This bullshit in the caliber of 'Saddam has WMD's and will give them to al Quada'.
So what is the deal....North Korea is *next*? *That's a laugh*...we needed a UN coalition in '52 just to push them back to the place they were *to begin with*....and they didn't have *nuclear *(woops, nukuler) *weapons then!* Can you spell 'suicide'??? On 6/23/06, epoutwit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Our latest, probably # 2 bogeyman is a really bad guy, don't you agree? > > North Korea trying to weaponize bird flu > Bio-warfare experts call it potentially 'greatest threat al-Qaida > could unleash' > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50093 > <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50093> > > LONDON The pariah state of North Korea is trying to weaponize the > bird flu virus, making it the ideal threat for al-Qaida, the British > intelligence agency MI6 has learned. > > The Bush administration has given briefings classified "Top > Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information" to members of Congress and > the Senate on the threat. > > In aerosol form it would be undetectable at all border crossings and > virologists at Porton Down Britain's research center responsible > for developing antidotes against biological attacks fear that a > genetically engineered version of the virus would be far more lethal > than any current threat from the virus. > > World ranking experts have said that it would be "the greatest > threat al-Qaida could unleash." > > In an exclusive interview, Dr. Ken Allibek, the former director of > the Soviet Union's biowarfare program, Biopreperat, who is now a > senior adviser to the Bush administration on bio-defense, said: "The > threat of a weaponized bird flu virus cannot be over emphasised. It > would be the most terrible weapon in the hands of a terrorist. The > advantage for al-Qaida is that an aerosolized weapon would be > impossible to detect from one spread naturally by birds. But a lab- > produced virus would be far more lethal." > > Professor Peter Openshaw, a leading virologist at Imperial College, > London, called it: "more terrifying than engineered smallpox. That > would be relatively easy to contain because there is a vaccine. But > with improvements in laboratory technology, it's becoming much > easier to engineer these viruses. It's becoming a terrible concern." > > A CIA document presented by Goss showed that the World Health > Organization has warned the virus would affect one-fifth of the > world's population "with 30 million requiring hospitalisation and at > least 2 million people could die." > > The decision to keep the briefing secret has led to fierce criticism > from public health officials in the United States. > > Dr. Irwin Redlener, a director of the National Center for Disaster > Preparedness in Washington, said: "This is Cold War secrecy being > applied to a public health issue. The truth is that the United > States is seriously unprepared to cope with an avian flu outbreak > the more so if it is terrorist inspired." > > Professor Hugh Pennington, a leading microbiologist at Aberdeen > University, Scotland, said: "A clever molecular biologist could also > try to mix the virus with other viruses so that it could spread > person to person, which would be the greatest threat." > > Scientists in America have recently recreated the Spanish flu virus > that killed 50 million people in 1918. The full genetic sequence was > published in specialist magazines earlier this year and is available > via the Internet. > > Openshaw said: "The sequence of the 1918 strain has just been > published and there are obvious security concerns. There are many > labs around the world that would be capable of recreating the same > virus." > > North Korea's biological warfare program is now the largest in the > world. Among its 300,000 scientists, technicians and laboratory > assistants are some 800 scientists who worked on the Russian bio- > warfare program, Biopreperat. Some of them had been trying to > exploit the 1918 Spanish flu virus as a potential weapon. > > When Biopreperat collapsed with the end of the Soviet Union, a > number of its staff were recruited by North Korea. In return for > huge salaries they were given a comfortable lifestyle and unlimited > research facilities to continue their work. > > A high-ranking defector from North Korea's Academy of Sciences has > told intelligence officers that the research to weaponize the virus > is now a priority. The project is under the control of the country's > top geneticist and head of its biological warfare program. > > Dr. Yi Yong Su, 54, is known to have a close relationship with Kim > Jong II, the country's supreme leader. A CIA profile describes her > as conducting terminal experiments with anthrax on prisoners. > > She has assigned eight research centers to work on various aspects > of successfully weaponizing the bird flu virus. > > One center is concerned with researching cereal rust spores, a > disease which attacks crops. The spores are dusted on to the > feathers of homing pigeons. When they return to their coops, they > are checked to see how long the spores remain on their feathers. > > But the sophisticated research on bird flu is being conducted at > Institute 398 at Singam-Ri, south of the capital Pyongyang. > > U.S. satellite images show the area is ring-fenced by three > battalions of soldiers. Only visible above ground are a cluster of > concrete-block buildings and fuel storage tanks. > > The defector has said the laboratories, including two dealing with > the latest molecular biological technology, are hidden far below > ground. > > Editor's note: The following story is adapted from Joseph Farah's G2 > Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by > the founder of WND. Annual subscriptions are available now for the > discounted price of $99 a year, which includes a free copy of > Farah's latest book, "Taking America Back." Monthly subscriptions > are also available to credit card users for just $9.95. > By Gordon Thomas > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > Gordon Thomas is an Irish journalist specializing in international > intelligence matters and a regular contributor to Joseph Farah's G2 > Bulletin. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- ***************************************** "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately!" ...Ben Franklin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! 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