Posted on 11/01/2014 6:26:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Spanish government said it is concerned that terrorists could use the Ebola virus as a biological weapon against the West. A close eye is being kept on online chat rooms, where such attacks are reportedly discussed among jihadist groups.
Extremists connected to the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS) have been considering using Ebola as a weapon against the West, Spain’s State Secretary for Security, Francisco Martinez, said in an address to the parliament.
Martinez stated that this type of activity serves as further proof that the internet is an “an extension of the battlefield” for the Islamic State, which uses cyberspace for “threatening enemies through propaganda, preparing operations, exchanging information, ideological training, recruiting new members and acquiring finance.”
There are “many examples” of online terrorist chat logs discussing the use of biological warfare against the West, Spain’s RTVE public broadcasting corporation reported.
The most recent talks took place in a “jihadist chat room,” related to the Islamic State, in mid-September. “The use of Ebola as a poisonous weapon against the United States” was the topic of conversation, Martinez said.
There were also a number of tweets that talked about the use of “deadly chemical products from laboratories,” he added, stating that terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam was involved.
Despite increasing evidence of biological attacks on the West, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson denied allegations of the Islamic State’s plans to use biological weapons. “We've seen no specific credible intelligence that [the Islamic State] is attempting to use any sort of disease or virus to attack our homeland,” Johnson said earlier in October.
This obviously would have been more effective a couple of months ago.
I bet they are kicking themselves for that lost window, although there is still a lot they can accomplish with future attacks. We need to make sure that we are ready for this stuff in the future.
Idiots.
Outlaw zombies.
“bet they are kicking themselves for that lost window,”
In America, thanks to Obama and the Dems, that window is WFIE FRIKKEN OPEN...
Where's Captain Obvious?
I think you missed the point and this isn’t just about the feds, just go look again at Dallas and the weeks following Dallas, and where we are at this moment compared to then, if I were trying to put together a bio attack on the cheap, I would know that I would much rather have launched it a few months ago.
It is my hope that after this election we will improve our preparations against bio threats, and not just in a way that will last until this situation fades from the news, but in a way that we can be ready within hours for a major attack 10 or 20 years from now, and I am not just talking about the federal government, but the civilian institutions and the state governments.
Oh yeah..you mean the Religion of Peace!
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