Penonton membaca
tajuk-tajuk utama berkata "Ebola 1: Amerika Syarikat 0" Daily Talk,
akhbar papan hitam tepi jalan, di Monrovia (Bystanders read headlines saying
"Ebola 1: USA 0" at the Daily Talk, a street side chalkboard
newspaper, in Monrovia (Reuters/James Giahyue)
tiaraVillaRuby - Amerika Syarikat mempunyai dengan jaminan diadakan
dari Jerman bahawa virus Ebola yang - antara penyakit-penyakit berkaitan yang
lain - tidak akan weaponized sekiranya berlaku Jerman mengeksport ke US Army
Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan untuk Penyakit Berjangkit.
Jerman MFA Timbalan Ketua Bahagian Kawalan Eksport
Markus Klinger disedia-kan kertas untuk Ekonomi Pejabat konsulat Amerika
Syarikat (Econoff), "mencari jaminan tambahan yang berkaitan dgn
eksport yang dicadangkan patogen sangat berbahaya."
Jerman kemudiannya membuat dua permohonan susulan dan penjelasan kepada
Angkatan Tentera, menurut kabel Wikileaks yang tidak dapat dikelaskan.
"Perkara ini adalah mengenai genom lengkap
virus seperti virus Zaire Ebola, virus Tasik Victoria Marburg, virus Machupo
dan virus Lassa, yang benar-benar di antara patogen yang paling berbahaya di DUNIA,"
nota permintaan.
Virus Ebola Zaire adalah ketegangan yang sama virus Ebola yang telah
mengamuk melalui Afrika Barat dalam beberapa bulan terakhir.
"Penghantaran akan meletakkan penerima dalam kedudukan yang mampu
untuk membuat replikasi spesies berjangkit rekombinan virus ini," catatan
kabel.
Walau bagaimanapun, ia juga menunjukkan bahawa
Jerman telah menyediakan satu "dasar yg sangat terhad," sambil
menambah bahawa persetujuan tidak akan diberikan kepada eksport sehingga Amerika
Syarikat memberikan jaminan.
"Keputusan mengenai eksport belum lagi dibuat.
Memandangkan perkara di atas, kami sangat menghargai pengesahan sijil
penggunaan akhir adalah benar-benar daripada Jabatan Tentera Darat dan
ketepatan data yg terkandung di dalamnya," dokumen yang dinyatakan.
Tidak ada dokumen susulan yang tersedia untuk mengesahkan sama ada US
Army akhirnya disediakan Jerman dengan jaminan yang perlu.
Bioweapons telah diharamkan di Konvensyen Senjata
Biologi dari tahun 1972 & tlh ditandatangani & disahkan oleh 179
penandatangan, termasuk Jerman, Amerika Syarikat dan Rusia.
Ia menetapkan bahawa penandatangan, "dlm
semua keadaan penggunaan bakte-riologi (biologi) dan toksin senjata secara
efektif dilarang oleh Konvensyen" dan "penentuan Negara pihak untuk
mengutuk sebarang penggunaan agen biologi atau racun selain daripada untuk
tujuan damai, oleh siapa saja pada bila-bila masa."
US Army Withheld PROMISE
from GERMANY that Ebola VIRUS Wouldn't
be WEAPONIZED . . .
The United States has with held assurances from
Germany that the Ebola virus - among other related diseases - would not be
weaponized in the event of Germany exporting it to the US Army Medical Research
Institute for Infectious Diseases.
German MFA Deputy Head of Division for Export
Control Markus Klinger provided a paper to the US consulate's Economics Office
(Econoff), "seeking additional assurances related to a proposed export of
extremely dangerous pathogens."
Germany subsequently made two follow-up requests and clarifications to
the Army, according to the unclassified Wikileaks cable.
"This matter concerns the complete genome of
viruses such as the Zaire Ebola virus, the Lake Victoria Marburg virus, the
Machupo virus and the Lassa virus, which are absolutely among the most
dangerous pathogens in the world," the request notes.
The Zaire Ebola virus was the same strain of Ebola virus which has been
rampaging through West Africa in recent months.
"The delivery would place the recipient in the position of being
able to create replicating recombinant infectious species of these
viruses," the cable notes.
However, it also points out that Germany has in
place an "exceptionally restrictive policy," adding that approval
would not be granted to the export until US assurance was provided.
"A decision about the export has not yet been
made. Given the foregoing, we would appreciate confirmation that the end use
certificate really is from the Department of the Army and of the accuracy of
the data contained therein," the document stated.
There is no follow-up document available to confirm whether the US Army
eventually provided Germany with the necessary guarantees.
Bioweapons were outlawed in the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 and
was signed and ratified by 179 signatories, including Germany, the US and
Russia.
It dictates that signatories, "under all
circumstances the use of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons is
effectively prohibited by the Convention" and "the determination of
States parties to condemn any use of biological agents or toxins other than for
peaceful purposes, by anyone at any time."
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