Bikini Islander's cesium sacrifice for the welfare of all

by **Gouda** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:13 am

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060413/sc_afp/marshallsusenvironmentnuclear">news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2006...entnuclear</a> <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Bikini Islanders sue US for 560 mln dlrs for nuclear tests MAJURO (AFP) - Bikini Islanders have filed a lawsuit against the US government seeking more than 560 million US dollars in compensation after they were forced from their homes 60 years ago to make way for nuclear tests. Bikini, which is part of the central Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands, is asking the US Court of Federal Claims to order the US government to pay a nuclear test compensation award approved in 2001, but so far unpaid by a Nuclear Claims Tribunal. The tribunal was created by the US government to handle compensation claims arising from the 67 American nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. A total of 23 nuclear tests were held on Bikini between 1946 and 1958. After more than seven years of legal wrangling, the Majuro-based tribunal awarded the Bikinians 563.3 million dollars in 2001. "Due to woefully inadequate funding provided by the United States -- only 45.75 million dollars -- the tribunal was able to pay the Bikinians only 2.3 million, or less than one-half of one percent of their award," said the suit, filed Wednesday. The latest suit was filed by Bikini Senator Tomaki Juda, Mayor Eldon Note and members of the Bikini council. Juda said recently the suit is aimed at forcing the US government to deliver on promises that it made to the Bikinians but has not kept. The US Navy evacuated the Bikinians in March 1946. At the time US Navy Commodore Ben Wyatt told the islanders that the US was trying to learn how to use (nuclear weapons) for the good of mankind and to "end all world wars".  According to official navy records, he then asked the Bikini people to "sacrifice their islands for the welfare of all men". The Bikini islanders did not wish to leave but believed they were powerless to resist the US decision, the suit said. The people were moved by the Navy three times. After nearly starving to death on the first island they were sent to, the population ended up on Kili Island in 1948, where they have lived since. In the late 1960s, based on the findings of an Atomic Energy Commission's scientific panel, President Lyndon Johnson announced that Bikini was safe and the people could return home. About 100 people were resettled on Bikini only to be re-evacuated in 1978 when it was discovered they were absorbing a huge amount of radioactive cesium from contaminated foods grown on the atoll. Later investigations showed the tests relied on by Johnson in 1968 contained an error which assumed people living on Bikini would consume just one spoonful of liquid a day. Following the second evacuation in 1978, numerous surveys of Bikini have concluded that the atoll is "still is not safe for human habitation", the suit said.<hr></blockquote>

by **robertdreed** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:36 am

I'm glad that's gotten into the news headlines again. Maybe it will wake some more people up. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=robertdreed>robertdreed</A> at: 4/14/06 5:06 am

by **Gouda** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:02 am

With all the nuke testing done above and below since then - and with the now global dispersal of D.U. air freshener - I think we are all probably eating cesium salads now and will be for a long long time. Still waiting for that peace dividend though. This is rich: <blockquote>Quote:<hr>Later investigations showed the tests relied on by Johnson in 1968 contained an error which assumed people living on Bikini would consume just one spoonful of liquid a day.<hr></blockquote> One might "assume" that if one did not really consider the people there to be people. Funny how such errors can get their way vetted through a scientific panel for an atomic energy commission. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=gouda@rigorousintuition>Gouda</A> at: 4/14/06 5:05 am

by **slimmouse** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:06 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>One might "assume" that if one did not really consider the people there to be people. Funny how such errors can get their way vetted through a scientific panel for an atomic energy commission.<hr></blockquote> White pointy hats everywhere in positions of real power. Let that not distract us from the dangers of the Arabs, and the new age movement however! Too funny. My question is, who runs the White pointy hat types. And who runs the people who run them ?

by **greencrow0** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:23 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>My question is, who runs the White pointy hat types.<hr></blockquote> This question lies at the very heart of human philosophy. The decisions that are made by this group are so anti-human and anti-earth, I am tempted to believe that there are actually aliens like 'Men in Black' or some humans have evolved into something else other than homo sapien...I call them homo destructabilis. Regards, GC

by **slimmouse** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:36 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>The decisions that are made by this group are so anti-human and anti-earth, I am tempted to believe that there are actually aliens like 'Men in Black' or some humans have evolved into something else other than homo sapien...I call them homo destructabilis.<hr></blockquote> Dont go all "Sci fi" on me <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"> This kinda stuff is for the nutters in our midst surely ? Anyone with an Iota of 'common sense' understands that this is just ignorant conjecture ! These are the people who despite 'obviously' understanding that what we can actually 'See' of the energy that surrounds us isnt really very much whatsoever, can actually dismiss as Poo Poo the fact that such creatures dont exist, because "They aint seen one" You see, thats "Rigorous intuition" for you <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/alien.gif ALT="0]">

by **tigre63** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:07 pm

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bikini_Atoll">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fla...kini_Atoll</a> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_bikini.png/230px-Flag_of_bikini.png" style="border:0;"/> The Flag of Bikini Atoll, a member of the Marshall Islands, was adopted in 1987 to recall the American government's obligations to the islanders. The 23 white stars in the canton of the flag represent the islands of Bikini Atoll. The three black stars in the upper right represent the three islands that were disfigured in March of 1954 during 15-megaton Bravo test by the United States. The two black stars in the lower right corner represent Kili Island and Ejit Island of Majuro Atoll, where the Bikinians relocated to before the testing began. It lies 425 miles to the south of Bikini Atoll. These two stars are symbolically far away from Bikini's stars on the flag as the islands are in real life (both in distance and quality of life). The use of the American flag design represents the ongoing responsibility the Government of the United States still owes to the Bikinian people. The Marshallese language words on the bottom of the flag, "MEN OTEMJEJ REJ ILO BEIN ANIJ," reportedly represent the words spoken in 1946 by the Bikinian leader, Juda, to U.S. Commodore Ben Wyatt when the American went to Bikini to ask the islanders to give up their islands for the 'good of all mankind' for nuclear weapons testing. It translates as "Everything is in the hands of God." Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=tigre63>tigre63</A> at: 4/14/06 8:10 pm

Bikini Islander's cesium sacrifice for the welfare of all

Bikini Islander's cesium sacrifice for the welfare of all

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White pointy hats everywhere.

Re: White pointy hats everywhere.

Awww., C'mon Greencrow.

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