Crowd Control Weapon Knocks Demonstrators Off Feet, Induces Nausea - Toronto Sta

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" The knees buckle, the brain aches, the stomach turns. And suddenly,

nobody feels like protesting anymore. Witnesses describe a minute-long

blast of sound emanating from a white Israeli military vehicle. Within

seconds, protesters began falling to their knees, unable to maintain

their balance. "

-- Toronto Star, 6/6/05

July 8, 2005

Dear friends,

 

A sophisticated non-lethal crowd control weapon has been successfully

used against demonstrators, as reported by one of Canada's leading

newspapers, the Toronto Star (article & link provided below). Most

people have not heard of an important category of weapons which have

been under secret development for decades, called non-lethal weapons.

In top secret projects, a wide range of these high-tech weapons have

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Israelis unleash Scream at protest

New weapon knocks crowds off feet

Sound blast triggers nausea, dizziness

 

 

MITCH POTTER

MIDDLE EAST BUREAU

 

JERUSALEM—The knees buckle, the brain aches, the stomach turns. And

suddenly, nobody feels like protesting anymore.

 

Such is the impact of the Scream, the latest weapon in the Israeli

army's high-technology toolkit.

 

Launched Friday afternoon near the West Bank village of Bil'in, after

another in the almost daily demonstrations against Israel's

controversial security barrier turned violent, Israel's secret weapon

lived up to its billing, by most accounts.

 

Witnesses describe a minute-long blast of sound emanating from a white

Israeli military vehicle. Within seconds, protestors began falling to

their knees, unable to maintain their balance.

 

An Israeli military source, speaking on the customary condition of

anonymity, confirmed the existence of the Scream, or Tze'aka in

Hebrew, in an interview yesterday.

 

" The intention is to disperse crowds with sound pulses that create

nausea and dizziness, " the Israel Defence Force spokesperson told the

Toronto Star.

 

" It is probably the cleanest device we have ever had, when you compare

it to rubber bullets or tear gas. It is completely non-lethal. It has

no adverse effects, unless someone is exposed to the sound for hours

and hours. "

 

IDF officials said the technology was researched and developed over a

span of five years as a result of " lessons learned " during the Israeli

army's withdrawal from Lebanon.

 

" We had a situation during the Lebanon withdrawal where we had

hundreds of people storming IDF positions, " a military source said.

" As a direct result, it was decided we needed the means for a more

benign way to control crowds. "

 

Army officials said the Scream might become an element in its strategy

against Jewish settlers and their supporters in August, when the

Israeli government begins uprooting 25 settlements in the Gaza Strip

and northern West Bank.

 

" We will use what we need to use during the disengagement, depending

on the circumstances on the ground, " the official said. " Nobody can

foretell the future. "

 

The IDF is saying little about the science behind the Scream, citing

classified information. But the technology is believed to be similar

to the LRAD — Long-Range Acoustic Device — used by U.S. forces in Iraq

as a means of crowd control.

 

Hillel Pratt, a professor of neurobiology specializing in human

auditory response at Israel's Technion Institute, likens the effect of

such technologies to " simulated seasickness. "

 

" It doesn't necessarily have to be a loud sound. The combination of

low frequencies at high intensities, for example, can create

discrepancies in the inputs to the brain, " said Pratt.

 

" Basically, the brain receives a signal that your body has lost

balance. You feel like you are tilting even when you are not. The

discrepancies can cause headaches and nausea. "

 

Pratt said such phenomena sometimes occur by accident. He remembers

one instance in which office staff at an Israeli bank building fell

ill after the installation of an industrial air conditioning unit.

 

" When everyone became nauseous, tests were conducted to find a

contaminant. But nothing was found. Finally, acoustic tests were

conducted, and a certain low-frequency sound was discovered, " said

Pratt. " It made people sick, all because of the way the noise of the

new air conditioner resonated in that particular space. "

 

Israeli and Palestinian activists are unsure what to make of the IDF's

new machine. Some who were witness to the deployment on Friday said

Palestinians have already learned to neutralize the Scream by stuffing

cotton in their ears.

 

" Just before the sounds began, a Palestinian man I know from Bil'in

gave me cotton for my ears. He said, `The Israelis are going to make a

noise. This will help,' " said Lisa Nessan, an International Solidarity

Movement activist from Ramallah.

 

" How did he know to do that? Obviously it must have been used at a

previous demonstration. Or the Palestinians wouldn't have been

prepared for it this time.

 

" I was lucky because the cotton seemed to filter out the problem. But

I saw other people around me sit down because they couldn't keep their

balance. I really don't know what to make of it. I've never seen

anything like it before. "

 

Arik Asherman, a leader of Rabbis For Human Rights, was cautiously

optimistic the Scream could make a positive difference.

 

" We've been arguing for years that Israel should engage non-lethal

approaches to crowd control. If this thing actually works without

doing any permanent damage, that's a step forward. "

 

But Asherman said Israeli officials would be wise to use the Scream

sparingly, lest it become a tool to " sanitize dissent. "

 

" We need to remind ourselves the problem is not the demonstrations,

but what the demonstrations are about, " he said.

 

" If this makes it any more difficult for Palestinians to express

themselves in a non-violent way, that is problematic. The best way to

disperse demonstrations is to deal with the actual issues.

 

 

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