Biowatch Program Detects Tularemia in Ohio
April 5, 2010 by national
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The federal BioWatch system, which monitors the air in metropolitan areas for signs of biological weapons, recently detected an above-normal level of the tularemia bacterium in Columbus, Ohio, the Columbus Dispatch reported Apr 3. Columbus health officials said the population was not at risk and there was no suspicion of a bioterrorist attack.
Jose Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Columbus health department, said it was unclear what caused the elevated level of the bacteria. Similar tularemia findings have been reported in Washington, DC, Houston, St. Louis, and Philadelphia since the BioWatch program was launched in 2003, according to the story. Francisella tularensis, the tularemia agent, is carried by various small mammals such as rabbits, muskrats, squirrels, and field mice, and is spread by arachnids and insects such as ticks, mosquitoes, and biting flies. It is one of the pathogens considered most likely to be used by bioterrorists.
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Area residents were not in danger and the alarm was not due to a biological weapons attack, said Columbus Public Health officials.
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http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100405_6144.php
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Hmmm that’s interesting - how do they know for sure it’s not bioterrorism in it’s infancy or test state?
April 6, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Iraq: Massive bombs hit, 49 dead
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/world/Al-Qaeda-strikes-in-Baghdad-49-die/Article1-527834.aspx
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7558661/Baghdad-blasts-kill-49-amid-political-unrest.html
Iraq: Calls for inquiry into attack on Iraqi civilians
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7560561/Calls-for-inquiry-into-Apache-attack-on-Iraqi-civilians.html
Afghanistan: Karzai rages at his Western allies
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7089612.ece
— Ex-U.N. envoy: Karzai may have drug problem
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36196464/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
Afghanistan: Taliban support strong in Kandahar: poll
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/04/06/taliban-support-poll.html
— U.S. considers cancelling Karzai visit
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/04/06/us-karzai-visit-cancel.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g4:r1:c0:b0
AFGHANISTAN: RIGHTS EXPERTS HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT RECONCILIATION WITH TALIBAN
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav040610c.shtml
Afghanistan: Five civilians, 27 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1546174.php/Five-civilians-27-Taliban-killed-in-Afghanistan-Roundup
Pakistan: Policeman killed in unknown terrorists firing in Lahore, 3 wounded
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2073870&Language=en
(U.S.) Muslim Cleric Added to Terror List - Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/06/radical-cleric-reportedly-added-capture-kill-target-list/
(U.S.) Washington Summit to Discuss Nuclear Terrorism
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Washington-Summit-to-Discuss-Nuclear-Terrorism-90014797.html
— New US Nuclear Policy Focuses on Terrorists, Rogue States
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/New-US-Nuclear-Policy-Focuses-Terrorists-89972357.html
Yemen: Al-Qaeda ‘guests’ not welcome in Yemen
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LD07Ak02.html
Yemen Observer: “Al-Qaeda’s leadership moves to Somalia”
http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10018482.html
(UAE) Two terrorism trials hit by more delays
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100407/NATIONAL/704069834/1010/rss
Russia: Investigators confirm identity of second Moscow bomber
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7561083/Investigators-confirm-identity-of-second-Moscow-bomber.html
War on Women News:
Pakistan: 2 fall prey to honour killing
— The Nation reports: “A brother allegedly killed his ten-year-old sister and her alleged paramour in Nasirabad district of Balochistan in the name of honour on Sunday.
— “According to reports reaching here, Jalaluddin, a resident of Chattar area of Nasirabad district, allegedly shot dead his sister, Amanat and her alleged lover Mir Dost. He fled the scene after killing them. Police handed over the bodies to heirs after completing legal formalities and have registered a case against accused persons and trying to arrest him.””
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Karachi/05-Apr-2010/2-fall-prey-to-honour-killing
UK: “Police say death of teenager Aliza Mirza could be ‘honour killing’”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/129542/Police-say-death-of-teenager-Aliza-Mirza-could-be-honour-killing-/
Other News:
(U.S.) “Supreme Court refuses Muslim’s case about possible juror bias”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0405/Supreme-Court-refuses-Muslim-s-case-about-possible-juror-bias
(Sudan) Islamic law divides Sudan
— News Politics reports: “Government attempts to extend the application of the ‘Sharia’ sharpen the confrontation between the north, Muslim, and South, Christian
http://www.newspolitics.net/205/islamic-law-divides-sudan/
India: Fatwa against modeling by Muslim women
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fatwa-against-modelling-by-Muslim-women/articleshow/5768618.cms
(U.S.) Commentary: First amendment does not protect funeral protestors
http://www.dailycampus.com/commentary/first-amendment-does-not-protect-funeral-protestors-1.1306488
(UK) English Defence League’s mosque protest descends into violence
http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2010-04-06-English-Defence-Leagues-mosque-protest-descends-into-violence
Against Racial Supremacism News:
Louisiana: May 3 is latest trial date in Ku Klux Klan (KKK) killing
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/louisiana-may-3-is-latest-trial-date-in-ku-klux-klan-kkk-killing/
South Africa: police use barbed wire to separate whites and blacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/7560357/South-Africa-police-use-barbed-wire-to-separate-whites-and-blacks.html
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China: Hackers steal Dalai Lama’s emails
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7559103/Chinese-hackers-steal-Dalai-Lamas-emails.html
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