[factoryrat]

Reminds me of something I read of an account from the dark ages, where an enemy laying siege to a castle would catapult dead animal carcasses over the walls in an attempt to poison the people inside. Germ warfare and bio-terrorism are not a new warfare technique. The only difference is the technology available to the aggressor.

[cardinal4]

The beginning of 1348 plague that killed 50% of Europe in two years is thought to have come from infected bodies used in siege warfare on the Black Sea. The infected bodies were tossed over, got the people sick, the fleas on them got it, then jumped on rats, who made it on to Genoese ships that brought the plague to Europe..