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@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 <p> :: PREFACE :: </p>
 
-<p> In an extensive article in the Summer-Autumn 1990 issue of "Top Secret", Prof
+<p> In an extensive article in the Summer-Autumn 1990 issue of "Top Secret", prof
 J. Segal and Dr. L. Segal outline their theory that AIDS is a man-made disease,
-originating at <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent> bacteriological warfare labs at <ent type='LOC'>Fort Detrick</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Maryland</ent>.
+originating at <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent> bacteriological warfare labs at Fort Detrick, <ent type='GPE'>Maryland</ent>.
 Top Secret is the international edition of the <ent type='NORP'>German</ent> magazine <ent type='PERSON'>Geheim</ent> and is
 considered by many to be a sister publication to the <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Covert Action
-Information Bulletin (<ent type='PERSON'>CAIB</ent>). In fact, Top Secret carries the Naming Names
-column, which <ent type='PERSON'>CAIB</ent> is prevented from doing by the <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> government, and
+Information Bulletin (<ent type='ORG'>CAIB</ent>). In fact, Top Secret carries the Naming Names
+column, which <ent type='ORG'>CAIB</ent> is prevented from doing by the <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> government, and
 which names <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> agents in different locations in the world. The article, named
 "AIDS: US-Made Monster" and subtitled "AIDS - its Nature and its Origins," is
 lengthy, has a lot of professional terminology and is dotted with footnotes.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bookstores, or can be ordered for $3.50 from: </p>
 <p> :: AIDS FACTS :: </p>
 
 <p> "The fatal weakening of the immune system which has given AIDS its name
-(Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome)," write the Segals, "has been traced back
+(Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome)," write the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, "has been traced back
 to a destruction or a functional failure of the T4-lymphocytes, also called
 'helper cells', which play a regulatory role in the production of antibodies in
 the immune system." In the course of the illness, the number of functional T4-cells is reduced greatly so that new anti-bodies cannot be produced and the
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ can be observed. </p>
 <p> After several years, the pre-AIDS stage, known as ARC (Aids-Related Complex)
 sets in. This stage includes disorders in the digestive tract, kidneys and
 lungs. In most cases it develops into full-blown AIDS in about a year, at which
-point opportunistic illnesses occur. <ent type='ORG'>Parallel</ent> to this syndrome, disorders in
+point opportunistic illnesses occur. Parallel to this syndrome, disorders in
 various organ systems occur, the most severe in the brain, the symptoms of
 which range from motoric disorders to severe dementia and death. </p>
 
-<p> This set of symptoms, say the Segals, is identical in every detail with the
-<ent type='PERSON'>Visna</ent> sickness which occurs in sheep, mainly in <ent type='GPE'>Iceland</ent>. (<ent type='PERSON'>Visna</ent> means tiredness
-in <ent type='GPE'>Iceland</ent>ic). However, the <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> virus is not pathogenic for human beings. </p>
+<p> This set of symptoms, say the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, is identical in every detail with the
+Visna sickness which occurs in sheep, mainly in <ent type='GPE'>Iceland</ent>. (Visna means tiredness
+in <ent type='GPE'>Iceland</ent>ic). However, the visna virus is not pathogenic for human beings. </p>
 
-<p> The Segals note that despite the fact that AIDS is transmitted only through
+<p> The <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent> note that despite the fact that AIDS is transmitted only through
 sexual intercourse, blood transfusions and non-sterile hypodermic needles, the
 infection has spread dramatically. During the first few years after its
 discovery, the number of AIDS patients doubled every six months, and is still
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ help those already infected. These and following figures have been reached at
 by several different mainstream sources, such as the US Surgeon General and the
 Chief of the medical services of the US Army. </p>
 
