Threat Matrix- Daily Terror Thread (4):

New York Post ^ | February 24, 2004 | By NILES LATHEM

[Revel]

February 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has dispatched the elite commando force that hunted down Saddam Hussein to Afghanistan for a new operation aimed at getting Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. Military sources confirmed that members of the shadowy Task Force 121, the unit that conducted the high-tech search for Saddam and his henchmen, have recently begun operating in the remote mountainous region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where bin Laden and key al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives are believed to be hiding. The Task Force is made up of highly trained Delta and SEAL commandos, as well as CIA paramilitary operators. It operates outside normal military channels.

[optik_b]

Wow, those are some posters. I think Americans forget sometimes its up to us to stand up and defend our great country. I'm proud to be an American and I won't forget that we have to stand up to Islam and terrorism and do whatever it takes to defend the USA. We must live up to our forefathers and all those who sacrificed for generations so we can live here today in freedom.

[brutlogic]

I think they have already taken the Democratic party over. Bill Clinton was slick enough to focus out attention elsewhere while he gave away secrets to China. Have you seen what Vietnam Vets think and say about Kerry? Hilary studied and planned the Communistic take over of our country while in college. Democratic party as I see it is the party of perversion. Hilary understood way back that America was too strong to overcome with force because of our ingenuity, faith and strong morals. They and others set in motion a way to conquer from within. First destroy the white man by making him guilty for all perceived injustice. Then weaken the other races and women by taking their self respect, as is what happens when you suck from the nipple of the State. On and on until now they must remove God and anything related to God (the Ten Commandments)and destroy that final thread holding everything together, marriage/family. Democrats have fought against the family for some time now. They are winning.

[TexKat]

Maryland Officials Investigate Suspected Case of Avian Flu

Saturday March 06, 2004 2:41pm

Pocomoke City (AP) - Maryland officials are investigating a suspected case of avian influenza at a farm near Pocomoke City in Worcester County.

WBOC-TV first reported on the suspicious case, which officials learned of last night.

Sue duPont, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Agriculture (website - news) Department, says tests are being run Saturday on a sample at a USDA laboratory in Ames, Iowa.

She says officials hope to have results on the sample by this evening.

Officials have tested birds on 1900 farms in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware since the disease was discovered on two Delaware farms.

duPont says there have been other cases of suspected avian flu in Delaware, but this is the first in Maryland. The other suspected cases turned out not to be the flu.

[TexKat]

Hospital Officials Angered by HIV Hoax Letter

Friday March 05, 2004 7:50am

Arlington, Va. (AP) - Officials at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington are angry at what they're calling a cruel hoax being made in the hospital's name.

They say letters on what looks like the hospital's letterhead have been sent to people from Washington to Richmond, warning that someone the recipient had sex with has tested positive for HIV. The letter claims to be a notification from an HIV testing service associated with the hospital.

But hospital President Jim Cole says no such service exists and the hospital never sends out such letters. He says whoever wrote them is trying to cause distress to the recipient or to damage the hospital's reputation.

Arlington police are investigating and say the person who sent the letters could face criminal charges.

[Myrddin]

Black Plague is not viral. It is caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella Pestis. Also known as Yersinia Pestis Major. Infection can come from infected fleas OR via droplet infection. The flea bite route causes the lymph nodes to become painfully filled with bacteria. The abdominal nodes swell to the size of potatoes. They are also called "buboes" in this condition thus "bubonic plague". The pneumonic form kills more rapidly and is more easily spread from human to human via droplet infection.

Assuming that you are not dealing with a weaponized, antibiotic resistent strain, you can treat the infection with antibiotics.

[FairOpinion]

Maybe because they are going into Africa or someplace, where rabies is quite prevalent?

"In many parts of the world where vaccinations for pets and postexposure treatment for people are not available, rabies remains a serious health threat for animals and for humans. Rabies kills more than 35,000 people every year, mostly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. "

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Hi JP. Just read about storms earlier in the good state of Illinois and I want to make sure you and yours are okay. I hope all is well.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Ruth, I think you need your own Heloise type of all-around helpful hints book. I would be the first one to buy it!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"George > ?"

