http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bioterrorism/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:36:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418148/posts WASHINGTON - If the nation ever faces a large-scale attack by a biological weapon like anthrax, the U.S. Postal Service will be in charge of delivering whatever drugs and other medical aid Americans would need to survive. In an executive order released Wednesday, President Barack Obama put the Postal Service in charge of dispensing "medical countermeasures" to biological weapons because of its "capacity for rapid residential delivery." While most likely unrelated, the release of the executive order comes less than a week after a man with alleged ties to al-Qaida tried to bring down a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner. In recent... NBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418148/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:36:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355745/posts North Korea’s armed forces are capable of carrying out 13 kinds of viral and bacterial attack, the South Korean Government said yesterday in one of the most detailed assessments of the dictatorship’s biological weapons arsenal. In a submission to the South Korean National Assembly, the Defence Minister also said that the North had 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons, believed to include mustard gas, phosgene and sarin. Among its biological agents are cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, typhus, typhoid fever and dysentery. Despite the alarming assessment, Kim Tae Young also said that his country’s armed forces had the capacity pre-emptively to destroy... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355745/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:41:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346215/posts Ladies and Gentleman, I would not know where to begin... Please just open the link to the PDF file, and pay close attention to the yellow highlighted areas. These are revisions that were received September 21 from a trusted source. http://api.ning.com/files/V4nWg1HdyzZozKivbEc3XaeVd4wTVgVmY49csYADUAsDGRKJV8PvNEuAMOvSfj4XdmexeSvq-nrG1ML1tnDa5qPwIZwedS8v/AZHB2044cAuthorizesInternmentCamps091609.pdf House Bill2044 Amendments to Public Health Laws, Revised Statutes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346215/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:22:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300385/posts Journalist Files Charges against WHO and UN for Bioterrorism and Intent to Commit Mass Murder As the anticipated July release date for Baxter's A/H1N1 flu pandemic vaccine approaches, an Austrian investigative journalist is warning the world that the greatest crime in the history of humanity is underway. Jane Burgermeister has recently filed criminal charges with the FBI against the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN), and several of the highest ranking government and corporate officials concerning bioterrorism and attempts to commit mass murder. She has also prepared an Injunction against forced vaccination which is being filed in America.... Natural News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300385/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:17:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267791/posts Rob Rossi loved baseball. Exiting the trolley near Petco Park, he admired all the new residential development around the stadium. Rob and his son Charlie took their seats and joined 42,000 happy San Diegans singing "Take me out to the ball game." Charlie cheered when the Padres scored their first run of the evening. Rob hardly noticed the small plane circling slowly overhead. On Saturday, Rob woke up with a splitting headache. His chest felt like it was on fire. Why is it so hard to breathe? And today is Charlie's Little League game! "Daddy," his son gasped from the... San Diego Daily Transcript http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267791/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253730/posts A series of state and federal lawsuits have blocked the opening of a lab complex in Boston. Neighbors are nervous that toxins could get out, and some scientists are likewise skeptical.Klare Allen, a once-homeless mother turned community activist, was stunned at a public meeting in 2002 when she and her friends learned that Boston University Medical Center officials planned to build a biological defense laboratory in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. "We heard anthrax and Roxbury-South End," she recalled. "Then we heard Ebola. The last thing we heard was bubonic plague. We looked at each other and said, 'No... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253730/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 06:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246180/posts British scientists say they've determined nicotine can delay the effects of ricin used during a bioterrorism attack. Jon Mabley and his colleagues at the University of Brighton found nicotine works to block the tissue-destroying effects of ricin -- a highly toxic compound derived from castor beans. The study was conducted in laboratory models, but the scientists said nicotine agonists could potentially be used in patients exposed to ricin as a stopgap measure before other treatments take effect. The British investigators studied the effect of nicotine on animals exposed to ricin and found it reduced death and organ failure. "The protective... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246180/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 16:41:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239348/posts "Anyone who is honest about this has to admit that if al Qaeda launches a spectacular biological attack which could cause contagious disease to be spread, no entity in the world is prepared for it," Noble said. "Not the U.S., not Europe, not Asia, not Africa." Since the WSN/33 situation in Korea provides some valuable insight into detection and reporting of bird or human flu, and wire services are carrying stories about biologic attacks by terrorists causing a contagious disease, it is worth reviewing some of the lessons learned from the swine WSN/33 infections. If pandemic flu is the contagious... Recombinomics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239348/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239188/posts Anyone with eyes can clearly see that this new disease is a curse from Allah upon America. The Mujahideen and those who support them continue to ask Allah to destroy America. Allah responded. Today, they are being destroyed military, economically, and now they are being destroyed with a new disease that is spreading fast. May Allah protect the Muslims in the West from this disease and may this disease reach all the enemies of Allah so that the American Government can no longer move a finger against the Ummah! The people of the world should start realizing that the prohibition... Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239188/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:24:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239068/posts michaelsavage.wnd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239068/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:56:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238661/posts I understand that Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius is still awaiting confirmation, but why is DHS head Napolitano acting as the point man for the Obama Administration? She is having a hard enough time keeping up with her job as it is. It just seems a little odd that the woman tapped to protect homeland security is discussing a virus outbreak. Unless... Could it be that we are not being told the truth about swine flu? As the virus spreads, more and more people — and even a few virologists — believe H1N1 is a human-engineered pathogen. On... ConservativeXpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238661/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:58:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237800/posts In a discussion this morning with a cell biologist and medical doctor working at Johns Hopkins, my friend thought this 4-part flu combination is highly unusual and looks like it could be man-made. Especially because it has an avian strain. My doctor friend (he's Taiwanese) explained that in Asia, it's common for a avian-swine-human flu to happen naturally, but this virus first showed up in Mexico, where pigs and ducks are not usually raised together. Also, recombination of more than 2-different flu viruses is extremely rare. I'm just repeating what he said as an expert in the field. He says... RightSideNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237800/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237554/posts In a discussion this morning with a cell biologist and medical doctor working at Johns Hopkins, my friend thought this 4-part flu combination is highly unusual and looks like it could be man-made. Especially because it has an avian strain. My doctor friend (he's Taiwanese) explained that in Asia, it's common for a avian-swine-human flu to happen naturally, but this virus first showed up in Mexico, where pigs and ducks are not usually raised together. Also, recombination of more than 2-different flu viruses is extremely rare. I'm just repeating what he said as an expert in the field. He says... