A Book Review of "Project Day Lily"

Project Day Lily story chronicles the events  surrounding what the public knows as  "The Gulf War Syndrome” or “Gulf War Illnesses.”  To this day, the public perception of that tragedy  is very limited, and no one seems to remember  or knows what really happened.  Many veterans went to the Gulf War as healthy  individuals and returned with chronic ailments  and an unusual infection that they inadvertently  transmitted to their spouses and children.  Now there are over 150,000 veterans of that  conflict that suffer from chronic illnesses and  tens of thousands have died without acknowledgment  or proper assistance to keep secret the origin of  their illnesses. The "exposures" in Kuwait and Iraq and the  chronic infections picked up by our troops just  didn’t “happen” like a flu infection. These men  and women were actually "bombed" and "sprayed"  with a chemical and biological soup from missiles  and sprayers unleashed by Saddam Hussein's forces.  They were also inoculated during their deployment  with questionable vaccines. What makes this even  more horrific…in the soup of vaccines and  environmental exposures were biological agents  not created by some mad Iraqi scientist or some  rogue ex-Soviet scientist hired by Saddam as part  of his "Weapons of Mass Destruction" arsenal. No. This deadly soup was actually created in the  United States by our own scientists; some of whom  were trained by the “Operation Paperclip” scientists  brought back from Nazi Germany after World War II.  And it was tested in our own prisons using unsuspecting  prisoners long before the first Gulf War. Not only did our own scientists create new deadly  biological agents, but our own Federal government  approved sending these materials directly to Saddam  during the Iran-Iraq war. We must have known that  Saddam would use these weapons against the Iranians . So we created our own Frankenstein monster when  we supplied Iraq with the germs almost a decade  before the first Gulf War. The biggest drawback to man's existence is the  proclivity for a monumentally stupid mindset that  allows sheer brilliance and compassion to co-exis t with a darker side that kills, starts wars, and inflicts  unspeakable acts. Project Day Lily is based on the true story of two  scientists in Texas that discovered the presence of  one of the most insidious incapacitating biological  agents ever developed in Gulf War veterans’ blood.  This microbe hides inside cells and causes all sorts  of chronic signs and symptoms, similar to what one  would see with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,  Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis,  Multiple Sclerosis and many other chronic illnesses.  It also tells the story of the two scientists being thrust  into a world of danger and intrigue as they unravel the  mystery of how sinister university and government  administrators plotted to keep what these scientists  had discovered hidden from the American public, even  attempting to murder the two whistleblowers to prevent  the exposure of their hideous experiments from public  scrutiny. The final irony is that the inheritance of one  of these scientists was likely used to finance the  development and testing of biological weapons of mass  destruction by a rogue faction of government scientists,  bureaucrats and intelligence operatives, and these same  funds likely financed the diabolical campaign of  sabotage against the two Texas scientists. Project Day Lily explains to the general public what  happened to the veterans and their family members  after the first Gulf War and what is happening to our  Armed Forces to this day. Although the book’s narrative ends a few years after the Gulf War, the story  continues. Project Day Lily is a wake-up call to America.  The book explains why America’s involvement in  biological agent development and testing made us  less safe and resulted in extremist’s justification for  terrorist attacks like September 11, 2001.

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The Project Day Lily story chronicles the events surrounding what the public knows as "The Gulf War Syndrome” or “Gulf War Illnesses.” To this day, the public perception of that tragedy is very limited, and no one seems to remember or knows what really happened. Many veterans went to the Gulf War as healthy individuals and returned with chronic ailments and an unusual infection that they inadvertently transmitted to their spouses and children. Now there are over 150,000 veterans of that conflict that suffer from chronic illnesses and tens of thousands have died without acknowledgment or proper assistance to keep secret the origin of their illnesses. The "exposures" in Kuwait and Iraq and the chronic infections picked up by our troops just didn’t “happen” like a flu infection. These men and women were actually "bombed" and "sprayed" with a chemical and biological soup from missiles and sprayers unleashed by Saddam Hussein's forces. They were also inoculated during their deployment with questionable vaccines. What makes this even more horrific…in the soup of vaccines and environmental exposures were biological agents not created by some mad Iraqi scientist or some rogue ex-Soviet scientist hired by Saddam as part of his "Weapons of Mass Destruction" arsenal. No. This deadly soup was actually created in the United States by our own scientists; some of whom were trained by the “Operation Paperclip” scientists brought back from Nazi Germany after World War II. And it was tested in our own prisons using unsuspecting prisoners long before the first Gulf War. Not only did our own scientists create new deadly biological agents, but our own Federal government approved sending these materials directly to Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war. We must have known that Saddam would use these weapons against the Iranians. So we created our own Frankenstein monster when we supplied Iraq with the germs almost a decade before the first Gulf War. The biggest drawback to man's existence is the proclivity for a monumentally stupid mindset that allows sheer brilliance and compassion to co-exist with a darker side that kills, starts wars, and inflicts unspeakable acts. Project Day Lily is based on the true story of two scientists in Texas that discovered the presence of one of the most insidious incapacitating biological agents ever developed in Gulf War veterans’ blood. This microbe hides inside cells and causes all sorts of chronic signs and symptoms, similar to what one would see with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis and many other chronic illnesses. It also tells the story of the two scientists being thrust into a world of danger and intrigue as they unravel the mystery of how sinister university and government administrators plotted to keep what these scientists had discovered hidden from the American public, even attempting to murder the two whistleblowers to prevent the exposure of their hideous experiments from public scrutiny. The final irony is that the inheritance of one of these scientists was likely used to finance the development and testing of biological weapons of mass destruction by a rogue faction of government scientists, bureaucrats and intelligence operatives, and these same funds likely financed the diabolical campaign of sabotage against the two Texas scientists. Project Day Lily explains to the general public what happened to the veterans and their family members after the first Gulf War and what is happening to our Armed Forces to this day. Although the book’s narrative ends a few years after the Gulf War, the story continues. Project Day Lily is a wake-up call to America. The book explains why America’s involvement in biological agent development and testing made us less safe and resulted in extremist’s justification for terrorist attacks like September 11, 2001.

