Plague is killing alqaeda terrorists.

[heavyguns1/1]

Seems quick. I hope it's painful.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2146286.ece

[Tracy]

I hope it's true. The Sun is not known for its fact-checking.

[SIERRA_339]

One can only hope....

[Evil Snowman]

Hmmm ... could be a "tainted blanket operation." :cool:

[Scratchy]

that's fucking awesome.

[stllearnin]

That has made my week. :biggrin:

[ironpaw]

I hope it's true. The Sun is not known for its fact-checking.

No shit. Bloody UK Tabloids...

“It spreads quickly and kills within hours. This will be really worrying al-Qaeda.”

A quick check on any credible health sites on the internet will show that it takes 4-7 days to die from Bubonic Plague, untreated.

[307th_ACE]

No shit. Bloody UK Tabloids...



A quick check on any credible health sites on the internet will show that it takes 4-7 days to die from Bubonic Plague, untreated.

But at least it is painful. :biggrin:

[spectr17]

Someone pass me a hanky, I'm gettin all weepy.

[yojinbukai]

Perhaps someone finally came up with a cure for stupid and gave it to them. I can only hope that it was us.

[Billy L-bach]

I wonder if this could have been from the bad guys trying their hand at Bio-warfare and it went wrong (like a premature detonation during emplacement of an IED)

Its will be interesting to see what else comes from this story. If it is just a freak outbreak, there are still some bad things that could result from an outbreak. I wonder if those sympathetic to AQ will try to place blame on the evil empire for attacking poor innocents with bio-agents...

[ET1/ss nuke]

I wonder if this could have been from the bad guys trying their hand at Bio-warfare....

I wonder if those sympathetic to AQ will try to place blame on the evil empire for attacking poor innocents with bio-agents...

The Japanese used plague as a bio-weapon against the Chinese in the 1940s. It's a very low-tech low-cost bio-weapon, but to do it Japanese-style they would need access to airplanes for delivery and to a facility enabling controlled handling of the fleas. The Al-Qaeda plague victims could very well have tried to handle infected fleas without proper controls.

If you have to wonder if the US will be blamed for commiting this atrocity, you haven't been paying attention for the last decade.

[Billy L-bach]

If you have to wonder if the US will be blamed for commiting this atrocity, you haven't been paying attention for the last decade.

...I am hoping for change

[cryptodan]

HAHA that is brilliant. Why didn't I hear about this at work... When I go in tonight for my shift this is so going in my Theater Intel Highlight slide!

[Jimbo]

HAHA that is brilliant. Why didn't I hear about this at work... When I go in tonight for my shift this is so going in my Theater Intel Highlight slide!

Hmm. Briefing a single source report. Didn't OIF start the same way?

[Oldpogue]

Getting your news from the Sun is akin to getting your news while standing in the checkout line at the grocery store. Next you'll be reading how OBL is dating Jennifer Anniston and Prince Harry is flying them around in his helicopter.

[cryptodan]

Hmm. Briefing a single source report. Didn't OIF start the same way?

lol... It would be a joke amusing OSC story and not part of the normal brief IF I did add it. There are a lot better things going on to brief than this but this is sure good.

EDIT: I just check the National Center for Medical Intelligence and there is nothing regarding it through their www.intelink.gov portal but I would still like to track this down some more to see if it really is a valid story.

[Greenhat]

British Psyop

[Psi Brr]

WOOT! Wouldn't that be the shit... Viruses hide in caves too (with guano)!

[yojinbukai]

...It's a very low-tech low-cost bio-weapon, but to do it Japanese-style they would need access to airplanes for delivery and to a facility enabling controlled handling of the fleas. ...

Or, one small group of sufficiently motivated Christian martyrs who had dedicated the last 15 years of their lives to the eventual destruction of AQ and the rest of Bin Laden's homies.

Dam... that'd make an interesting book.

[Evil Snowman]

Hmm. Briefing a single source report. Didn't OIF start the same way?

Ouch! Right on target ... lol!

[Tracy]

I wouldn't be surprised if some dingbats died from the plague. Camp sanitation is a modern invention. I believe before WW2, disease was the number one killer on the battlefield.

[grog18b]

Is that what they are calling us infidels these days?

[jsmurphy]

Nevermind. I thought it said "Plaque" and thought the fuckers were dying from not brushing.

Need new glasses...

[ironpaw]

Nevermind. I thought it said "Plaque" and thought the fuckers were dying from not brushing.

Need new glasses...

LOL...gold...

[RipperTOW]

Nevermind. I thought it said "Plaque" and thought the fuckers were dying from not brushing.

Need new glasses...

LMAO, ditto.

Yeah, I'm sure disease is an issue in those camps. Even if this particular story is not entirely on point, it would be harder to believe that many of them do not die from illness given their poor sanitation and PM.

I hope as many are going from African Trympanosomiasis!!!!

I'm rooting rooting for the microbials.

