South African mercenaries spread HIV in 80s & 90s

[RileyOBlimey]

Or so it is alleged in a documentary. It was released a couple of years ago but I couldn’t find a thread referencing it.

Have there been further investigations? Any more details emerged?

Graun article on the allegations:

Ex-mercenary claims South African group tried to spread Aids

New documentary details unit’s disturbing obsession with HIV

www.theguardian.com

…and documentary:

BBC Four - Storyville, Murder in the Bush: Cold Case Hammarskjöld

A search for the truth behind the plane crash that killed a UN secretary-general in 1961.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[not-bono-ever]

That cold case doc still confuses me now

 

[RileyOBlimey]

That cold case doc still confuses me now

The style is wtf?! It’s almost as if they’re trying to diminish the allegations.

 

[not-bono-ever]

It views like a hoax doc but is totally serious

 

[Idris2002]

Does this mention the idea that HIV was a CIA bioweapon? Because that claim was shown years ago to be a KGB disinformation campaign.

But the Sath Efricans did have a bioweapons programme, that was admitted to at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

I'm not going to watch the documentary (I set aside this evening for scratching my backside), but my guess is that it's the work of conspiraloons who got hold of a few partial truths and then worked it up into one of their usual grandiose fantasies. Or maybe I should watch this thing?

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Does this mention the idea that HIV was a CIA bioweapon? Because that claim was shown years ago to be a KGB disinformation campaign.

But the Sath Efricans did have a bioweapons programme, that was admitted to at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

I'm not going to watch the documentary (I set aside this evening for scratching my backside), but my guess is that it's the work of conspiraloons who got hold of a few partial truths and then worked it up into one of their usual grandiose fantasies. Or maybe I should watch this thing?

Yea, I think you should watch it. The content is interesting and potentially explosive. However, the style is…curious.

 

[rubbershoes]

But the Sath Efricans did have a bioweapons programme, that was admitted to at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

After the end of apartheid, the head of their bioweapon programme moved into major MDMA production.

This guy