RE your post 9961.
Very interesting article -- Ebola outbreak in Afghanistan.
I have read somewhere that AQ may have gotten the virus from Africa for terrorism purposes.
Putting the two pieces of info together raises the possibility that the outbreak in Afghanistan may have been caused by a virus getting loose or a deliberate test by AQ.
Crimean Congo Fever naturally occurs in Afghanistan. According to the information at http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact208.html (map is from http://www.arches.uga.edu/~icund/Crimean_Congo_Fever.html)
CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever of the Nairovirus group. Although primarily a zoonosis, sporadic cases and outbreaks of CCHF affecting humans do occur. The disease is endemic in many countries in Africa, Europe and Asia, and during 2001, cases or outbreaks have been recorded in Kosovo, Albania, Iran, Pakistan, and South Africa.