or if you read further Israel Used Sound Weapon on Palestinans
The army employed the new device*, which it dubbed "The Scream," at a recent violent demonstration by Palestinians and Jewish sympathizers against Israel's West Bank separation barrier.
Protesters covered their ears and grabbed their heads, overcome by dizziness and nausea, after the vehicle-mounted device began sending out bursts of audible, but not loud, sound at intervals of about 10 seconds. An Associated Press photographer at the scene said that even after he covered his ears, he continued to hear the sound ringing in his head.
A military official said the device emits a special frequency that targets the inner ear. Exposure for several minutes at close range could cause auditory damage, but the noise is too intolerable for people to remain in the area for that long, he said.
Another official, also speaking on condition of anonymity because of his sensitive position, said the device hasn't been tested on subjects for hours at a time, so he couldn't discuss effects from prolonged exposure.
~*Burying the lead. I don't understand this equivocation by the AP. Isn't "Israel Uses Sound Weapon" an eye-catching headline? It's only headline worthy when and if Israel uses it on other Israelis? How chosen-people-of-god.
Posted by Cieciel at June 16, 2005 12:06 AM