British Soldiers Lining up for Anthrax Jab
New Scientist, 24th Jan, 2003

British troops on their way to the Gulf are rolling up their sleeves for the controversial anthrax vaccine. With the likelihood of a war with Iraq rising, the number of infantry soldiers opting for the voluntary vaccination has nearly doubled in the past few weeks, according to the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD). Only about half of infantry troops opted for the anthrax vaccine when the programme was revived in May 2002. But in the past few weeks those numbers have climbed to 80 or 90 per cent, says the MoD. Royal Navy sailors, in contrast, consider themselves safe offshore - uptake has remained at about 15 per cent.
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CTM COMMENT: Entirely missing from the story is the history of vaccination, or the techniques used by big business and big government to stoke fear into the populations for private gain. Anthrax is useless as a terrorist weapon, but former Chief of Staff White House buddy, Admiral William Crowe, has a 13% share in Bioport - the only vaccine company at present licensed to manufacture an anthrax vaccine.

Anthrax has been an innocuous disease for centuries. But you wouldn't think so, according to all the recent headlines. We are reminded of HL Mencken's quote "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and hence, clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins - all of them imaginary." For a full and frank account of how populations are being manipulated and how to break free from the fear of politically-manufactured 'disease', obtain a copy of Plague, Pestilence and the Pursuit of Power by Steven Ransom. www.credence.org

"A truly gripping read." Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist

"Plague, Pestilence and the Pursuit of Power is the most significant book I have read to date. It contains information so vital in nature, that it immediately becomes our duty to alert as many people as possible to the absolute necessity to be vigilant, to think for ourselves and to wake up to the times in which we live. Once informed, we can then become potent agents of change." Robbie Briggs, Empower and Enrich