Dear Jim: Thank you for getting back to me. I am
glad you have involved yourself with this very serious
issue and that you are trying to get it max (Irish)
media exposure.
HOWEVER, the types of less-lethal weaponry you
mention in your reply below (stun belts, pepper spray,
stun grenades, taser guns) are the least innocuous
instances of less-lethal weaponry easily purchased or
come by and used widely--AND THIS INCLUDES IN
IRELAND--by the criminally minded. I am aware that
the current Jane conference in Dublin is not focusing
on the wide range of microwave and other energy
"non-lethal" weaponry that are employed liberally to
target and harrass individuals but I bet every
attendant member at that conference plus its
organisers are well aware of the existence and covert
use of such weapons.
And are you not also aware Jim? If you are, would you
not agree that you should make it Amnesty's business
to include references to these energy
"less-lethal/non-lethal" weapons in your talks with
the media? By your focusing just on pepper spray and
those other types of easily visually detectable
electric disablers you are doing the Irish public a
grave disservice because they should be alerted to
other energy weapons which they can't see--just like
they can't see the microwave signals to their
cellphones--but can cause them horrific
bioeffects, trauma plus long term damage.
I am pasting in here for you an excerpt from a recent
online report of the acknowledged use of microwave
weapons for crowd control in Iraq. Note the writer
describes it as an "invisible beam."
"Microwave gun to be used by US troops on Iraq rioters
By Tony Freinberg and Sean Rayment, Defence
Correspondent
(Filed: 19/09/2004)
Microwave weapons that cause pain without lasting
injury are to be issued to American troops in Iraq for
the first time as concern mounts over the growing
number of civilians killed in fighting.
The non-lethal weapons, which use high-powered
electromagnetic beams, will be fitted to vehicles
already in Iraq, which will allow the system to be
introduced as early as next year.
Using technology similar to that found in a
conventional microwave oven, the beam rapidly heats
water molecules in the skin to cause intolerable pain
and a burning sensation. The invisible beam penetrates
the skin to a depth of less than a millimetre. As soon
as the target moves out of the beam's path, the pain
disappears.
Because there are no after-effects, the United States
Department of Defence believes that the weapons will
be particularly useful in urban conflict. The beam
could be used to scatter large crowds in which
insurgents operate at close quarters to both troops
and civilians. . . . "
So, that is the acknowledged use of "an invisible
beam" (microwaves, in this instance) used by US
authorities to quell demonstrators.
I am going to give you an example from my own
experience on just how easy it is to torture a person
with microwave energy and how easy it is to convert an
energy source into a weapon. This is by no means my
sole experience of being targeted with energy weapons
(My first was on November 20, 1996 in Pasadena, CA,
where I was totally stunned and an acoustic based
weapon was aimed at my head which has resulted in me
having brain seizures since then) and as an outspoken
activist on some Human Rights issues being targeted is
to be expected. Even Amnesty acknowledges that
that--being targeted or harrassed-- happens to Human
Rights activists and has set up an international
agency to defend them. And yet, Amnesty never gets
around to the whiff of a mention of the most prevalent
form of harassment in practice today: targeting with
INVISIBLE energy weapons.
Is this because there are some corporate powers, for
example telecommunciations, that Amnesty quivers
before and doesn't dare expose the down-side, the evil
side of using the same energy sources to inflict harm?
Here is my experience of the energy based assaults I
suffered over the course of a week in early February
2002, following my opening of an account which I
named: esisreal@eircom.net. (The es in esisreal
stands for electrosensitivity. As you know, I am an
electrosensitive and campaign vigorously for
recognition of this disability.) And the "invisible"
microwave harassment was so debilitating and painful
that I decided to close that account. That also
explains why I do not use an Irish based email account
although I reside in Cork.
The below is posted online at "Citizens Initiative
Omega" (via Google) with date 15/02/2003. (Posted c.
half way down but obscured for some reason due to my
heading being deleted and beginning of my text pushed
up toward end of entry immediately above.)
