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Disco_Destroyer Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject: The Plague was clearly not destroyed then |
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Anyone remember the discussion of should we destroy it or keep iit for medical research? but then who believes the Sun has credibility
Plague kills 40 al-Qaeda operatives --Security source: "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." 19 Jan 2009 'Anti'-terror bosses last night hailed their latest ally in the war on of terror -- the Black Death. At least 40 al-Qaeda members 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. [Let's see... who has the technology to develop and disseminate plague as a bioweapon? See: Three genes can turn normal flu into a killer, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers find 30 Dec 2008 and Killer flu recreated in the lab 07 Oct 2004, etc.]
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2146286.ece
Black Death 'kills al-Qaeda operatives in Algeria' 19 Jan 2009 The Black Death has reportedly killed at least 40 al-Qaeda operatives in North Africa. The disease, which struck Europe in the Middle Ages killing more than 25 million people, has swept through a training camp for insurgents in Algeria. The arrival of the plague was discovered when security forces found the body of a dead terrorist by a roadside, the Sun reports. The victim belonged to the large al-Qaeda network AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria /4287469/Black-Death-kills-al-Qaeda-operatives-in-Algeria.html _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
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TonyGosling Editor
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Nick Cooper Suspended
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: The Plague was clearly not destroyed then |
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Disco_Destroyer wrote: | Anyone remember the discussion of should we destroy it or keep iit for medical research? but then who believes the Sun has credibility |
There has never been any "discussion" about whether to eradicate plague or not, as it is of non-human origin and cannot be universally safely and effectively vaccinated against. I suspect that you are thinking of smallpox, which can and has been.
Plague, of course, has a long history as a biological weapon, but modern antibiotics make it an unlikely threat in the developed world. |
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Mark Gobell On Gardening Leave
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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So, on 1.19 we have a story . . .
Does anyone know if any non AQ chaps had a touch of the bubo's ?
Or were these smart, War on Terror fleas ? _________________ The Medium is the Massage - Marshall McLuhan. |
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Disco_Destroyer Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry my mistake it was Small Pox being destroyed, unless that is the same disease different name _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
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paul wright Moderator
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:00 am Post subject: |
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The original stories mentioned the plague which is completely different to smallpox
I'm not sure what Nick's point of the plague being'non-human' is
It is associated with the bacteria Pasteurella Pestis and in its pneumonic form is transmissable without the intervention of rats and fleas, ie airborne.
It's not very good as a bioweapon in its original state but could no doubt be bioengineered to be more useful _________________ http://www.exopolitics-leeds.co.uk/introduction |
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