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U.S. To Debut Use of Microwave Weapons in Iraq

HeadlineSep 22, 2004

The Telegraph of London is reporting the US military plans to begin using * high-powered microwave weapons&* in Iraq to fight the resistance movement. The so-called non-lethal weapons shoot high-powered electromagnetic beams that makes victims feel their skin is on fire. The Pentagon claims that the weapons leaves no after effects and that the pain subsides once the target moves out of the beam’s path. The weapon is known as the * Active Denial System*.

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