Posted on 01/18/2009 5:04:40 PM PST by Joiseydude
ANTI-TERROR bosses last night hailed their latest ally in the war on terror the BLACK DEATH.
At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages.
The killer bug, also known as the plague, swept through insurgents training at a forest camp in Algeria, North Africa. It came to light when security forces found a body by a roadside.
The victim was a terrorist in AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb), the largest and most powerful al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East.
It trains Muslim fighters to kill British and US troops.
Now al-Qaeda chiefs fear the plague has been passed to other terror cells or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Do you get hazardous duty pay for your location?
I get a diminished rate here in Sudan and I am thinking that you, should get the whole 9 yards.
expiring minds need to know!
That’s interesting and thanks for sharing your tip VNam68.
A routine immunization for those in the American military, and for many travelers.
I use it for CMC arthritis. I read that the natural kind (with the mother of vinegar in it) is better, but I just use off the shelf cider vinegar, a teaspoon with my glucosamine, and yes, it helps.
experimenting with bioterrorism ?
Certainly a thought.
Could well be. But middle ages sanitation breeds middle ages diseases. If we could just get these folks to quit using technology and go back to humping camels, we would all be better off.
There are about 24 cases each year in the US. Both varieties are treatable if caught in time. If not, both varieties are highly fatal.
http://include.nurse.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080211/SW02/80208036
Do you know where I can get 20% or higher Vinegar. My yard is being over taken by a indestructible weed and I have read highly acidic Vinegar will kill it.
My wife may have something to say about the prevention of the Plague when she gets up in the morning...
Holy cow! Did I post that? Are you me? I guess the Freeper base is large enough that many of us have a lot of history in common.
The “mother of vinegar” is a combination of the yeast and other organisms that ferment sugar to alcohol and then on to acetic acid, and the nematodes (very small smooth worms) that feed on the fermenters. I prefer my vinegar boiled and filtered unless I’m using it to make new vinegar. Much like sour dough starter or a good yoghurt starter.
It is said that their sheiks are incrable romantics...
Easily treatable with antibiotics.....if you have them.
thanks, bfl
There is only one city in this country right now that has the full attention of the world. Timing is interesting.
You think the black plague is there? :-)
[I think his name is Obama...]
(have you seen this?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/al-qaeda-bungles-arms-experiment/
Al Qaeda bungles arms experiment
An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday.
Yes, I’ve seen it and thanks for pinging me roses of sharon.
I appreciate it.
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