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Fear bio-terrorist may spread plague
WMD ^ | April 11, 2005 | Joseph Farah

Posted on 04/10/2005 11:42:01 PM PDT by BigFinn

Among the concerns is the possibility terrorists on a suicide mission might deliberately travel to Marburg-infested areas and then travel back to the capital of Luanda on their way to the West.

A severe form of hemorrhagic fever akin to Ebola, the Marburg virus spreads on contact with the fluids the body produces in reaction to it, such as blood, urine, excrement, vomit and saliva.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bioterror; disease; globaljihad; marburg; plague; threats
Just read a previous thread on this very infectious disease and is of a great concern. As a fan of "Jag", there was an episode that fictionalized this very scenario in a show last year.
1 posted on 04/10/2005 11:42:01 PM PDT by BigFinn
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To: BigFinn

Actually, our current thread here on FR has accumulated quite a bit of information, although this WND article here is a good starting point.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381197/posts


2 posted on 04/10/2005 11:47:50 PM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: BigFinn

I hadn't thought of that possibility.


3 posted on 04/10/2005 11:59:31 PM PDT by Termite_Commander (Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
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To: BigFinn; All
Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II
4 posted on 04/11/2005 12:25:36 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an Undocumented Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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To: BigFinn

The time has come to interdict all traffic out of Africa. Quarantine Africa NOW!


5 posted on 04/11/2005 12:41:41 AM PDT by sourcery (Resistance is futile: We are the Blog)
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To: Calpernia; Velveeta

ping


6 posted on 04/11/2005 1:59:38 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (Airspeed, altitude, or brains. Two are required to successfully complete a flight.)
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To: sourcery

Quarantine may be insufficient.

I'm leaning towards firebombing.


7 posted on 04/11/2005 2:06:26 AM PDT by Reform4Bush
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To: Reform4Bush

Mining all the borders?


8 posted on 04/11/2005 2:09:58 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: sourcery

We can't stop everything coming out of Africa - at least not oil.

We should, however, be keeping people from sub-Saharan Africa from leaving that continent.


9 posted on 04/11/2005 2:17:34 AM PDT by datura (Fix bayonets.)
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To: datura
We should, however, be keeping people from sub-Saharan Africa from leaving that continent.

I don't see how we could ever aspire to be the land of the free while pursuing a policy such as you suggest.

10 posted on 04/11/2005 5:03:01 AM PDT by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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To: BigFinn

Catapault + plague victim...one of the oldest documneted uses of a bio weapon...as a species we've "been there and done that"

Much like hollywood, nothing new to see here, this ones a re-make...

MD


11 posted on 04/11/2005 1:10:42 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: BigFinn

Leave it to WND to try to spread panic.

How are these terrorists supposed to get from there to here in time? And then how are they supposed to spread the disease?

Nothing to see here...Move along.


12 posted on 04/11/2005 1:16:18 PM PDT by Dean Baker
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