Posted on 07/07/2010 3:36:55 AM PDT by Uncle Ike
An outbreak of plague, which is considerd a potential bioweapon, among the Syrian military may be raising more questions than answers.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad recently ordered the shutdown of all Syrian military exercises due to a plague that currently affects a large number of military personnel, according to Examiner.com.
The Syrian president has told Syrian news sources that food and drinking water in military bases, coupled with one of the country’s worst droughts in over 40 years, are responsible for the outbreak of plague.
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are experiencing food shortages, nearly 60,000 small livestock owners have lost all their animals and 50,000 others have lost 50 to 60 percent of their cattle.
The infectious bacterium Yersinia pestis causes the infectious disease plague, which is commonly found worldwide in rats and other rodents. Fleas often serve as common vectors of plague. There are three forms of human plague - bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic.
Humans may also be infected by direct contact with an infected animal, through inhalation and, if it is pneumonic plague, by person to person contact.
Drinking water, food and a heat wave are not common causes of plague, Examiner.com says, unless they have increased the contact between humans and plague carriers.
Because of this, the article says, questions should be raised about the true cause of the Syrian army plague.
Plague is carried by bacteria on fleas on rodents, right?
Those containers of Saddam’s WMDs are getting pretty old.
Bashar al-Asshat should consult with the Egyptians, they’ve had lots of experience with plagues, like locusts, frogs, etc., had something to do with messin’ with God’s chosen people.
Work accident.
"The infectious bacterium Yersinia pestis causes the infectious disease plague, which is commonly found worldwide in rats and other rodents. Fleas often serve as common vectors of plague. There are three forms of human plague - bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic."
Blame it on the 3-2-1 .... JOOS!
Oh, those darn WMD from Iran and Iraq must have
gotten loose.
A very good point about the WMD’s that the Syrian’s “Inherited”.
My first thought was that the place was even more rat infested than I thought.
Don’t mess with the Jews any more said God.
“Fleas often serve as common vectors of plague.”
Old, leaking Iraqi containers of it could be a vector, too. Is just the Syrian army affected? Hmmm... Must be the joooooooooos!
They should make Spetsnaz clean it up.
Hmmm... hadn't thought of that. Or else they thought they could mess with the stuff themselves and contain it.
Global warming, Bush's fault.
It’s George Bush’s fault (both of them)!
Are you calling God a terrorist? ;)
> They should make Spetsnaz clean it up.
To the Spetsnaz, “clean up” usually involves assault rifles, grenades, and swat teams. They usually don’t stop firing until there is no more movement.
“according to Examiner.com. “
Examiner is (mostly) made of idiots with an account looking for traffic.
Around here, drought means dry spell and total freedom from mosquitoes. Perhaps it's really those bio weapons they've been getting ready to hand over to hamas?
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