[Cindy]

Thank you Founding Father for that article.

ON THE NET...

NEW SCIENTIST.com: "EXPERT SAYS BIRD FLU HAS KILLED 300 PEOPLE IN CHINA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But Masato Tashiro, head of virology at Tokyo's National Institute of Infectious Disease - a WHO-collaborating centre for bird flu - told the meeting of virologists in Marburg, Germany, on 19 November that "we have been systematically deceived". His comments were reported in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He told the stunned meeting, called to mark the retirement of a senior German virologist, that there have been "several dozen" outbreaks in people, 300 confirmed deaths and 3000 people placed in isolation with suspected cases." (November 24, 2005) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051240.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
December 15, 2005
Release Number: 05-12-40


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


U.S. MILITARY RELEASES DOZENS OF AFGHAN DETAINEES FROM BAGRAM

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – After determined to no longer present a threat, 47 Afghan detainees were released under the Government of Afghanistan’s Program Tahkim-e Sohl on Thursday morning at the PTS Bagram Theater Internment Facility.

Each detainee was given a gym bag containing a Koran, prayer blanket, three Meals-Ready-to-Eat, three bottles of water, new clothes and all personal items were returned to them.

The release is part of an ongoing effort by the U.S. supporting the Government of Afghanistan’s program for strengthening peace.


For more information contact COMBINED FORCES COMMAND – AFGHANISTAN COALITION PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN APO AE 09356 Kabul-Presscenter@cfc-a.centcom.mil.Mobile : 070-276-545. http://www.cfc-a.centcom.mil



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