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To: Horgad who wrote (64826)	3/1/2001 8:31:38 AM
From: Richard Mazzarella	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116873

Horgad, <<Iraq has not tried a balloon delivery system>> I thought they did that during the gulf war. Saddam Hussein told his military experts to blow up the balloons and they did. LOL

To: Horgad who wrote (64826)	3/1/2001 9:22:02 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116873

OT(?) - Before anyone else jumps to the conclusion that this outbreak of "must be terrorism" or "biological warfare" See this & notice the dates: Yugoslavia isolates foot-and-mouth infected zones Nando.net and Reuter Information Service Jul 15, 1996 BELGRADE - Yugoslavia has sent police and army units to seal off southern municipalities identified as having livestock infected with foot-and-mouth disease, according to agricultural officials. In an interview with the independent BK Television on Sunday evening, Federal Agriculgure Minister Tihomir Vrebalov said the police and army had established three "defensive lines" in a bid to stop the disease from spreading. Vrebalov said several municipalities had been isolated in border regions of the southern province of Kosovo where the highly infectious disease was first detected last week. "We have deployed police and veterinary teams on the eight roads connecting Kosovo with Serbia -- this is our second line of defence," he told BKTV. "A third line is the blockade which has been set up in Serbian municipalities bordering Kosovo." He said the army had also moved to prevent all uncontrolled crossings of the Yugoslav borders with Albania and Macedonia. Police investigating the spread of the disease through the Balkans say it appeared to originate in Greece earlier this month, before it struck in Albania. Cattle smugglers have been blamed for bringing it from Albania to Macedonia, while free grazing in border regions with Yugoslavia is believed responsible for the Kosovo epidemic. The head of the crisis team established to contain the disease, Dr Georgije Trbojevic, said some 180 veterinarians were touring the affected areas, slaughtering any animals diagnosed as having contracted foot-and-mouth. At least 125 head of cattle had been killed by Monday morning, although that figure was expected to rise. A veterinary expert, Marija Popovic said Yugoslavia had no significant quantities of foot-and-mouth vaccines in stock, and would have to import them from other parts of Europe. In 1974, the former Yugoslavia was declared free of the disease. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe unable to monitor live animal imports From a correspondent ... 7.22.96 Re foot and mouth. The EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) budget line in place to police hygene of live animal imports has been fraudulently spent. Europe's borders are consequently unattended. Summer looks as though it may be a sizzle agro-politically! A piece referring to this will appear in a Swiss financial daily Monday. mad-cow.org Remember, I'm the one that smell a conspiracy or bad guy beneath every stone, many would even use the term "paramoid". If I don't see a bad guy??????