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Mysterious plague outbreak among Syrian army
BioPrepWatch.com ^ | July 6, 2010 | Tina Redlup

Posted on 07/07/2010 3:36:55 AM PDT by Uncle Ike

An outbreak of plague, which is considerd a potential bioweapon, among the Syrian military may be raising more questions than answers.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad recently ordered the shutdown of all Syrian military exercises due to a plague that currently affects a large number of military personnel, according to Examiner.com.

The Syrian president has told Syrian news sources that food and drinking water in military bases, coupled with one of the country’s worst droughts in over 40 years, are responsible for the outbreak of plague.

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are experiencing food shortages, nearly 60,000 small livestock owners have lost all their animals and 50,000 others have lost 50 to 60 percent of their cattle.

The infectious bacterium Yersinia pestis causes the infectious disease plague, which is commonly found worldwide in rats and other rodents. Fleas often serve as common vectors of plague. There are three forms of human plague - bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic.

Humans may also be infected by direct contact with an infected animal, through inhalation and, if it is pneumonic plague, by person to person contact.

Drinking water, food and a heat wave are not common causes of plague, Examiner.com says, unless they have increased the contact between humans and plague carriers.

Because of this, the article says, questions should be raised about the true cause of the Syrian army plague.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bioweapons; plague; syria; wmd
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I'm not personally familiar with this source, but if there's even a small kernel of factual basis here, it's definitely 'hmmmm-worthy'.....
1 posted on 07/07/2010 3:36:57 AM PDT by Uncle Ike
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To: Uncle Ike

Plague is carried by bacteria on fleas on rodents, right?


2 posted on 07/07/2010 3:38:41 AM PDT by brwnsuga (Black and Free!)
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To: Uncle Ike

Those containers of Saddam’s WMDs are getting pretty old.


3 posted on 07/07/2010 3:38:54 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Uncle Ike

Bashar al-Asshat should consult with the Egyptians, they’ve had lots of experience with plagues, like locusts, frogs, etc., had something to do with messin’ with God’s chosen people.


4 posted on 07/07/2010 3:39:04 AM PDT by mkjessup (Do you support John McCain? If so, you're an effin' IDIOT! He's nothing but '0bama-lite'.)
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To: Uncle Ike

Work accident.


5 posted on 07/07/2010 3:50:25 AM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: brwnsuga
Plague is carried by bacteria on fleas on rodents, right?

"The infectious bacterium Yersinia pestis causes the infectious disease plague, which is commonly found worldwide in rats and other rodents. Fleas often serve as common vectors of plague. There are three forms of human plague - bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic."

6 posted on 07/07/2010 3:51:24 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: Uncle Ike

Blame it on the 3-2-1 .... JOOS!


7 posted on 07/07/2010 3:51:34 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Uncle Ike

Oh, those darn WMD from Iran and Iraq must have
gotten loose.


8 posted on 07/07/2010 3:53:16 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: Thrownatbirth

A very good point about the WMD’s that the Syrian’s “Inherited”.

My first thought was that the place was even more rat infested than I thought.


9 posted on 07/07/2010 4:00:34 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: Uncle Ike

Don’t mess with the Jews any more said God.


10 posted on 07/07/2010 4:04:54 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Communism has arrived in Washington)
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“Fleas often serve as common vectors of plague.”

Old, leaking Iraqi containers of it could be a vector, too. Is just the Syrian army affected? Hmmm... Must be the joooooooooos!


11 posted on 07/07/2010 4:04:59 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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They should make Spetsnaz clean it up.


12 posted on 07/07/2010 4:06:51 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Thrownatbirth
Those containers of Saddam’s WMDs are getting pretty old.

Hmmm... hadn't thought of that. Or else they thought they could mess with the stuff themselves and contain it.

13 posted on 07/07/2010 4:07:13 AM PDT by Puddleglum ("due to the record harvest, rationing will continue as usual")
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The Syrian president has told Syrian news sources that food and drinking water in military bases, coupled with one of the country's worst droughts in over 40 years, are responsible for the outbreak of plague.

Global warming, Bush's fault.

14 posted on 07/07/2010 4:13:51 AM PDT by palmer (Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

It’s George Bush’s fault (both of them)!


15 posted on 07/07/2010 4:16:19 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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Bashar al-Asshat should consult with the Egyptians, they’ve had lots of experience with plagues, like locusts, frogs, etc., had something to do with messin’ with God’s chosen people.

Yeah one of the first uses of Terrorism as a weapon
16 posted on 07/07/2010 4:20:54 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: uncbob

Are you calling God a terrorist? ;)


17 posted on 07/07/2010 4:21:45 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hosea can you see you are in America illegally? Gooood, now **GTF** >>OUT<< !!!!)
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To: Thrownatbirth

> They should make Spetsnaz clean it up.

To the Spetsnaz, “clean up” usually involves assault rifles, grenades, and swat teams. They usually don’t stop firing until there is no more movement.


18 posted on 07/07/2010 4:23:16 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Uncle Ike

“according to Examiner.com. “

Examiner is (mostly) made of idiots with an account looking for traffic.


19 posted on 07/07/2010 4:31:37 AM PDT by mainsail that ("A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights" - Napoleon Bonaparte)
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“coupled with one of the country's worst droughts in over 40 years..”

Around here, drought means dry spell and total freedom from mosquitoes. Perhaps it's really those bio weapons they've been getting ready to hand over to hamas?

20 posted on 07/07/2010 4:35:32 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 507)
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