[Uncle Ike]

I’m not definitively ruling any possibility out, at this stage of the story...

There have been a number of ‘suspicious’ (and under-reported) outbreaks of Pneumonic Plague (which is a relatively rare form of the disease, according to the literature) in various places around the world over the past couple of years - most notably, an outbreak in one of the North African nations that was associated with a bio-research facility, earlier this year....

However, the reported details of this story make it a fairly low-probability (but not zero) scenario....

[hennie pennie]

>>>> "There have been a number of 'suspicious' (and under-reported) outbreaks of Pneumonic Plague (which is a relatively rare form of the disease, according to the literature) in various places around the world over the past couple of years - most notably, an outbreak in one of the North African nations that was associated with a bio-research facility, earlier this year...." <<<<

Thank you for posting this information -- I was certain that when I saw the phrase, pneumatic plague, that I'd read about it several times in recent years in regards to bioterror fears.

Incidentally, with the Keyword: UKRAINE, did you see this latest article?

Putin in new Ukraine gas warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376051/posts