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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:38:00 AM
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 |
Air Force Chief: Test Weapons on Testy U.S. Mobs
CNN,
Sept 12, 2006
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Last Updated:
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:38:00 AM |
... or "A Lesson in How Criminal Governments
Rationalize Their Crimes". Wes Penre
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Secretary Michael Wynne says nonlethal weapons should be
tested on U.S. civilians before being used on the
battlefield... |
ASHINGTON (AP) -- Nonlethal weapons
such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American
citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the
battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
The object is basically public relations.
Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions from others
about possible safety considerations, said Secretary Michael
Wynne.
"If we're not willing to use it here against
our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in
a wartime situation," said Wynne. "(Because) if I hit somebody
with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a
way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in
the world press."
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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/12/usaf.weapons.ap/index.html
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