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"I have been fighting this case for many years, and I see this as our last chance," Uusaqqak Qujaukitsoq, head of Hingitaq 53, told BBC News Online. "I promised my father before he died that I would fight to get our people's land back. "I have stood looking at the animals inside the periphery fence surrounding this base, knowing that I'm forbidden from entering, but also knowing that we need these animals and this land to survive.
Nuclear weapons and sickness from B-52 crash A history of secrecy and deception surrounds the Thule base. The court case has documented a pattern of lies and disinformation spread by the Danish government in connection with its establishment, in the relocation of the Uummannaq community, and in the handling of their claims. A secret understanding in 1957, only discovered in 1995, gave the United States a green light to station nuclear weapons at Thule — despite the official government policy that nuclear weapons could not be based on Danish territory.
The crash of a B-52 aircraft, armed with nuclear warheads, in north-west Greenland back in 1968 has left a lasting legacy, according to those involved in the clear-up and those who live in the region now.
In Qannaq, hunting is still an integral part of life and livelihood; some of the hunters believe they have seen the effects of the 1968 crash's radioactive material.
"There were two times when I hunted, when the seal's insides were dried out. Something must have happened to them," Ussaaqqak Qujaukitsoq told me on the waterfront of the village.
Other villagers, who went to the crash, also complain of undiagnosed, unusual illnesses.
And the workers at the crash site, like Jeffrey Carswell, also believe they have paid a price.
"I was referred to a specialist and they discovered I had a particular condition that needed to be operated [on] straight away," Mr Carswell told me.
"My doctor said that my particular condition was caused by exposure to radiation and plutonium.
"Two of them have died of radiation illnesses and they are being represented by their next of kin. Two of them are seriously ill with radiation-related conditions.
The trigger for the re-telling of the story was a petition to the parliament from former clean-up worker Jeffrey Carswell, appealing for pressure on Denmark to start monitoring the health of those exposed to contamination.
The US workers involved have been regularly examined, but the Danes and Greenlanders have not, according to a report by Diana Wallis MEP, which the parliament approved on Friday by 544 votes to 29.
"Many Thule survivors have died of radiation-related illnesses due to the lack of medical monitoring, and current survivors risk contracting such fatal illnesses," says the accompanying resolution.
Mr Carswell himself, who represents an association of former Thule workers, was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the 1980s, and has had eight major operations.
The United States abandoned a nuclear weapon beneath the ice in northern Greenland following a crash in 1968, a BBC investigation has found.
Originally posted by Goldcurrent
reply to post by Anunaki10
No Kidding. Colonialists relocated native populations for economic gain? No conspiracy here.
It happened all over the Americas. Many times over.
As for the smart a*$ remarks from the peanut gallery?
Originally posted by DJW001
Let me help you out, Anunaki. Doris Jakobsen is a Danish MP representing a constituency in Greenland.
Originally posted by Anunaki10
Originally posted by DJW001
Let me help you out, Anunaki. Doris Jakobsen is a Danish MP representing a constituency in Greenland.
Let me help you out, 'DJW001', you misunderstood something here... I said >>the politician Doris Jakobsen>the MP Doris Jakobsen
Originally posted by DJW001
MP stands for "Minister of Parliament." It is a type of political office.
Doris Jakobsen the politician is Doris Jakobsen the MP
So you're still praying your pathetic bullsh!t again.
Originally posted by Goldcurrent
No one here are Russia or China sympathizers!!