He he. JustPiper would complete that as follows:

George > Vicente

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for sending the link, it is for the leaf and that is half of the formula.

Peppermint is a healer on its own, for the stomach and sores on the skin.

The tea should always be used when one has a cold or upset stomach.

But few people know the sheer pleasure of boiling a cup of the leaves for 15 minutes and after it has set for 20 minutes, STRAINING it into a bath tub.

Yes, it is important to strain it. I didn't the first time and my (already grown) daughter has never let me add anything to her bath water again, if she was in the tub.

A peppermint bath opens the pores of the body and heals, when one has worked hard or as Debra had done, driven from Texas to Arizona with 4 small kids, it is a blessing.

The Papaya is a natural enzyme and will eat through what ever has collected in the stomach and gone sour.

The combination of Peppermint and Papaya, gives you the mint to sooth the stomach and the papaya to clean it.

It works on every thing that I have used it for, except for when you have the flu.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for finding the links.

My bottle says: Contains Papaya fruit and Pepeprmint.

Nothing else, no percentages.

I don't know what the chlorphyl will do to the mix, but will have to try it out.

http://www.vitastand.com/2054.htm

the other does not have the chlorphyl and is closer to what I have, but is so expensive.

http://www.1dietstore.com/papaya_mint-chew.htm

You definitely need the combination pill, as you need the soothing of the peppermint and less of the papaya, as the papaya is to eat up the blockage and get rid of it.

ma

[nw_arizona_granny]

There is nothing that I can add to your post, you have stated my thoughts very well.

How I wish we were wrong.

I am very worried, that the communists are going to really push their agenda, now that kerry is at the head of the democrats and he is a communist. It is like come-out of the closet time.

I am seeing a big jump in the communist links at Google, when searching for other subjects, it is like their opinion is more important than the average American's opinion is.

I will even go so far as to say that I think there is an effort to get the communist sites moved to the top of the lists.

My mind will not even wrap around the idea that someone like kerry could be president of America, but then I didn't ever think that clinton could be elected either.......twice.

[JustPiper]

Always Q always ;)

[JustPiper]

If you could ask Tom Tancredo one thing or say one thing what would your remarks be?

[JustPiper]

My kitty Harley went to ER and she's just a 3 yr old baby and we don't know if she's going to make it. Preparing for my daughter's 17th BD Monday and been in communication with her favorite band, who's concert sold out here in Chi-Town but can get her on the guestlist for Milwaukee ;)

[JustPiper]

FNC all next week is giving a primer on what to do in case of terrorism, like the readygov stuff I just posted. Not that worries me, what are they preparing us for?

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the kind thoughts.

What I need is someone to force me to use what I have learned.

I think it was a search for: household hints
that convinced me that I didn't know nearly as much as I thought I did.

If you are new to herbs and healing, then look for a book that has been on the market 50 or more years.

Back to Eden
by Jethro Kloss

It is the foundation book for most of the newer books and the best of several that I have owned.

It can be bought for very little used and last year, half.com had them for 5 to $20.00.

I used the lung recipe in it for Bills bad lung for several years, it was a bad tasting tea, but he had a lung full of scar tissue, from being shot in WW2, and a cold was rough on him.

If he ate 2 or so Jalapeno peppers a day, he didn't get colds.

The real secret to the herbs, is the fact that many of the medicines in the drug stores are the manufactured chemical versions of the herb ingredients.

[JustPiper]

My lifelong friend of 40 years has been caring for his Mom, who is in her mid 90's. She's had Alzheimer's for about a decade. He cares for her so well and so loving and he has learned to joke about her not knowing who he is. He amazes me Q! I told him I do not know how he does it. He said I've been to Nam and this is nothing and I love her.
Amazing!

[JustPiper]

I dunno, Tupac keeps coming out with CD's LOL!

[JustPiper]

"human torpedoes,"

Journalistic questions: How? What? Where?