-<p> Say the Segals: "AIDS does not merely bring certain dangers with it; it is
+<p> Say the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>: "AIDS does not merely bring certain dangers with it; it is
 clearly a programmed catastrophe for the human race, whose magnitude is
 comparable only with that of a nuclear war." They later explain what they mean
 by "programmed," showing that the virus was produced by humans, namely Dr.
-<ent type='PERSON'>Robert Gallo</ent> of <ent type='ORG'>the Bethesda Cancer Research Center</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Maryland</ent>. When
-proceeding to prove their claims, the Segals are careful to note that: "We have
+Robert Gallo of <ent type='ORG'>the Bethesda</ent> Cancer Research Center in <ent type='GPE'>Maryland</ent>. When
+proceeding to prove their claims, the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent> are careful to note that: "We have
 given preference to the investigative results of highly renowned laboratories,
 whose objective contents cannot be doubted. We must emphasize, in this
 connection, that we do not know of any findings that have been published in
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ professional journals that contradict our hypotheses." </p>
 <p> The first KNOWN cases of AIDS occurred in <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent> in 1979. The first
 DESCRIBED cases were in <ent type='GPE'>California</ent> in 1979. The virus was isolated in <ent type='GPE'>Paris</ent> in
 May 1983, taken from a <ent type='NORP'>French</ent> homosexual who had returned home ill from a trip
-to <ent type='LOC'>the East Coast</ent> of the US. One year later, <ent type='PERSON'>Robert Gallo</ent> and his co-workers at
-<ent type='ORG'>the Bethesda Cancer Research Center</ent> published their discovery of the same
+to <ent type='LOC'>the East Coast</ent> of the US. One year later, Robert Gallo and his co-workers at
+<ent type='ORG'>the Bethesda</ent> Cancer Research Center published their discovery of the same
 virus, which is cytotoxic, i.e poisonous to cells. </p>
 
-<p> Shortly after publishing his discovery, <ent type='PERSON'>Gallo</ent> stated to newspapers that the
+<p> Shortly after publishing his discovery, Gallo stated to newspapers that the
 virus had developed by a natural process from the Human Adult Leukemia virus,
-<ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1, which he had previously discovered. However, this claim was not
+HTLV-1, which he had previously discovered. However, this claim was not
 published in professional publications, and soon after, <ent type='PERSON'>Alizon</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Montagnier</ent>,
-two researchers of <ent type='ORG'>the Pasteur Institute</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Paris</ent> published charts of <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1
+two researchers of <ent type='ORG'>the Pasteur Institute</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Paris</ent> published charts of HTLV-1
 and HIV, showing that the viruses had basically different structures. They also
 declared categorically that they knew of no natural process by which one of
 these two forms could have evolved into the other. </p>
@@ -103,44 +103,44 @@ these two forms could have evolved into the other. </p>
 <p> According to the professional "science" magazine, the fall 1984 annual meeting
 of the <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Association for the Advancement of Science (<ent type='ORG'>AAAS</ent>), was almost
 entirely devoted to the question of: to what extent new pathogenic agents could
-be produced via human manipulation of genes. According to the Segals, AIDS was
+be produced via human manipulation of genes. According to the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, AIDS was
 practically the sole topic of discussion. </p>
 
 <p> :: THE AIDS VIRUS :: </p>
 
-<p> The Segals discuss the findings of <ent type='ORG'>Gonda</ent> et al, who compared the HIV, <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent>
-and other closely-related viruses and found that the <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> virus is the most
+<p> The <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent> discuss the findings of <ent type='PERSON'>Gonda</ent> et al, who compared the HIV, visna
+and other closely-related viruses and found that the visna virus is the most
 similar to HIV. The two were, in fact, 60% identical in 1986. According to
 findings of the <ent type='PERSON'>Hahn</ent> group, the mutation rate of the HIV virus was about a
 million times higher than that of similar viruses, and that on the average a
 10% alteration took place every two years. That would mean that in 1984, the
-difference between HIV and <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> would have been only 30%, in 1982-20%, 10% in
-1980 and zero in 1978. "This means," say the Segals, "that at this time <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent>
+difference between HIV and visna would have been only 30%, in 1982-20%, 10% in
+1980 and zero in 1978. "This means," say the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, "that at this time visna
 viruses changed into HIV, receiving at the same time the ability to become
 parasites in human T4-cells and the high genetic instability that is not known
 in other retroviruses. This is also consistent with the fact that the first
 cases of AIDS appeared about one year later, in the spring of 1979." </p>
 
