K-TEL presents War Enhancing Moods, Vol. I

[Ramona_A_Stone]

(welcome to the morning news
in its long and deadly war with iraq
iran has repeatedly sought international condemnation of baghdad's alledged use of chemical weapons
the iranians have agreed the opportunity to make their case...
(ritual murders)
a city in eastern iraq
recently occupied by iranian forces...
according to iran
the iraqis bombed the city with chemical weapons
after the defeat
the iranians said
the attack
killed more than four thousand civilians)

WELCOME TO THE VX GAS ATTACK

(bethlehem)

...............at ground zero
............................................pro independence
......heavier than air fumes

(ritual murders)

.....city with chemical
.........................................alleged
...............cyanide gas

(bethlehem)

(saddam needs to understand, hear and believe this... there are limits to our patience)

........on to karbala
......................on to karbala
....................................on to karbala

(remembering the hundreds and possilby thousands of victims of one of the worst chemical warfare attacks since world war I)

.....what is the difference between israel's plight
.............................a belief in outside influence
...............outside influence

(we have the technology to produce chemical weapons
we will not remain idle forever
we have the technology to produce chemical weapons
we will not remain idle forever)

....there are limits to our patience

........................................................like scalding water

(bethlehem)

..........a side effect of
......................................their faces and lungs
............................................................ .burn
.......a sudden harsh smell

(ritual murders)

.............................2 weeks after
........still
......................coughing choking
...........................................livid skin blisters
.....burn again

(bethlehem)

(they can understand the government's message
in a shop in a working class district one day last week one man demonstrated the idea of a chemical warfare protection by putting a plastic shopping bag over his head)

................posters
....................................leaflets
..........nightly radio
................and television programs
.....instructions
.......................................in the use of such basic devices
........as a damp towel

......................................a damp towel
......................................lined with charcoal to be
......................................................applied to the face and mouth
....when the
beep beep beep
....gas attack
.......................warning signal sounds

(we're analyzing water, soil, and human tissue samples
to get clearer information about
the gas attack
meanwhile, doctors monitor bone marrow damage)

(ritual murders)

(bethlehem)

................the dead were among
porcelain face
cloud of frozen gas poison
..................................jagged fragment

(meanwhile back on the west bank
they are frightened
so frightened
revere the red
green
white
black colors of the flag tied to the mosque...)
....................................jew iranian iraqi
(we have cause to be enraptured...
turns irrational thunder...)
.....bombs
(...reacts to it very stifly his body is filled with anger... his eyes lurched upward)
.........................the first cyanide gas warning
(...the bomb had gone off... fractured... red fire...)
..............................................the first cyanide gas warning
(says someone came in a car with an uzi and killed his friend)
............................................................ ...vx nerve gas
(in a grave down the crossroads
by the mosque...
the friend of the dead man promises

you'll never forget)

RITUAL MURDERS

BETHLEHEM


--Skinny Puppy - VX Gas Attack - VIVIsect VI - 1988