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Hi Klaus:
Yesterday, under the heading "Occupational Exposure to
RF/MW and Microwave Sickness" you posted Kathy Hawk's
account of the Doe family's adverse experiences with
RF/MWs. I noticed with particular interest Kathy's
observation that it was most likely during the time
the "'independent'" measurements were taking place
that "the facility appeared not operating at full
capacity" and cellphone users found their phones
wouldn't work within a radius of some miles. In other
words, the power source appeared deliberately to be
turned down to ensure desired results.
I would like to share my experiences with what would
appear to be the opposite: the strength being
deliberately turned up and used as a form of
harassment. This occured just about a year ago.
And I bet my experience is not an isolated one!
Best, Imelda, Cork, Ireland
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My journal entries on a severe EHS week
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 to c. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2002
FRIDAY (FEB. 1). Yesterday, I engaged in a certain
action online, that resulted in our EHS condition
being brought directly to the attention of an unnamed
Irish telecom network. Below is an account of its
response. Or perhaps it was just a co-incidence that
the below started within 24 hours of my confrontation
with it on our EHS issue.
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Today, Friday, February 1, ushered in unusually
high/severe radiation levels in my place of residence
a housing estate) in a town, c. ten miles from Cork.
It was the worst for c. two years. Especially strong
after 8.00 P.M. Had a number of brain short
circuits/seizures as I lay in bed before eventually
dropping off to sleep.
SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBR. 2 was similar. I'd rate the
ambient radiation pretty strong (c. 8/10) from 9.00
P.M. Had to wear aluminium helmet again in bed and
still had a series of brain seizures.
On MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 returned from Cork c. 5.00 P.M.
and the radiation levels in the house here seemed
unusually high, even at that early hour. Cork had been
just fine. The levels got progressively more severe
during the eve. Lots of inward airwave suction (most
probably, the usual microwaves/radio frequencies)
through my ears throughout the eve. Tried to read in
bed with the tinfoil helmet firmly in place but each
time I started falling off to sleep I'd get a sharp
short-circuiting of my brain/brain seizures. A bad
night's sleep again. Very broken and many quick
seizures.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBR. 6: Radiation levels fairly low
as they usually are in the mornings here. But when I
returned from Cork (where again levels were very
tolerable) to the house here, c. 4.45 P.M., the
ambient radiation levels were already very forceful
and uncomfortable and felt lots of inward airwave
suction (MW/RFs) through my ears.
TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBR. 5 TO WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBR. 6:
A terrible night--hideously awful. Felt as if I were
under some kind of microwave siege right through the
night with no letting up. Signals kept moving swiftly
inwards through my aural tract and felt as if they
were going ping, like metal balls, off the centre of
my brain and then resonating throughout my brain. Just
as one would fade out another would come through and
each time it really hurt deep inside my brain. Then I
also had brain seizures right throughout the night. Of
course, I wore the aluminium helmet throughout. Felt
wrecked in the morning and my eyelids were all puffy
and violet. The upper contour of my left eyelid looked
very odd--it had become twisted in shape like a very
crooked line. It returned to normal by later in the
day. The other occupant of this small house, said that
she didn't sleep all through Tuesday night to
Wednesday morning but she put it down to being wound
up after a supervisor monitored her work. She also
remarked, though, that one of her eye's appeared as if
it were developing a sty. She had never had this
ailment before and was unsure what she should do. She
thought that this might be due to laptop screen
distress but wasn't sure. I didn't mention my violet
and puffy eyelids and odd contour of left eye lid. (My
housemate adamantly refuses to consider anyone could
possibly be affected by radiation or electricicy). On
Thursday she mentioned that her "sty" had disappeared.
On Wednesday morning I telephoned the Southern Health
Board and asked for an appointment with the person in
charge of GMS contracts. (That means General Medical
Services--the GPs who treat public patients). I
relayed that I had had a really quite dangerous night
of continuous brain seizures from high radiative
levels and MW/RFs bombarding me throughout the night.
When I turned up for the appointment in Cork was told
she had a meeting and couldn't see me. Met another S.
