Posted on 01/19/2009 9:34:25 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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.
The official, who spoke on the condition he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said he could not confirm press reports that the accident killed at least 40 al Qaeda operatives, but he said the mishap led the militant group to shut down a base in the mountains of Tizi Ouzou province in eastern Algeria.
He said authorities in the first week of January intercepted an urgent communication between the leadership of al Qaeda in the Land of the Maghreb (AQIM) and al Qaeda's leadership in the tribal region of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan. The communication suggested that an area sealed to prevent leakage of a biological or chemical substance had been breached, according to the official.
"We don't know if this is biological or chemical," the official said.
The story was first reported by the British tabloid the Sun, which said the al Qaeda operatives died after being infected with a strain of bubonic plague, the disease that killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century. But the intelligence official dismissed that claim.
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Indeed. People have forgotten that we face a determined enemy.
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Something for our rock-star socialist to start thinking about. It’s showtime, and soon. This will be very telling.
I don't have that problem as I refuse to watch any of that crap.
The Black Plague explanation i read earlier did not ring true.
I dont ride the subway as often as i used to, but it wouldnt surprise me if many NYers, including yours truly, met their demise there someday in an awful cloud of toxicity.
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I feel exactly as you do. I'd be much happier if the first paragraph of the article read as follows:
An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after US forces bombed it to smithereens, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday.
There, THAT is how it should be.
I just saw a picture here on FR in a post. My TV is off. I am canceling sat TV.
Al Qaeda hit by Black Death fear as medieval plague kills 40 terrorists at training camp
I thought bats carried rabies. But if bats infect them with rabies what the hell. I'm in favor of that as well.
Deadliest weapon so far... the plague
(this current thread is not a dupe)...
I don't think I'll go that far. I just won't watch any of that crap.
Yes, and furthermore, It was likely not an accident, other than to those killed. Al Qeeda mgmt killed their own guys on purpose. A test run. Mission accomplished. Next step USA.
Right you are. Bats apparently aren’t much of a plague reservoir.
Fast forward to 2011....congressional hearings.
CONGRESSMAN: you mean, we knew about these camps, what they were doing, and did nothing? did we learn nothing from Afghanistan?
CIA OFFICER: well, we did, but it was during the presidential transition period, and the president was playing the Abe Lincoln role for the idiot peasants, so we couldn’t get the neccessary approvals.
Will we ever know the source for sure???
You and I won’t, but perhaps a few of our “betters” will.
thanks, bfl
So long as you you don't kiss one on the lips.
You must remember this,
a kiss is just a kiss...
Bio-warfare, the poor man’s atomic bomb....
Unless you you kiss a rabid bat. It then becomes a bit more.
Seems to me that they have been making plenty of massive drug busts. The 'war' seems to be going pretty good.
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