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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (9535)	11/9/2001 4:56:59 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I wonder, and perhaps you can fill me in, is there any chance that the Hemorrhagic Fever effecting the refuge camps may be terrorist in etiology? No, the World Health Organization web site documents many recurring outbreaks in these areas, probably aggravated now by the misery of the refugee camps. If I were the Taliban and wanted to defeat the Northern Alliance at this stage of the game, biologicals would certainly be high on my weapons list. Why? Because of the period between infection and symptomatic recognition coupled with the spread vectors within the enemy group. There are a lot of hazards involved in spreading biological agents, least of which is that your own population may become infected resulting in a self-inflicted wound to your cause. Spreading smallpox is an excellent example of this problem. The First World countries can quickly move to isolate and eliminate smallpox but the Third World peoples would be decimated. --fl

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