Bubonic Plague sweeps Al Quade training camps

[Ex Lurker]

It's the Sun, so maybe it's complete fiction. But I wouldn't put it past * to use biological warfare, they've committed practically every other war crime.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2146286.ece

[Jamastiene]

1. Bubonic Plague, wow.

I wouldn't put it past Bush either to use biological warfare.

[varkam]

2. Methinks it's bullshit. The Sun has a reputation of using the time-honored journalistic technique...

...of making shit up.

[ileus]

3. LOL....yeah that's an accurate story.

[AlCzervik]

4. The Sun? The Sun makes Fox news look credible. Try again.

[Ex Lurker]

6. I specifically mentioned the Sun's credibility issue

still it's worth discussing because of the seriousness of the charge.

[AlCzervik]

9. The Sun is bullshit, out of all the British Tabs The Sun may be the most laughable

and if you've been to London and seen how tabs there are that's really saying something.

[marchellojones]

5. It does not say

how they got it! Maybe thats one of the reasons why all the terrorists suddenly disappear and can´t be brought to justice.
Got to love The Sun!

[navarth]

7. That is one dumb ass looking paper. n/t

[vadawg]

11. i love the sun, sports are awesome, cryptic xword

and page 3 goes without mention, an institution.

[Warpy]

8. I'm sure those guys have access to antibiotics

so there's no way for this silly story to be true.

I live in an endemic plague state with most cases among domestic animals and a few passed to their owners every year. It's treatable and curable.

[marchellojones]

10. true or not

The Sun is still a Murdoc paper and they rarely do anything without a reason.
So I wonder why they published this story?

[Crunchy Frog]

12. These camps must be flea ridden. It doesn't transmit that readily otherwise.

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. Those guys should have read some US history and refused those nifty blankets. n/t

[JDPriestly]

14. They need to control the rodent population.

Plague Prevention Through Environmental Management
Plague prevention also involves controlling rat populations in both urban and rural areas. This goal has been reached in the cities, towns, and villages of most developed countries. It has not, however, been achieved in the rural or urban areas of many developing countries, where the threat of epidemic plague continues to exist. Control of plague in such situations requires two things:


* Close surveillance for human plague cases and for plague in rodents
* The use of an effective insecticide to control rodent fleas when human plague cases and rodent outbreaks occur.

http://plague.emedtv.com/plague/plague-prevention-p2.html

[dysfunctional press]

15. but then where would they get the malk for the kid's breakfasts...?

[merh]

16. LOL

Breaking: GWB wipes out AQ as last official act of office.

-snip-

When asked about the legality of the use of biological warfare to destroy AQ the GWB admin official stated "It is legal if the President says it is legal and he ordered it so it is legal. What matters is not the how, but the outcome - the world free from terrorists. Bush ended the war on terror."

[hunter]

17. I'm picturing a fearsome MQ-1 Predator aircraft bombing them with... fleas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-1_Predator

It would have made a better story for the Sun, anyways...

[SmileyRose]

18. LOL -- the sun. LOL