[Billy L-bach]

Its seems that the Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/al-qaeda-bungles-arms-experiment/) has written about it as well...

[BrittleHair]

I guess the moral of the story is: If you live in a cave, high-tech bio-weapons experiments are probably a bit ambitious.

[Billy L-bach]

Its not the high tech weapons that scare me...
Its the "cave tech" weapons in the hands of ignorant savages bent on making a statement that scare the shit out of me.

[SOTB]

Nevermind. I thought it said "Plaque" and thought the fuckers were dying from not brushing.

Need new glasses...Ditto. I was thinking; "Gingivitus kills? Holy shit!" The next thing I thought was I finally had a scary enough weapon to get my daughter to properly brush her friggin teeth.

Oh well -- maybe I will still try the scare tactic....

[Matchanu]

The Japanese used plague as a bio-weapon against the Chinese in the 1940s. It's a very low-tech low-cost bio-weapon, but to do it Japanese-style they would need access to airplanes for delivery and to a facility enabling controlled handling of the fleas. The Al-Qaeda plague victims could very well have tried to handle infected fleas without proper controls.

.


Fugo ballons, flea bombs, all used, none of them successfully on us.

People are still dying of plague in Manchuria, the Japanese had enough by the end of the war to wipe out the entire human race.


Good thing they lost.

[RipperTOW]

Ditto. I was thinking; "Gingivitus kills? Holy shit!" The next thing I thought was I finally had a scary enough weapon to get my daughter to properly brush her friggin teeth.

Whether it's killing them or not, I'll bet one whiff of your average aspiring martyr's breath would improve the dental hygiene habits of just about anyone.

[BlackHorse]

Good on the rats and their fleas

[ekaphoto]

I'm surprised the media hasn't blamed Bush and said he is using bio weapons on poor innocent civilans in a mosq hold hands and singing around the camp fire.

On a side note, Many historians believe the plague was introduced to europe from mongles throwing bodies of infectd humans and dogs into seiged towns. Biological warfare is nothing new contrary to what you hear in the news media.

[Purple36]

Hmm. Briefing a single source report. Didn't OIF start the same way?
Doh! Snap!:biggrin:

[0699]

Ditto. I was thinking; "Gingivitus kills? Holy shit!" The next thing I thought was I finally had a scary enough weapon to get my daughter to properly brush her friggin teeth.

Oh well -- maybe I will still try the scare tactic....

Glad to see I wasn't the only one reading the "g" as a "q".

My first thought was "They don't have any dentists in caves, do they?" :biggrin:

[heavyguns1/1]

I thought I misspelled a word. I try to not do that.

[Typhoon]

*Monty Python* "Bring out your dead!..." :biggrin:

People are still dying of plague in Manchuria, the Japanese had enough by the end of the war to wipe out the entire human race.Prairie Dogs carry fleas/plague in the western U.S.; and that about 10 to 20 people a year die from it in this country. About 15 years ago I ran into a fly tyer at a fishing show who swore that Prairie Dog fur made excellent material for tying flies. He had a couple skins that he wanted to sell to me. Then in a whispered tone he told me that you had to freeze the Prairie Dogs to make sure that the fleas were done because of the plague. :eek:

[Linear]

*Monty Python* "Bring out your dead!..." :biggrin:

Then in a whispered tone he told me that you had to freeze the Prairie Dogs to make sure that the fleas were done because of the plague. :eek:

Sounds like a lucky fisherman. You can get plague from contact with body fluids of infected animals. For example, an Arizona wildlife biologist died from plague in 2007. He apparently caught it from an infected mountain lion that he autopsied. Yersinia pestis can also survive freezing.

[ASTAC918]

Sounds like a lucky fisherman. You can get plague from contact with body fluids of infected animals. For example, an Arizona wildlife biologist died from plague in 2007. He apparently caught it from an infected mountain lion that he autopsied. Yersinia pestis can also survive freezing.

So you're sayin' that guttin' a whitetail can give the gutt-er the plague?

Fuck. Thet just ruined my hunting trips from here on out...

[sierraseven]

I'm surprised the media hasn't blamed Bush and said he is using bio weapons on poor innocent civilans in a mosq hold hands and singing around the camp fire.

On a side note, Many historians believe the plague was introduced to europe from mongles throwing bodies of infectd humans and dogs into seiged towns. Biological warfare is nothing new contrary to what you hear in the news media.

May have been that, may have been inadvertant - the Mongols brought critters with them, so the fleas may have spread the plague just naturally.

Mongolia still has minor outbreaks of plague every fall, when the marmots (the main reservoir of the infected fleas) are fat, and are hunted for food.

S7

[Purple36]

Ditto. I was thinking; "Gingivitus kills? Holy shit!" The next thing I thought was I finally had a scary enough weapon to get my daughter to properly brush her friggin teeth.

Oh well -- maybe I will still try the scare tactic....


SOTB-it's still a valid tactic, the bacteria associated with bad teeth and gums travels to the heart and can do very bad things...so you're solid with the kid!