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Libya sentences medics to firing squad for deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV
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Posted on 05/06/2004 5:15:26 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
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"Bulgaria condemned the "unfair and absurd" verdicts and called for a strong reaction from its Western partners -- the European Union, NATO and the United States." How many Bulgarians are fighting with us in Iraq?
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:15:26 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
To: Happy2BMe
Better yet - I would sure like to see some facts in this case. It sounds as if these Bulgarians are accused of INTENTIONALLY infecting over 400 children. If they actually, knowingly, and intentionally did such an act - then I have no problem with the verdict and penalty.
On the other hand - if these medical workers were just using the blood supply given to them by the Lybian government - and either had to use that blood, or didn't know that the blood was tainted, then there is no case and this is just a sham.
I just haven't seen enough facts to know in my mind what the real story is. I certainly HOPE that these folks didn't intentionally murder these kids with the Virus....
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:21:58 AM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Leadership = http://www.georgewbush.com/)
To: Happy2BMe
Start doing this for pedophiles and watch such crimes diminish to near zero!
To: Happy2BMe
Wow, just like Stalin in 1952, when he accused Jewish doctors to have intentionnally killed Soviet officials and trying to undermine the health of the Soviet Union...
To: TheBattman
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Last year Luc Montagnier, the French doctor credited with first discovering the HIV virus, said the epidemic emerged in the hospital in 1997, a year before the medics arrived, probably due to unsanitary conditions."
There's your answer.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:30:31 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: Happy2BMe
How many Bulgarians are fighting with us in Iraq? This should not be the question. What the article fails to say is what the doctors are alleged to have known and when, and what sort of hearing they got.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:34:11 AM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Ein prosit! Ein prosit, Gemuetlichkeit!)
To: Happy2BMe
Wasn't this the same country in charge of UN human rights ?
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:35:15 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
To: TheBattman; Buffalo Bob
I certainly don't want to see innocent people die just to cover up Liyian government blunders.
The thing that gets me about this though is how Bulgaria is demanding we come to their aid in the international arena.
I don't know how many troops Bulgaria has in Iraq, but it must be enough for this:
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Bush Thanks Bulgaria for Iraq Support
Politics: 16 April 2004, Friday.
George Bush sent a letter of thanks to his Bulgarian counterpart, for support to the US in Iraq.
Despite attacks on its troops, Bulgaria proved to be a coalition mainstay. Meanwhile, families of some soldiers stationed in Iraq pressed the government for a retreat from the front lines. They even met with President Parvanov and insisted for the Bulgarian camp to be relocated, due to aggravating violence in Karbala.
Parvanov promised maximum safety for the unit until the mission is completed.
More HERE.
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:35:42 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
To: Happy2BMe
"Thirdly, I expect Gaddafi to act like a humanist to win certain political credit, which he needs from world public opinion," he told national radio. oh great.
To: ChadGore
The U.N. is just full of these little gems . .
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:41:56 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
To: Happy2BMe
probably due to unsanitary conditions. Huh? AIDS isn't spread by what one would normally think of as "unsanitary conditions", the kind of conditions that would spread cholera or T.B. And if their blood supply was that contaminated, you would also see a corresponding jump in the adult population.
But who knows about the French. Maybe the rape of children is on their list of "unsanitary conditions".
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posted on
05/06/2004 5:52:43 AM PDT
by
lizma
To: lizma
Huh? AIDS isn't spread by what one would normally think of as "unsanitary conditions", the kind of conditions that would spread cholera or T.B. The handling of anything contaminated with bodily fluids of patients (especially used needles and other "sharps") has changed drastically in this country since the appearance of AIDS in the early 80s. Even so, accidental infections have not been totally eliminated. It's easy to imagine that things were less than ideal some years ago in Libya.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:04:18 AM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Ein prosit! Ein prosit, Gemuetlichkeit!)
To: lizma
"Unsanitary conditions" I read to mean the reusing of needles.
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
If reusing needles was the problem, wouldn't they see this increase in adults too?
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:09:49 AM PDT
by
lizma
To: neverdem
Ping
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:44:34 AM PDT
by
Born Conservative
(It really sucks when your 15 minutes of fame comes AFTER you're gone...)
To: VadeRetro; lizma
VR:
I'm glad I saw your post - I was about to chime in along the same line.
I witnessed a "doctor" in China, covered in white with his little "sanitary" mask, examine seven patients - never once did he change latex gloves, and used the same instrument to examine ears without ever changing the cover between patients.
"Sanitary" means different things in varying parts of the world, and yes, HIV is also spread by contact of bodily fluids not properly contained or medical equipment not properly disinfected. That's proven by infections related to shared needles..
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:59:43 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: Happy2BMe
Several Hundred Bulgarians are fighting with you in Iraq.
To: Happy2BMe
If it is true that they did this deliberately then they should be shot. But the story leaves out their motive. Why would they do this?
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posted on
05/06/2004 7:39:05 AM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Any day you wake up is a good day.)
To: lizma
If reusing needles was the problem, wouldn't they see this increase in adults too?
1. We do not know that there hasn't been infections of adults.
2. We do not know from this information if the Bulgarians were treating adults.
3. If there were an increase in adult infection, and adults were being treated only by other Muslims, would you as a Muslim lawyer mention that in the courtroom of a Muslim dictatorship?
To: Happy2BMe
If this was intentional, then bully for the Libyans.
Nothing less would be appropriate for this despicable stunt..
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