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Morgan's Cloud
01-21-2009, 11:57 AM
Just hope it's true ....



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1121842/Al-Qaeda-hit-Black-Death-fear-medieval-plague-kills-40-terrorists-training-camp.html


Al Qaeda hit by Black Death fear as medieval plague kills 40 terrorists at training camp

Al Qaeda terrorists have been left fearing the Black Death plague after it wiped out at least 40 insurgents at an Algerian training camp, it was reported today. The horror disease, which killed 25 million people in medieval Europe, is understood to have been found in a militant’s body dumped at a roadside. Terror group AQLIM (al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb) was forced to turn its shelter in the Yakouren forests into mass graves and flee, it has been claimed. Now al Qaeda chiefs are said to fear the plague has been passed into other cells - and possibly Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Many insurgents may choose to surrender for treatment rather than die a horrible death.

‘This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror,’ a security source told The Sun ‘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.’ The new plague epidemic is said to have begun in AQLIM’s cave hideouts of in Tizi Ouzou province, 90 miles east of the capital Algiers. AQLIM is the largest and most powerful al Qaeda group outside the Middle East and trains Muslim fighters to kill British and American troops. Its boss Abdelmalek Droudkal claims to command around 1,000 insurgents and masterminded the bombing the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007, killing 41.

Black Death comes in various forms and was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history when it struck in the 1340s killing 75 million people across North Africa, Asia and Europe. Bubonic Plague is spread by bites from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include painful boils in the groin, neck and armpits. In Pneumonic Plague, airborn bacteria spread like flu. Without medication it can be deadly. Although plague is virtually unheard of in developed countries, the World Health Organisation reports several thousand cases a year. These occur mainly in southern Asia, southern Africa and central America. Between 1989 and 2003 there were more than 38,000 cases, which caused 2,845 deaths in 25 countries.

Ghost
01-21-2009, 12:08 PM
Interesting, thanks for posting--I hadn't heard about that yet. I do hope that if the reports are true, they haven't infected themselves experimenting with weaponizing disease...

zelatore
01-21-2009, 12:25 PM
Interesting, thanks for posting--I hadn't heard about that yet. I do hope that if the reports are true, they haven't infected themselves experimenting with weaponizing disease...

Now there's a scary, and potentially true, thought.

Morgan's Cloud
01-21-2009, 01:29 PM
Interesting, thanks for posting--I hadn't heard about that yet. I do hope that if the reports are true, they haven't infected themselves experimenting with weaponizing disease...

For sure ... As long as they can keep it in Afghanistan we're fine !
Otherwise , a bit worrying .

Kind of reminds me of the story 'War of the Worlds' After great expense and loss of life it was the common cold that took out the Martians ...

gcarter
01-21-2009, 02:29 PM
Interesting, thanks for posting--I hadn't heard about that yet. I do hope that if the reports are true, they haven't infected themselves experimenting with weaponizing disease...
I read in another article that's what happened.

Conquistador_del_mar
01-22-2009, 12:50 AM
Just hope it's true ....



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1121842/Al-Qaeda-hit-Black-Death-fear-medieval-plague-kills-40-terrorists-training-camp.html


Al Qaeda hit by Black Death fear as medieval plague kills 40 terrorists at training camp

Al Qaeda terrorists have been left fearing the Black Death plague after it wiped out at least 40 insurgents at an Algerian training camp, it was reported today. The horror disease, which killed 25 million people in medieval Europe, is understood to have been found in a militant’s body dumped at a roadside. Terror group AQLIM (al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb) was forced to turn its shelter in the Yakouren forests into mass graves and flee, it has been claimed. Now al Qaeda chiefs are said to fear the plague has been passed into other cells - and possibly Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Many insurgents may choose to surrender for treatment rather than die a horrible death.

‘This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror,’ a security source told The Sun ‘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.’ The new plague epidemic is said to have begun in AQLIM’s cave hideouts of in Tizi Ouzou province, 90 miles east of the capital Algiers. AQLIM is the largest and most powerful al Qaeda group outside the Middle East and trains Muslim fighters to kill British and American troops. Its boss Abdelmalek Droudkal claims to command around 1,000 insurgents and masterminded the bombing the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007, killing 41.

Black Death comes in various forms and was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history when it struck in the 1340s killing 75 million people across North Africa, Asia and Europe. Bubonic Plague is spread by bites from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include painful boils in the groin, neck and armpits. In Pneumonic Plague, airborn bacteria spread like flu. Without medication it can be deadly. Although plague is virtually unheard of in developed countries, the World Health Organisation reports several thousand cases a year. These occur mainly in southern Asia, southern Africa and central America. Between 1989 and 2003 there were more than 38,000 cases, which caused 2,845 deaths in 25 countries.

I believe that is potentially the most scary thing I have heard in quite a while. Apparently there are still some cases that crop up, but the thought of using it as a "weapon" is probably not out of the realm of possibility. I think it is in Atlanta where samples of deadly chemicals and viruses are kept for scientific research - if we can contain such deadly toxins and viruses, why couldn't others? Bill

Lenny
01-22-2009, 02:38 AM
I think it is in Atlanta where samples of deadly chemicals and viruses are kept for scientific research - if we can contain such deadly toxins and viruses, why couldn't others? Bill

Yes, they do...EVERY thing we should be scared of... I recently did a Kitchen and new house stuff on a local Island here (Saturna) for a prominent head of the CDC in Georgia. Interesting stuff,... but... SCAREY

In fact, she said that they had a sample of my ex-wife there too :yes:

:D


..the other part is true...kitchens and death and stuff...

Last Tango
01-22-2009, 10:08 AM
I'm hoping that it was introduced to them by a CIA operative. That would eliminate the weaponizing theory. But it is just a wish from me.

Cuda
01-22-2009, 10:44 AM
If it's a virus, in the history of manking, we've never cured one single virus.

Ghost
01-22-2009, 03:31 PM
If it's a virus, in the history of manking, we've never cured one single virus.

First thing I looked up. Sounds like it's a bacterium, Yersinia pestis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pestis).