[Diogenesis]

This cannot be true. If it is they should be atomized.

[DWSUWF]

Now what can we do to sterilize these filthy bugs?

(And destroy the smallpox organisms too...)

[dighton]

It's a simple equation. Smallpox on us = B61 on Mr. Hussein.

[FReethesheeples]

bump

[Recovering_Democrat]

Did 60 Minutes issue an apology for CBS News for its unswerving loyalty to the most corrupt President of the 20th Century--Bill Clinton--a man who did NOTHING to enforce the inspections mandated against the murderous Saddam Hussein?

Probably not.

[MississippiMan]

I have no doubt that they have this or something equally ghastly, nor any doubt that they intend to use it. I wish we'd take them out before they have the chance, but we won't.

MM

[deathtoallterrorists]

I think it is a foregone conclusion we will be paying a visit to Iraq in the not too distant future.

[kidd]

I was vaccinated as a kid (30 years ago). Anyone know how long the vaccination lasts?

[classygreeneyedblonde]

This is why every terrorist has to be done away with.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

The Aztecs, upon seeing their leader Moquetezuma dead, attacked the Spaniards with a vengeance. They drove them out of the city and many Spaniards drowned in the canals from the weight of the gold they were carrying. However, in spite of the initial defeat, the Spaniards left behind a devestating enemy, Smallpox.

The Spaniards returned five months later and with the help of allies, captured Tenochtitlan and razed it to the ground. The Aztec nation numbered 10 million when the Spaniards arrived in 1519 and within just a few years over eighty percent of the indigenous population died of Smallpox.

EOM

[Cachelot]

If this is true, things could get very ugly.

A Pox on Our House: Will Clinton's N.S.C. Compound America's Vulnerability to Biological Warfare?

[Sueann]

Well, earlier this week Roger Hedgecock pointed out that most people 30 and over have been vacinated against smallpox. They finally stopped doing the vacination because there just didn't seem to be a threat any more.

So, if someone does use the smallpox, there is plenty on hand for those who are not vacinated. This is not a threat! Iraq may think it is, but I heard them discussing it today and the Centers for Disease Control said they have plenty on hand.

[Question_Assumptions]

I got the vaccine but I have only a very tiny scar. I've heard that it suggests natural immunity. I do wish that they'd make small pox vaccines available on request, though.

[DSHambone]

This might have been covered already - but pardon my ethnocentric analysis

Background - The largest anthrax outbreak ever to occur was in Russia as they were developing it as a biological agent.

Having some experience with Arab level of professional conduct - I do not think that Baghdad can develop smallpox as a bio agent without screwing the pooch at some point. The time to worry is when we hear from the Shiites or Kurds in Iraq about smallpox cases within Iraq. Since the last case was documented over 25 years ago - it would signal to the world the danger and make it the time to unlease the full fury of our military.

We'll get a warning on the smallpox - no matter who is developing it - I hope!

But as always, my opinion is worth what you pay for it.