Posted on 01/02/2015 6:20:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The World Health Organization is investigating reports that ISIS militants have contracted the deadly Ebola virus and are seeking help at a hospital in Mosul in Iraq. The virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in West Africa, is believed to have been brought to the city by jihadists from several different countries.
WHO spokesman Christy Feig confirmed that the health agency is reaching out to ISIS officials in the region to gather more information, The Daily Mail noted on Friday. Feig said that the Iraqi government hasn't yet responded to the news of possible Ebola cases in the country.
An unconfirmed number of jihadists apparently sought treatment at the hospital in Mosul, which was captured by ISIS earlier this year. Local newspaper al Sabaah has claimed that the virus was brought to Mosul by terrorists arriving from several countries in Africa.
As of the end of 2014, the total death count from the largest Ebola outbreak in history stands at 7,890 people, while over 20,000 have been diagnosed with the disease, for which there is no cure.
The West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been the hardest hit. While the former two have seen the transmission rate go down significantly in the past couple of months, Sierra Leone remains in a fierce battle to contain the virus.
ISIS captured several cities across Iraq and Syria in 2014, and has been seeking to establish an Islamic caliphate in the region.
Confirmation of Ebola cases will likely be difficult, however, as U.N. workers are prohibited from entering militant-controlled areas.
The militants have become known for executing prisoners, including women and children, and giving Christians and other religious minorities an option to convert to Islam, pay a tax or be killed. Over a dozen doctors have reportedly been executed by ISIS in recent weeks for refusing to treat their injured fighters.
The Daily Mail pointed out that there is no information on whether doctors still working in Mosul are trained or equipped to fight a possible Ebola outbreak.
Since Ebola shares symptoms with other diseases including malaria and yellow fever, it is also possible that the cases so far have been misdiagnosed.
It is also not know how many fighters from West African countries could have joined ISIS, though tens of thousands of foreigners and several other jihadist groups have reportedly rallied under the Islamic State banner.
Nigerian terror group Boko Haram also pledged allegiance to ISIS in 2014 — Nigeria experienced its own scare with Ebola after a number of cases of the virus were reported, but the country was declared Ebola-free by October.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Since they ethnically cleansed their areas of all non-Muslims, I couldn’t give a hoot if they got all wiped out by the disease.
RE: Since they ethnically cleansed their areas of all non-Muslims, I couldn’t give a hoot if they got all wiped out by the disease.
Me neither, my only concern is their making themselves into HUMAN WMDs by deliberately infecting others.
And it would be just like obama to ship ‘em over to be treated in America.
Gee, that’d be too bad.
Divine intervention ?
I got a “cure” for them.
Last night one wise individual had a really hard time grasping that possibility. thought a bunch of Jihadis loaded with ebola running free was a ‘solution’ and not a problem.
Pretty adamant about it too.
They’ve got some weird burial practices that involve a lot of bare hands-on washing of the corpse,
and that’s why it’s hard to control in those countries.
Israel might want to consider walling off the rest of the country.
God help us.
It’s worse then that. All they need is to collect a few vials of contaminated blood and get it here...
So I guess we can expect to see Hussein 0bama bringing his muzzie bros here for treatment.
It’s not that simple. If ISIS gets infected with Ebola, it will find its way into refugee camps and from there not only would a lot of the already victimized die, there’d be no way to stop its spread.
Wonder how long it will take them to get to Mexico and cross the border?.
GOD's revenge!
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Maybe someone will suggest to them that cutting off your own head is the cure.
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