[FairOpinion]

The scenarios, which I am sure are quite possible, are very scary, from the poisoning of the food and water supply in the US, to letting loose biological agents, like smallpox.
The article calls this last a "remote" possiblity, but I think Saddam has the means and the will to do that, and can find some idiot suicidal types who would be willing to do this.
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"One grisly possibility, however remote: “human pathogens.” A small team of Iraqi operatives could be injected with smallpox and sent to America. All they’d have to do is hang out in crowds and slowly die. That’s something even bunglers might be able to handle, if they get the chance."

[prairiebreeze]

**"One grisly possibility, however remote: “human pathogens.”**

Shortly after 9/11 I was dining with a liberal physician. I brought up the subject of smallpox vaccinations and the need to move toward making them available again. The liberal MD disagreed vehemently citing too many risks of complications, and stated that the "ring vaccination" approach, should an outbreak occur, would be sufficient, all the while acknowleging that deaths would result from the outbreak. (Don't ask me to reconcile this "logic"...it's liberal-think.)

She further discounted your point about human pathogens explaining "well,they wouldn't do that because they would end up dying too." To which I loudly pointed out "I DON'T THINK THEY CARE!!"

Her obvious double-take belied her ignorance of the big-picture and enormity of these bio scenarios.

Prairie

[Calpernia]

FairOpinion: A small team of Iraqi operatives could be injected with smallpox and sent to America

>>>>high confidence level at the time that the following scenario was in play: (1) mobile biological ordnance was either being manufactured or off-loaded from ships along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts, then...

Why 'sent' to America? They could very well launch 'from' American if the bioagents are already here.

[CarmelValleyite]

Re the possibility of Iraqi operatives being sent to the U.S., injected with smallpox -- you make a great case for more profiling and border reinforcement/closure!

As it is, when I see ANY middle eastern people these days I give them a WIDE berth. This is particularly true of males between 18 and 45. Of course, this practice would not be considered politically correct but I don't give a rat's *ss!!! No one has EVER accused me of being politically correct.