the rollback of south africa's biological warfare program
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UNAIDS discovered to <strong>the</strong>ir horror that <strong>the</strong> spermicide nonoxynol-9, a<br />
chemical found in many contraceptives lubricants and gels worldwide, is not<br />
only ineffective against HIV, it actually appears to increase <strong>the</strong> chance <strong>of</strong><br />
infection in high-risk women. Of 999 prostitutes in Africa and Thailand, 59<br />
women using a nonoxynol-9 contraceptive gel called Advantage-S became<br />
infected with HIV, compared with 41 women using a placebo. Claudia Kalb,<br />
“In ‘We Have to save Our People,” Newsweek, 24 July 2000 posed on afronets@usa.nealthnet.org,<br />
July 17, 2000.<br />
95 Jeff Collins, "Suspects all visited <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> a South African trade <strong>of</strong>ficial,<br />
police say,” Orange Country Register, (July 18, 2000). Dr. Ford, Dino<br />
D’Saachs and Dr. Jerry Nilsson, who are all suspected <strong>of</strong> conspiring to kill<br />
Bi<strong>of</strong>em Inc. chief executive James Patrick Riley, visited <strong>the</strong> South Africa trade<br />
attaché, Gideon Bouwer in <strong>the</strong> 1980s.<br />
96 Arthur Allen, “Vaginal Detergent,” Salon.com (http://salonmag.com/<br />
health/feature/2000/06/26/bi<strong>of</strong>em), 26 June 2000 (accessed August 9, 2000).<br />
(http://salonmag.com/health/feature/2000/06/26/bi<strong>of</strong>em), 26 June 2000<br />
(accessed August 9, 2000). Jeff Collins, "Suspects all visited <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> a<br />
South African trade <strong>of</strong>ficial, police say,” Orange Country Register, (18 July<br />
2000).<br />
97 Interview with Dr. G. Scharf, 6 July 2000.<br />
98 Jeff Collins “Suspects all visited <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> a South African trade <strong>of</strong>ficial,<br />
police say” The Orange County Register. (July 18, 2000). This article cites a<br />
Sunday Times interview with Knobel, in which he confirmed that he relied on<br />
Ford’s expertise whenever he had questions about chemical or <strong>biological</strong><br />
weapons and said that he helped Ford and Riley gain approval for <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong><br />
products produced by BioFem. Knobel also confirmed that he introduced Ford<br />
to Wouter Basson, who arranged a briefing with Project Coast scientists and<br />
Dr. Ford at Fort Klapperkop outside Pretoria in June or July 1987 where he<br />
demonstrated how to lace teabags, doilies and even a Playboy magazine with<br />
deadly bacteria. A new project, Codename Project Larry, was started around<br />
<strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> Ford’s visit but was closed within a few months. While Dr. Knobel<br />
reports no knowledge <strong>of</strong> a Project Larry, Adriaan Botha, a Project Coast<br />
scientist who attended this briefing, reported that Ford sent <strong>the</strong>m five bags <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>biological</strong> material <strong>the</strong>y hoped to cultivate into organisms that could be used to<br />
kill <strong>the</strong> enemies <strong>of</strong> apar<strong>the</strong>id. Jeff Collins “Ford advised South Africa on<br />
<strong>warfare</strong> devices," Orange County Register (15 March 2000).<br />
99 Arthur Allen, “Mad Scientist,” Salon.com (http://salonmag.com/<br />
health/feature/2000/06/26/bi<strong>of</strong>em), 26 June 2000 (accessed August 9, 2000)<br />
100 See Andrew Bluth and Tony Saavedra “The materials are collected at <strong>the</strong><br />
102