http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle2146286.ece ANTI-TERROR bosses last night hailed their latest ally in the war on terror — the BLACK DEATH. At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages. The killer bug, also known as the plague, swept through insurgents training at a forest camp in Algeria, North Africa. It came to light when security forces found a body by a roadside. The victim was a terrorist in AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb), the largest and most powerful al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East. It trains Muslim fighters to kill British and US troops. Now al-Qaeda chiefs fear the plague has been passed to other terror cells — or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. One security source said: “This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror. Most of the terrorists do not have the basic medical supplies needed to treat the disease. “It spreads quickly and kills within hours. This will be really worrying al-Qaeda.” Bubonic Plague is spread by bites from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include boils in the groin, neck and armpits. In Pneumonic Plague, airborn bacteria spread like flu. It can be in the body for more than a week — highly contagious but not revealing tell-tale symptoms. The al-Qaeda epidemic began in the cave hideouts of AQLIM in Tizi Ouzou province, 150km east of the capital Algiers. The group, led by wanted terror boss Abdelmalek Droudkal, was forced to turn its shelters in the Yakouren forest into mass graves and flee. The extremists supporting madman Osama bin Laden went to Bejaia and Jijel provinces — hoping the plague did not go with them. A source said: “The emirs (leaders) fear surviving terrorists will surrender to escape a horrible death.” AQLIM boss Droudkal claims to command around 1,000 insurgents. Training camps are also based in Morocco, Tunisia and Nigeria. AQLIM bombed the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007, killing 41. Attacks across Algeria last year killed at least 70 people. In an interview last July, Droudkal boasted his cell was in constant contact with other al-Qaeda “brothers”.
Don't you just love the advantages of living in stone age caves preparing to live like stone age cave dwellers in high rise cities without adequate vector controls? Hm. Let's see. Rats + fleas + a vial or two of research microbes dropped from a predator. Hm. Let's invite them, complete with safe passage, to take over Manhattan. (The pick because it's an island and the bridges easily dropped in the drink. Might be other places geographically appropriate.)
Mother nature? How about a biological bullet with your name on it? Rather ingenious actually; it will be spread to"terrorists" from terrorists" by "terrorists"plausible deniability (who u.s.?) There will be some collateral "damage" but much less than 500 lb. er's. Any body found can be autopsied and strains matched to determine which "training camp" it came from. Ever hear of the smallpox laden indian blankets?
OSBMakes you wonder if they were not playing with something, hoping to spread a little terroristic cheer our way.
IMO it's F'd up. That's serious shit that doesn't discriminate between race religion or ideals, no good guy, bad guy with that shit. If a government deployed this it's even more F'd up, very irresponsible. If it's them playing with it and it burned them then good job, but the site should be heavily napalmed so it doesn't spread. If we(as in our intelligence agencies) know they( as in someone wanting to send that crap over here) are working on this then this is the kind of thing that a pre-emptive strike is made for. If they do have it (the germ), think about this. They already will strap a bomb on themselves. Why wouldn't they infect themsleves then fly around the world spreading it???? More the reason to napalm the entire area. Fire kills all!!