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Cockroaches hitch ride into US with troops
The Guardian ^ | Saturday October 11 2008 | Richard Luscombe

Posted on 10/11/2008 9:29:33 PM PDT by steel_resolve

An infestation of the Turkistan cockroach, which can carry diseases such as typhoid and dysentery, can be blamed on a handful of the insects hitching a ride with soldiers returning from the war zone, experts say. Now the fast-breeding cockroaches, which are adept at dodging pesticides, have spread from California to New Mexico, threatening mayhem further afield as they seek new territory.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cockroaches
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Here's hoping they don't make it to the old nuke test sites


1 posted on 10/11/2008 9:29:33 PM PDT by steel_resolve
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To: steel_resolve

Will ACORN be registering them to vote?


2 posted on 10/11/2008 9:32:34 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: steel_resolve
"..."Now the fast-breeding cockroaches, which are adept at dodging pesticides, have spread from California to New Mexico..."

In those two states it's just a matter of time before the roaches are given resident rates for college tuition.

3 posted on 10/11/2008 9:33:12 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: steel_resolve

LOL, thanks, I needed that. After reading how Sarah was booed in philly at the flyers game for 90 seconds I think we’ll send them east. Go Avalanche!


4 posted on 10/11/2008 9:33:27 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Worthy is the Lamb)
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To: steel_resolve

Every winter, when I’m scraping ice off of a car window or shoveling snow, I remind myself that the frost, snow, and ice are good because they kill all sorts of nasty critters including fire ants, Africanized honey bees, and all sorts of poisonous bugs and reptiles.


5 posted on 10/11/2008 9:35:43 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: steel_resolve

can’t wait.

we have our own here in the low desert,

some that are 3” long.

they crawl out of the bathroom sinks and bathtubs.


6 posted on 10/11/2008 9:36:03 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: steel_resolve

I went to war for my country in the Middle East...and all I got back was the Turkestan Cockroach.


7 posted on 10/11/2008 9:38:13 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: steel_resolve

This is SO NOT FUNNY!!
I am still dealing with some bizzarro mites that have invaded my home, practically wrecked my marriage and alienated my family. Problem is.. it’s just me and the dog going nuts! Finally caught some of the mini terrorists on Friday... can’t wait til Tuesday when I can take them to the Entymologist!
Having people tell you that you are crazy for months on end gets old fast!
See! There goes the dog munching and crunching again!!
ARRRRGGGGH!


8 posted on 10/11/2008 9:38:30 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: steel_resolve

But will they vote liberal Democrat????


9 posted on 10/11/2008 9:38:42 PM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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10 posted on 10/11/2008 9:40:22 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Tzimisce

Of course they will.. they are Taliban Termites!
Just like my terrorist mites!
NO MORE Houseguests for me !!


11 posted on 10/11/2008 9:41:03 PM PDT by acapesket
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12 posted on 10/11/2008 9:44:45 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
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To: steel_resolve

I don’t think we have to worry that much about invasions by foreign roaches; we have our own roaches who assert their territory aggressively. We call them Democrat lawyers.


13 posted on 10/11/2008 9:45:26 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: steel_resolve

I still think Fannie Mae is offering the no-credit, 0 down, 2.6% adj. Let’s all buy them homes!


14 posted on 10/11/2008 9:45:37 PM PDT by AmericanGirlRising
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Nah.. they’ll get to invade our homes and we pay their mortgages.


15 posted on 10/11/2008 9:49:57 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: AmericanGirlRising

LOL. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac giving sub prime loans on a Roach Motel.


16 posted on 10/11/2008 9:52:34 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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I am still dealing with some bizzarro mites that have invaded my home...

Have you checked for bird nests? The mites usually come in to houses on birds.

17 posted on 10/11/2008 9:53:29 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: steel_resolve

First thing I thought of, reading this, was the illegals that work in housekeeping in many hotels, may have come to our country with bed bug eggs, hiding in their clothing.


18 posted on 10/11/2008 9:56:49 PM PDT by yorkie (For God so loved the world, that He DIDN'T send a committee.........)
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To: Don Corleone

LOL!!


19 posted on 10/11/2008 9:57:42 PM PDT by kb2614 (Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
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To: steel_resolve

Where did you EVER get this graphic, and how do you remember that you have it? You searched soldiers and big bugs? What?


20 posted on 10/11/2008 9:58:39 PM PDT by dellbabe68
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