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237554/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192346/posts TRENTON, N.J. — The frozen remains of two mice injected with the organism that causes plague have not been accounted for seven weeks after being discovered missing at a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey facility in Newark, the university said Friday. The FBI investigated and determined there was no risk to public health or any indication of the terrorist link. It wasn't the first time plague-infected mice have disappeared from the New Jersey facility. Four years ago, in September 2005, three live mice infected with bubonic plague bacteria disappeared from various cages. Officials later said they believed... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192346/posts#comment Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:51:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2174773/posts The enzyme DFPase from the squid Loligo vulgaris, is able to rapidly and efficiently detoxify chemical warfare agents such as Sarin, which was used in the Tokyo subway attacks in 1995. A detailed understanding of the mechanism by which enzymes catalyze chemical reactions is necessary for efforts aiming to improve their properties. A group of researchers at the University of Frankfurt, the Bundeswehr Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology in Munich, and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA, have successfully determined the structure of DFPase using neutron diffraction. The team used the neutron source at Los Alamos National Laboratory,... ScienceDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2174773/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:52:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171673/posts An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday. (SNIP) AQIM, according to U.S. intelligence estimates, maintains about a dozen bases in Algeria, where the group has waged a terrorist campaign against government forces and civilians. In 2006, the group claimed responsibility for an attack on foreign contractors. In 2007, the group said it bombed U.N. headquarters in Algiers, an attack that killed 41 people. Al Qaeda is believed by U.S. and Western experts to have been pursuing biological weapons since at... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171673/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168447/posts An Al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday. The official, who spoke on the condition he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said he could not confirm press reports that the accident killed at least 40 Al Qaeda operatives, but he said the mishap led the militant group to shut down a base in the mountains of Tizi Ouzou province in eastern Algeria. fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168447/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167875/posts An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday. The official, who spoke on the condition he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said he could not confirm press reports that the accident killed at least 40 al Qaeda operatives, but he said the mishap led the militant group to shut down a base in the mountains of Tizi Ouzou province in eastern Algeria. He said authorities in the first week of January intercepted an urgent communication... washingtontimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167875/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:34:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167187/posts 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... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167187/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163567/posts New bioterrorism lab to open next month in Lawrenceville Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163567/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143341/posts WASHINGTON – The government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats such as anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, officials said Wednesday. journalgazette.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143341/posts#comment Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:38:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133296/posts The White House wanted to know: How much safer are Americans today than they were on October 4, 2001? That was the day when a photo editor in Florida became the first reported case of inhalation anthrax in America in decades. In what became biologyÂ’s 9/11, five letters containing less than a quarter-ounce of anthrax total—the equivalent of two pats of butter—killed five people, infected 17, put more than 20,000 on antibiotics, and traumatized thousands more. Decontamination alone, including at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, took over three years and cost some $200 million. With these disturbing facts... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133296/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121434/posts Nuclear and biological terrorism is the emerging threat the next US President should focus on, the US security chief has told Sky News. In an exclusive interview, homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff said sources of radioactive and biological materials must be properly secured "at all costs". He warned terrorists are actively seeking to acquire such materials. Mr Chertoff said he did not think a weapon of mass destruction, like a biological or nuclear bomb, was a danger that could be just months away. But he warned: "It may be years away and we can't afford to waste this time waiting... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121434/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113555/posts LONDON — An Iranian ship captured by Somali pirates carried sealed containers of a powdery substance believed to be nuclear or chemical weapons agents. Western intelligence agencies have been monitoring the capture of the Iran Deyanat, seized by Somali pirates on Aug. 21. The cargo ship, owned and operated by the state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, or IRISL, contains sealed cargo thought to be linked to the death of 16 pirates. World Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113555/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107832/posts IMPORTANT planning for responding to a future anthrax attack has quietly been under way since the last attacks seven years ago. A key part of this effort has been figuring out how best to deliver prophylactic antibiotics quickly to the people living in the city that is attacked. This is at least as difficult and complicated as it might seem. First, an attack must be detected, either by one of the BioWatch air monitors that have been placed in many cities or by finding symptoms of anthrax poisoning in a victim. Either way, this can take at least 12 to... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107832/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:05:48 GMT