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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (9633)	11/10/2001 12:32:31 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yep, Spanish flu was a doozy. Never assume your enemy is sane and rational I don't typically assume lots of people are sane and rational -g- Although I also sometimes look at "worst case scenarios" you can't act on them all, and there is also no point "painting your self into a corner" with worry. Concern is one thing, worry is another. I understand uw's fears. It's horrible that young people have to fight and die in wars. In WW2, Berlin, during the Russian assault on the Reichstag, the Russians were up against SS elements of foreign Nazi troops. Norwegians, Dutch, French Nazi's. They knew they were not going home and fought a desperate battle to the last man. My hope is there are not similar problems (the Russians were racing each other to the Reichstag, and Stalin didn't worry about casualties at all) in the Allies command where ego's get in the way of careful rational thinking. They have lots of technology including robots. The Allies efforts so far have impressed me favorably. They seem to be doing a fantastic job. I hope it continues. note Burt Lancaters line was (see link) "I think we'll be sitting in our own rubble; a minimum of one hundred million dead."

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (9633)	11/10/2001 1:31:18 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Been giving your bio attack idea some thought. I pin it down to "Is OBL egotistical or not"? I say he is. He wants to look good in the history books and to the Arab nations and Muslims world wide. Trouble is bugs are not religion specific. He might have um, they may get released accidently, but thats it. Some hi ranking infected Muslims may get very pi**ed of with him indeed. I'd say he will assist the Allies by making sure they are beyond use. I tend to think Bilow and the military manuals are correct in their "assumptions", dangerous as those things are.

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (9633)	11/10/2001 2:02:42 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Bin Laden may have shipped nuclear bomb to US Osama bin Laden may have already shipped weapons of mass destruction to the US. Pakistan's Frontier Post says the Al-Qaida network has transported nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons there. It claims at least two briefcases containing nuclear weapons may have reached US shores. The report says Pakistani and US investigators have been able to identify that at least one such weapon has been acquired by Al Qaida from Central Asian groups. The device of Russian origin, can be activated through a timer or cell phone command. It is an 8kg device that contains around 2kg of fissionable plutonium and uranium. Besides nuclear devices, a chemical and a biological weapon have also been identified to be in the hands of Al Qaida activists. They are said to be in possession of at least 70 capsules, also of Russian origin, containing a very lethal biological agent. ananova.com