-<p> "In his comparison of the genomes of <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> and HIV," add the Segals, "<ent type='PERSON'>Coffin</ent>
+<p> "In his comparison of the genomes of visna and HIV," add the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, "<ent type='PERSON'>Coffin</ent>
 hit upon a remarkable feature. The env (envelope) area of the HIV genome, which
 encodes the envelope proteins which help the virus to attach itself to the host
-cell, is about 300 nucleotides longer than the same area in <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent>. This
+cell, is about 300 nucleotides longer than the same area in visna. This
 behavior suggests that an additional piece has been inserted into the genomes
-of the <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> virus, a piece that alters the envelope proteins and enables them
+of the visna virus, a piece that alters the envelope proteins and enables them
 to bind themselves to the T4-receptors. BUT THIS SECTION BEHAVES LIKE A
 BIOLOGICALLY ALIEN BODY, which does not match the rest of the system
 biochemically. (emphasis mine) </p>
 
-<p> The above mentioned work by <ent type='ORG'>Gonda</ent> et al shows that the HIV virus has a section
-of about 300 nucleotides, which does not exist in the <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> virus. That length
+<p> The above mentioned work by <ent type='PERSON'>Gonda</ent> et al shows that the HIV virus has a section
+of about 300 nucleotides, which does not exist in the visna virus. That length
 corresponds with what <ent type='PERSON'>Coffin</ent> described. That section is particularly unstable,
-which indicates that it is an alien object. According to the Segals, it
-"originates in an <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1 genome, (discovered by <ent type='PERSON'>Gallo</ent>-ED) for the likelihood of
+which indicates that it is an alien object. According to the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, it
+"originates in an HTLV-1 genome, (discovered by Gallo-ED) for the likelihood of
 an accidental occurrence in HIV of a genome sequence 60% identical with a
-section of the <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1 that is 300 nucleotides in length is zero." Since the
-<ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> virus is incapable of attaching itself to human T4 receptors, it must
-have been the transfer of the <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1 genome section which gave <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> the
-capability to do so. In other words, the addition of <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1 to <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> made the
+section of the HTLV-1 that is 300 nucleotides in length is zero." Since the
+visna virus is incapable of attaching itself to human T4 receptors, it must
+have been the transfer of the HTLV-1 genome section which gave visna the
+capability to do so. In other words, the addition of HTLV-1 to visna made the
 HIV virus. In addition, the high mutation rate of the HIV genome has been
 explained by another scientific team, <ent type='PERSON'>Chandra</ent> et al, by the fact that it is "a
 combination of two genome parts which are alien to each other BY ARTIFI<ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>L
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ MEANS rather than by a natural process of evolution, because this process would
 have immediately eliminated, through natural selection, systems that are so
 replete with disorders." </p>
 
-<p> "These are the facts of the case," say the Segals. "HIV is essentially a <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent>
-virus which carries an additional protein monomer of <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1 that has an epitope
+<p> "These are the facts of the case," say the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>. "HIV is essentially a visna
+virus which carries an additional protein monomer of HTLV-1 that has an epitope
 capable of bonding with T4 receptors. Neither <ent type='PERSON'>Alizon</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Montagnier</ent> nor any
 other biologist know of any natural mechanism that would make it possible for
-the epitope to be transferred from <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>-1 to the <ent type='ORG'>visna</ent> virus. For this reason
+the epitope to be transferred from HTLV-1 to the visna virus. For this reason
 we can come to only one conclusion: that this gene combination arose by
 artificial means, through gene manipulation." </p>
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ artificial means, through gene manipulation." </p>
 extraordinarily expensive, and it requires a large number of highly qualified
 personnel, complicated equipment and expensive high security laboratories.
 Moreover, the product would have no commercial value. Who, then," ask the
-Segals, "would have provided the resources for a type of research that was
+<ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>, "would have provided the resources for a type of research that was
 aimed solely at the production of a new disease that would be deadly to human
 beings?" </p>
 
@@ -175,29 +175,29 @@ not be susceptible to the immune system, so that the afflicted patient would
 not be able to develop any defense against it. Ten years later, in the spring
 of 1979, the first cases of AIDS appeared in <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent>. </p>
 
-<p> "Thus began a phase of frantic experimentation," say the Segals. </p>
+<p> "Thus began a phase of frantic experimentation," say the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>. </p>
 
 <p> One group was working on trying to cause animal pathogens to adapt themselves
 to life in human beings. This was done under the cover of searching for a cure
-for cancer. The race was won by <ent type='PERSON'>Gallo</ent>, who described his findings in 1975. A
-year later, <ent type='PERSON'>Gallo</ent> described gene manipulations he was conducting. In 1980 he
-published his discovery of <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>. </p>
+for cancer. The race was won by Gallo, who described his findings in 1975. A
+year later, Gallo described gene manipulations he was conducting. In 1980 he
+published his discovery of HTLV. </p>
 
