"We should similarly be inquisitive about how West NILE Virus shows up in Manhattan in 2000???? "
I agree. I read quite a bit about it and the natural methods quoted don't seem to stand up. Cuba, on the other hand has done quite a bit of research on it, and Castro collaborated with Iraq on some "research", which may have been bioterror weapon development. The West Nile Virus may not have turned out to be as threatening, as they may have figured, but it's here with us, has been found again this year. See below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925177/postsI think it's less "strange" and more "convincing evidence" an example of ecological terrorism.