to their part. The entire pig population of Cuba had to be slaughtered. --1977 Cane smut is detected in Pilón, eastern Cuba. The disease had never been known in Cuba until this date. --1978: A previously unknown variety Blue mould hits the sugar crops causing losses of approximately 344 million pesos. --1978: Sugar cane rust affects a new variety of cane imported from Barbados. As a result 1.35 million tonnes of sugar are lost. --1979-80 Two different strains of African swine fever are discovered emanating from distinct areas of contamination. 300,00 pigs are slaughtered. --1981 A previously unknown Bovine skin disease erupts affecting young cows and bullocks throughout the island. --1981 A sudden outbreak of haemorrhagic dengue fever affects 350,000 people. 158 people, including children, die from the disease. The disease is later discovered to be exactly the same strain of the disease which caused an outbreak in New Guinea in 1924 but no others in the world except the Cuban case. The outbreak had three initial breeding grounds in Cienfuegos and Camagüey, all very close to international air corridors. Just prior to the outbreak it was discovered that the entire personnel at the Guantanamo naval base had been vaccinated against dengue. As a result there was not a single case of the disease in the base. --1981 Haemorraghic conjunctivitis caused by the Enterovirus 70 strain spreads throughout the island. The Pan American Health Organisation is baffled because this strain had never been seen in the entire hemisphere before. --1982 The US magazine Covert Action, August 6, 1982, suggests the dengue outbreak might have been a CIA plot. --1984 Eduardo Arocena, a counter-revolutionary of Cuban origin and head of the Omega-7 terrorist organisation, stands trial in the US accused of the murder of Felix Garcia Rodriguez, a Cuban diplomat to the UN. Arocena confesses to having introduced 'germs' into Cuba as part of the US biological war against Cuba. He affirms that the dengue outbreak was introduced by terrorist groups into the island. --1984 An outbreak of dysentery causes the death of 18 children in Guantánamo province. Investigators pin down the start of the outbreak to two workers who had participated in a festive activity inside the Guantánamo naval base. The disease was again of a type previously unknown in Cuba. --1985 An infectious bronchitis poultry virus seriously disrupts egg production. --1989 Ulcerative mammillitis in dairy cattle caused by a herpes virus spreads throughout the island affecting milk yields. --1990 Black sigatoka, infects banana plantations throughout the island. Once again the disease had been hitherto unknown on the island. The disease appeared precisely as Cuba began to put plans into action to start intensive banana production. --1991 Acariasis disease which affects bees is discovered, just as Cuban honey starts to be exported. --1991 30,000 tobacco seedlings are discovered to be 15 per cent infected with fusorio which once in the soil means tobacco production has to be halted for three years. --1992 Black plant louse which carries a citrus disease known as tristeza (sadness) is discovered. --1994 Citric sapper blight is found in Pinar del Rio and Camagüey. --1993 122,135 rabbits have to be slaughtered after an outbreak of a viral disease. --1995 February 10. A camera case in the luggage of a visiting US scientist is found to contain four small test tubes of a biological substance. On examination it is discovered to be the citric tristeza virus. --1995 Coffee borer discovered in Granma province. Losses of 80 per cent were attributed to it and considerable resources had to be spent on containing it. --1996 Varroasis, another bee disease is diagnosed in three apiaries in Matanzas. Previously unknown in Cuba, this disease is the worst of all affecting honey production. --1996 Thrips Palmi attack in Matanzas by State Department plane. |