Thread: Al-Qaeda Cell Killed By Black Death'Was biological Weapon

Al-Qaeda cell killed by Black Death 'was developing biological weapons'
An al-Qaeda cell killed by the Black Death may have been developing biological weapons when it was infected, it has been reported.

Last Updated: 6:10PM GMT 20 Jan 2009

The group of 40 terrorists were reported to have been killed by the plague at a training camp in Algeria earlier this month.

It was initially believed that they could have caught the disease through fleas on rats attracted by poor living conditions in their forest hideout.

But there are now claims the cell was developing the disease as a weapon to use against western cities.

Experts said that the group was developing chemical and biological weapons.

Dr Igor Khrupinov, a biological weapons expert at Georgia University, told The Sun: "Al-Qaeda is known to experiment with biological weapons. And this group has direct communication with other cells around the world.

"Contagious diseases, like ebola and anthrax, occur in northern Africa. It makes sense that people are trying to use them against Western governments."

Dr Khrupinov, who was once a weapons adviser to the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, added: "Instead of using bombs, people with infectious diseases could be walking through cities."

It was reported last year that up to 100 potential terrorists had attempted to become postgraduate students in Britain in an attempt to use laboratories.

Ian Kearns, from the Institute for Public Policy Research, told the newspaper: "The biological weapons threat is not going away. We're not ready for it."




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Yeah, plague outbreaks are not terribly common anymore.

That's what I was thinking when I first read about this. Either they were working on a weapon or somebody's intelligence agencies slipped em a plague mickey.

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I have only two words.....HA....HA!!!!! Ain't karma screwy?

[b]And Obama wants to make “Nice – Niceâ€

[quote="MadInChicago"][b]And Obama wants to make “Nice – Niceâ€

[quote="jshhmr"][quote="MadInChicago"][b]And Obama wants to make “Nice – Niceâ€

I hold no concerns that they are Muslim.

As for him making "nice-nice" it is more about wanting to be known for something and he likely see's that something as the opposite of what all the liberal Bush haters around the world thought of Bush (as a warmonger) so Obama thinks he can get them on our side if he is the "great diplomat".

He will be tested, as Biden said, and I think so since the Islamic world will try him out and see what they can get away with, and Obama now has SWORN obligation to protect the American people, and if he fails, not only will he be fried by the public, he would certainly not get a desired second term.

If I could have gone to Hawaii this year for Christmas, I would have, escaped the deluge of snow and ice and troubles it brought here.

[quote="MadInChicago"][quote="jshhmr"][quote="MadInChicago"][b]And Obama wants to make “Nice – Niceâ€