Six-Legged Soldiers

Using Insects as Weapons of War

Jeffrey A. Lockwood

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ISBN13: 9780195333053ISBN10: 0195333055 Hardback, 400 pages

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The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of millions of infected insects across China, ultimately causing more deaths than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. These are just two of many startling examples found in Six-legged Soldiers, a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have been used as weapons of war, terror, and torture.
Beginning in prehistoric times and building toward a near and disturbing future, the reader is taken on a journey of innovation and depravity. Award-winning science writer Jeffrey A. Lockwood begins with the development of "bee bombs" in the ancient world and explores the role of insect-borne disease in changing the course of major battles, ranging from Napoleon's military campaigns to the trenches of World War I. He explores the horrific programs of insect warfare during World War II: airplanes dropping plague-infested fleas, facilities rearing tens of millions of hungry beetles to destroy crops, and prison camps staffed by doctors testing disease-carrying lice on inmates. The Cold War saw secret government operations involving the mass release of specially developed strains of mosquitoes on an unsuspecting American public--along with the alleged use of disease-carrying and crop-eating pests against North Korea and Cuba. Lockwood reveals how easy it would be to use of insects in warfare and terrorism today: In 1989, domestic ecoterrorists extorted government officials and wreaked economic and political havoc by threatening to release the notorious Medfly into California's crops.
A remarkable story of human ingenuity--and brutality--Six-Legged Soldiers is the first comprehensive look at the use of insects as weapons of war, from ancient times to the present day.

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• First book to reveal systematically the many ways in which insects have been and can be used a weapons
• Includes a critical and constructive analysis of today's defenses - and the dangerous shortcomings in terms of homeland security strategies - with respect to entomological attacks.
• West Nile virus and other insect-borne diseases are serious public health issues, the importance of which is revealed here.

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"Six-Legged Soldiers is a fascinating account of the many ways that scientists and military strategists have used insects to torture, starve, and kill targets."--ScienceNews
"Six-Legged Soldiers is an excellent account of the affect arthropod-borne diseases have had on warfare...This book will inspire readers to understand...threats and prepare new methods to combat them."--Nature, November 2008
"Both science and military history buffs will learn much from Lockwood, a self-described skeptic with a sense of humor." Publisher's Weekly, Oct. 2008
"An infectious, haunting read."--The Financial Times
"Lockwood thoroughly and objectively assembles an engaging chronicle on a topic for which official documentation is often sparse and the opportunity for propaganda is rife."--Science News
"Highly Recommended."--CHOICE
"Lockwood...makes this history of entomological warfare morbidly entertaining...thanks to a lively writing style that ranges from the sardonic to the arch." --BioScience Magazine

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To the tune of Californication

Collembola-Nation (to the tune of Californication)

Scientists from China
Tried to get an explanation
People from Korea
Had the rotten complication
And if you have these kind of dreams
It's Collembola-Nation

It's the end of the western world
and all of our civilization
The scourge may have risen in the east
But now it settles in the right location
It's understood that America
Has Collembola-Nation

Pay your dermie very well
To break the cycle of excoriation
Eating your skin from head to toe
It's Collembola-Nation


First Instar,...... is born
Then more, ...... skin torn
Dream of Collembola-Nation
Dream of Collembola-ization


Find me a man to tell the truth to my world
Find me a planet in a nearby constellation
An earthlike world, and a free ride
To get me to a station
As the scabs fall down on the boulevards

Of Collembola-Nation
 

Space may be the final frontier

But it's born in a carpeted basement

And CDC can you hear the bugs

Eating thru all God's creation

Armaggeden's not far away

It's Collembola-Nation
 

Engineered by those who praise

Control of population

Area 51 is where they raise

The Collembola-Nation
 

First born, Collembolan

Hard core, furcularan

Dream of Collembola-Nation

Dream of Collembola-nation
 

Dream of Collembola-Nation

Dream of Collembola-Nation
 

Destruction leads to very rough skin

But it aids their procreation

And electric current fills their tails

But it's not a good vibration

A tidal wave couldn't save the world

From Collembola-Nation
 

Pay your dermie very well

To kill the hoard that's raging

Sicker than the rest, there is no test

But this is what you're craving
 

First born, Collembolan

Hard core, Carnivoran

Dream of Collembola-Nation

Dream of Collembola-Nation
 

Dream of Collembola-Nation

Dream of Collembola-Nation