 <p> In the fall of 1977, a P4 (highest security category of laboratory, in which
 human pathogens are subjected to genetic manipulations) laboratory was
-officially opened in building 550 of <ent type='LOC'>Fort Detrick</ent>, MD, the <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent>'s main
+officially opened in building 550 of Fort Detrick, MD, the Pentagon's main
 biological warfare research center. "In an article in '<ent type='PERSON'>Der Spiegel</ent>', Prof.
 <ent type='GPE'>Mollings</ent> point out that this type of gene manipulation was still extremely
-difficult in 1977. One would have had to have a genius as great as <ent type='PERSON'>Robert Gallo</ent>
-for this purpose, note the Segals." </p>
+difficult in 1977. One would have had to have a genius as great as Robert Gallo
+for this purpose, note the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>." </p>
 
 <p> Lo and behold. In a supposed compliance with the international accord banning
 the research, production and storage of biological weapons, part of Fort
 Detrick was "demilitarized" and the virus section renamed the "Frederick
 Cancer Research Facility". It was put under the direction of the Cancer
 Research Institute in neighboring <ent type='GPE'>Bethesda</ent>, whose director was no other than
-<ent type='PERSON'>Robert Gallo</ent>. This happened in 1975, the year <ent type='PERSON'>Gallo</ent> discovered <ent type='ORG'>HTLV</ent>.
-Explaining how the virus escaped, the Segals note that in the US, biological
+Robert Gallo. This happened in 1975, the year Gallo discovered HTLV.
+Explaining how the virus escaped, the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent> note that in the US, biological
 agents are traditionally tested on prisoners who are incarcerated for long
 periods, and who are promised freedom if they survive the test. However, the
 initial HIV infection symptoms are mild and followed by a seemingly healthy
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ exclusively men, many of them having a history of homosexuality and drug abuse,
 as is often the case in <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> prisons. 1111 </p>
 
 <p> It is understandable why AIDS broke out precisely in 1979, precisely among men
-and among drug users, and precisely in <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent> City," assert the Segals. They
+and among drug users, and precisely in <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent> City," assert the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent>. They
 go on to explain that whereas in cases of infection by means of sexual contact,
 incubation periods are two years and more, while in cases of massive infection
 via blood transfusions, as must have been the case with prisoners, incubation
@@ -221,12 +221,12 @@ beginning of 1978 and if the experiments began without too much delay, then
 the first cases of full-blown AIDS in 1979 were exactly the result that
 could have been expected." </p>
 
-<p> In the next three lengthy chapters, the Segals examine other theories,
+<p> In the next three lengthy chapters, the <ent type='PERSON'>Segals</ent> examine other theories,
 "legends" as they call them, of the origins of AIDS. Dissecting each claim,
 they show that they have no scientific standing, providing also the findings
 of other scientists. They also bring up the arguments of scientists and
 popular writers who have been at the task of discounting them as "conspiracy
-theorists" and show these writers' shortcomings. <ent type='ORG'>Interested</ent> readers will have
+theorists" and show these writers' shortcomings. Interested readers will have
 to read the original article to follow those debates. I will only quote two
 more paragraphs: </p>
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ more paragraphs: </p>
 a barbaric past, and that they would be impossible in the US today... We wish
 to present one single document whose authenticity is beyond doubt. An
 investigative commission of the US House of Representatives presented in
-October 1986 a final report concerning <ent type='ORG'>the Manhattan Project</ent>. According to this
+October 1986 a final report concerning <ent type='ORG'>the Manhattan</ent> Project. According to this
 document, between 1945 and 1975 at least 695 <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> citizens were exposed
 to dangerous doses of radioactivity. Some of them were prisoners who had
 volunteered, but they also included residents of old-age homes, inmates of
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ authorization needed two years in order to bring these facts to life. We are
 often asked how the work on the AIDS virus could have been kept secret. Now,
 experiments performed on a few dozen prisoners in a laboratory that is
 subject to military security can be far more easily kept secret than could
-be <ent type='ORG'>the Manhattan Project</ent>." </p>
+be <ent type='ORG'>the Manhattan</ent> Project." </p>
 
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