Posted on 01/18/2009 7:29:17 PM PST by null and void
ANTI-TERROR bosses last night hailed their latest ally in the war on terror — the BLACK DEATH.
At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages.
The killer bug, also known as the plague, swept through insurgents training at a forest camp in Algeria, North Africa. It came to light when security forces found a body by a roadside.
The victim was a terrorist in AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb), the largest and most powerful al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East.
It trains Muslim fighters to kill British and US troops.
Now al-Qaeda chiefs fear the plague has been passed to other terror cells — or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
One security source said: “This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror. Most of the terrorists do not have the basic medical supplies needed to treat the disease.
“It spreads quickly and kills within hours. This will be really worrying al-Qaeda.”
Black Death comes in various forms.
Bubonic Plague is spread by bites from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include boils in the groin, neck and armpits. In Pneumonic Plague, airborn bacteria spread like flu.
It can be in the body for more than a week — highly contagious but not revealing tell-tale symptoms.
The al-Qaeda epidemic began in the cave hideouts of AQLIM in Tizi Ouzou province, 150km east of the capital Algiers. The group, led by wanted terror boss Abdelmalek Droudkal, was forced to turn its shelters in the Yakouren forest into mass graves and flee.
The extremists supporting madman Osama bin Laden went to Bejaia and Jijel provinces — hoping the plague did not go with them.
A source said: “The emirs (leaders) fear surviving terrorists will surrender to escape a horrible death.”
AQLIM boss Droudkal claims to command around 1,000 insurgents. Training camps are also based in Morocco, Tunisia and Nigeria.
AQLIM bombed the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007, killing 41. Attacks across Algeria last year killed at least 70 people.
In an interview last July, Droudkal boasted his cell was in constant contact with other al-Qaeda “brothers”.
ping
The One will wave his magic wand and keep us all safe.
I wonder how long it will take the Bush Derangement Syndrome idiots to blame it on the US.
This incident has God’s hand all over it. yup.
Good news.Divine intervention?
“Hell, they didn’t event know what a latrine was until I showed em”...General George S. Patton.
This could be a terrorist plan to spread the highly infectious disease throughout the Western nations by having these infected people (who are contagious) infect the populations they are in...
I’ve heard that they were experimenting with that idea...
That’s what less than half of the US voters and the rest of the %5 fraudulent votes (rough guess, they even had them live on cnn) believe.
Is there a vaccine?
A fitting plan for their 10th Century mentality.
But in western countries there is readily available and effective treatment (if the illness is detected soon enough). This is not true for a lot of countries where terrorists originate. Such a plan might seriously backfire, decimating the ranks of potential recruits.
Unless it’s engineered and/or weaponized, rodent traps and antibiotics.
It is allah’s will. Praise be his name for this but may his name be spat upon, otherwise.
No vaccine, since the disease is a bacterium and not a virus.
But it can be treated with anti-biotics.
I got shots for it in the Army. I wonder how long they are good for? Anyone know?
$64,000...
I hope because the other two options would be either we did it to them (possible but I doubt it) or they were practicing / preparing to use it meaning they have their hands on the stuff. I’d have some fear of that here in the states but I would be Europe would be an easier target for them. Hope its Divine intervention myself.
Germany did not use chemical weapons for two reasons in WW2, One they were not precise and two once one side uses it the gloves are off. Bio weapons are somewhat similar logic.
You said — “But in western countries there is readily available and effective treatment (if the illness is detected soon enough). This is not true for a lot of countries where terrorists originate. Such a plan might seriously backfire, decimating the ranks of potential recruits.”
Yeah, maybe it won’t be as effective as they think. But, then again, the health system could become overwhelmed, too, if it were a large enough crisis.
However, I would be worried more about direct terrorists attacks like concealed nukes in this country, several set to go off at the same time in major cities. That seems more likely to me...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.