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CNN / REUTERS Pentagon spurned plan for enemy aphrodisiac Bad breath, stinging bugs also considered as weapons Monday, January 17, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. military rejected a 1994 proposal to develop an "aphrodisiac" to spur homosexual activity among enemy troops but is hard at work on other less-than-lethal weapons, defense officials said Sunday.
The idea of fostering homosexuality among the enemy figured in a declassified six-year, $7.5 million request from a laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for funding of non-lethal chemical weapon research.
The proposal, disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request, called for developing chemicals affecting human behavior "so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely affected."
"One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior," said the document, obtained by the Sunshine Project.
The watchdog group posted the partly blacked-out, three-page document on its Web site.
FULL: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/17/arms.homosexual.reut/index.html
BBC COVERAGE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4174519.stm [Also mentions possible development of "'Who? Me?' bomb, which would simulate flatulence in enemy ranks."]
SUNSHINE PROJECT: http://www.sunshine-project.org
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY DOCUMENT: http://www.sunshine-project.org/incapacitants/jnlwdpdf/wpafbchem.pdf