Probably.
What I find interesting about it from a muslim terrorism standpoint is that it involves pigs. As far as I know, muslims are forbidden to eat pork. So if you could develop a disease that would affect only pigs but be passed on to those who ate the meat, you'd have a targeted weapon. Maybe they're looking for some characteristic in it's genetic code that could be used in a designer bug.
I would think it would be hard for any muslim country to get research stock if they have no pig production. So maybe they have to steal it.
OTOH, I don't know if they'd waste research money on something that might be such a longshot.