Health Board employee instead but it was most
unsatisfacory. Didn't get past the door. My most
urgent query, I said to her, was trying to locate a
G.P. who would take my brain seizures and what is
causing them seriously and help me attain an early
appointment with a neurologist who specialises in
seizures, either within Ireland or in another EU
country. As THE IRISH TIMES had reported (in profile
article on EU commissioner, David Byrne whose brief
includes health that appeared in Friday, Febr. 1, p.
13) ". . . patients are entitled to treatment in
another EU country, at the expense of their own health
authority, if they face undue delays at home." Felt
really dejected and depleted in energy as I headed
back to where I live. Felt I could die any night from
severe brain seizures and this Irish Southern Health
Service couldn't careless.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEBR. 6 TO THURS. FEBR. 7:
High levels again throughout Thursday night. Fully
awake from c. 2.00 A.M. to 4.30 A.M. Then drowsed off
and shot awake shortly afterwards by signals coming
through my aural tract. The first of these came
through very clearly at exactly 5.00 A.M. I became
alert and checked the time. Then was drifting off to
sleep again when I was shot awake by a new batch of
signals. Again checked time and it was exactly 5.30
A.M. The third time I was awoken by strong signals
coming through ws precisely at 6.00 A.M. Each time the
signals comae through my aural tract I got a brain
seizure/a short circuiting of my brain.
Tel. the Dublin Head Office of BRAINWAVE--THE IRISH
EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION and spoke to the Information
Officer there. She had never heard of
electrosensitivity so said I'd send her a packet of
info. She was unsure what the medical convention is
for validation that a patient is really getting
seizures. It's easier to determine this when it's
epilepsy and there are witnesses to the epileptic
episode.
Need to get a neurologist urgently and get EEG tests
done. No brain could stand up to the punishment that I
have outlined above, without getting irreparably
damaged.
SUNDAY MORNING, FEBR. 10:
Not as severe a night as earlier ones this past week,
although radiative levels did shoot up c. 9.00 P.M.
Woke to signals coming through just after 5.00 A.M.
Not so severe right now. It's 1.55 P.M. Yesterday, had
to stop using my laptop after ten minutes in the
afternoon because the radiation was too strong. Now,
it's somewhat more tolerable. But physically I look
wrecked from ordeal of last week.
MONDAY MORNING, FEBR. 11
It was a surprisingly OK night but wore the tinfoil
helmet just in case. Woke a few times but got back to
sleep. Woke to some signals coming through after 5.00
A.M. Feel OK and have been able to use the laptop for
a longer period than I could throughout all of last
week.
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So, Jim, Please be brave and include those
"invisible" forms of energy weapons in your
communications with the media. Regards, Imelda,
Cork, Ireland
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--- jloughran@amnesty.ie wrote:
Dear Imelda
I am fully aware of the Jane's Conference conference
and in fact for the
last week have been doing numerous interviews
highlighting Amnesty's very
serious concerns. In fact last week I did an
interview on Today with Pat
Kenny and Newstalk radio,. The Sunday Tribune
carried an article organised
by us and Anmnesty had a spokesperson today on
Morning Ireland , the Last
Worrd on Today FM. I also did an Interview for
todays programmee on five
Seven Live.
Later this week Village and the Irish Independent
will be carrying articles
highl;ighting our call for
a ban on the use of stun belts
a complete moratorium on the use of electric shock
equipment
We have also consistently raised our concerns at the
recent acquisitrion by
an Garda Siochana of Bena Bags Stun grenades and
pepper spray.
In addition I have sent out a press release making
these points to all the
media and have written to the Department of Justice.
I attended the press release organised by PANA and
the Anti war Movement
and did interviews with Sky News and the Press
Association on the Day.
I personally cannot attend the demo but other
members will be there
carrying the Amnesty banner.
On top of all this Amnesty international has
published a major report on
this subject The Pain Merchants and is about to
produce a new report on the
use of the taser in the next few weeks. i have
already organised coverage
of this.
so as you can see we are taking this issue very
seriously and have devoted
a lot of time to highlighting the riskes posed by
this equipment
regards
Jim Loughran