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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 05:30 PM
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Military intelligence warns that avian flu could be used as weapon....
Military intelligence warns that avian flu could be used as weapon: report
Helen Branswell
Canadian Press
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
<http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=cf20c021-2153-4b60-9924-38655b4d9e1f>

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"TORONTO (CP) - The military's intelligence arm has warned the federal government that avian influenza could be used as a weapon of bioterrorism, a heavily censored report suggests.

It also reveals that military planners believe a naturally occurring flu pandemic may be imminent. The report, entitled Recent Human Outbreaks of Avian Influenza and Potential Biological Warfare Implications, was obtained under the Access to Information Act by The Canadian Press.

It was prepared by the J2 Directorate of Strategic Intelligence, a secretive branch of National Defence charged with producing intelligence for the government.

The report outlines in broad terms the methods that could be used to develop a manmade strain of influenza capable of triggering a human flu pandemic.


If the Canadian military has been considering this, I wonder what's been going through the minds of their counterparts in the US military?


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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 05:38 PM
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1. Quick! Run out and kill all the birds in your area.
Its the patriotic thing to do.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 05:48 PM
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2. Yeah, and it's so easy to control, too.
No chance it will come home and kill your mother.

What do soldiers use for brains?
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Bark Bark Bark Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 05:49 PM
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3. Well, Of Course Our Boys WANT IT...
...and are ready to napalm anyone else who gets it.

Be sure to get your mind-control sho--I mean, your vaccinations!
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 05:53 PM
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4. Norwalk Virus (Cruise ship gastroenteritis) probably more of a threat
The buzz in the Public Health community is that the "Norwalk Virus" (Cruise ship gastroenteritis) is probably more of a threat -

About 20 years ago the Public Health Director of one of the counties on Long Island said that with air travel -- putting a few temporarily disabling viruses into the eco system - especially if they did not confer cross immunity - could bring our economy to a screeching halt --- and nobody would know where they came from because by the time the CDC had figured it out the viruses would have dissipated.
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Lori Price CLG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 05:57 PM
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5. Is that why 40+ microbiologists have died mysteriously...
...since 9/11?

Lori R. Price
http://www.legitgov.org/
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 07:30 PM
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6. Seems to be more than a coincidence, doesn't it?
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Theres-a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 08:53 PM
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7. This is scary. nt
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Sugarbleus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 09:56 PM
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8. This topic keeps popping up... I'm starting to wonder
about all things bio myself! Ya know, I'm starting to get this real urge to just stick my head in the ground...Don't know how much more bad news I can digest... :(
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unkachuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 11:22 PM
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9. don't worry....
....after the bush-lead global nuclear encounter, when you have to hobble over bodies 3 feet deep everyday just to find food and shelter, this will all seem quite trivial.... :)
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Sugarbleus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 03:01 AM
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10. lol...thanks for the visual...
It's six of one, half dozen of the other

Shall I be ravaged by some dreaded chicken disease OR...get vaporized or radiated to death...hmmm let me see, which one would I rather be abused by?? :shrug: :scared:

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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-09-05 03:07 AM
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11. As the doctor in there says
ain't gonna happen.
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