AIDS - a man made disease

[Mole]

In 1969 a research administrator for the US DoD, Dr Donald MacArthur informed a House military appropriations subcommittee that they were working on a new micro-organism that would essentially break up the immune system; he gave a time line of 5-10 years. Congress approved funding and less than 10 years later, AIDS appeared in Africa.

 

In 1984, an Indian newspaper accused the US Army of creating AIDS as a weapon. They quoted an official military research publication.

 

Creating further speculation: in 1978, over 1000 gay men in monogamous relationships received what was purportedly a Hepatits B vaccine (then in experimental stages) in NYC. The next year, the first US cases of AIDS were recorded. Seven years later, over 60% of that group was dying from the disease. Concurrently, two other AIDS-related illnesses, Kaposi's sarcoma and Mycoplasma penetrans appeared in NYC.

 

Did the US Army create AIDS? A similar virus existed in African apes before appearing in humans. Typically virus don't jump species. The article in the Indian newspaper claims that the Army Biological Warfare Laboratory at Ft Detrick Maryland searched throughout Africa for a powerful virus.

 

Creating even further speculation, an army colonel, David Huxsoll, is reported as saying that AIDS was studied and determined to be a poor biological warfare agent (he has since denied saying this).

 

As far as conspiracy theories go, this one has a LOT of things behind it creating speculation.

 

I for one believe that AID's was invented by the Americans and it's no co-incidence it was deployed in sub Sharan Africa. With the collapse of colonialism the void was being filled by comunism (see Rhodesia) and during this era America could not tolerate this. I'm convinced it was spread through the World Health Organisations vacination programme.

[Mao Cap]

So, what, AIDS only affects commies?

[scott_saints]

Oh no. Why does there have to be a conspiracy theory for everything?!!

[hypochondriac]

Oh no. Why does there have to be a conspiracy theory for everything?!!

 

So that Stanley has something to post?

[Pancake]

You do realise that the theory that AIDS was a US man-made initiative was first propagated by the USSR via their media outlets in the Middle East, and therefore form a conspiracy themselves.

[JohnnyFartPants]

The 1000 gay men in monogamous relationships bit was quite funny. Lets face it, men in relationships (people for that matter) will lie if challenged about having been putting it about. That (nearly) reads as if either all gay men tell the truth or perhaps all gay men never screw around.