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.
It was also (rumored to have been) carried into Syria in truckloads of Saddam's WMDs.
The Syrians probably just offloaded the WMDs in various of their military installations and forgot about them.
OOPS!
Your statement about having a “Great Week” had absolutely nothing to do with the thread
It was phoney baloney BS as you could care less about what kind of week I would have
As such it was a sign of smugness and superiority
So “Man Up” and be honest about it
Or as the nuns told us in grade school
“Tell the truth and shame the devil “
I was right, you ARE a sad sack.
But have a great weekend feeling sorry for yourself!
CHEERZ!
Your statement about having a “Great Week” had absolutely nothing to do with the thread
It was phoney baloney BS as you could care less about what kind of week I would have
As such it was a sign of smugness and superiority
So “Man Up” and be honest about it
Or as the nuns told us in grade school
“Tell the truth and shame the devil “
Oh fer gawdsakes man, grow the Hell up and quit your whinin’.
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