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** It was thought they caught the disease through poor living conditions in their forest hideouts. ** But Dr Igor Khrupinov, of Georgia University, said: Al-Qaeda is known to experiment with biological weapons. And this group has direct communication with other cells around the world. ** Contagious diseases, like ebola and anthrax, occur in northern Africa. It makes sense that people are trying to use them against Western governments. ** Dr Khrupinov, once arms adviser to Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev, added: Instead of using bombs, people with infectious diseases could be walking through cities. ** Black Death HAS been researched as a biological weapon before. ** And al-Qaeda boss Osama bin Ladens fanatics were experimenting with anthrax in Afghanistan in 2001. ** Last year it was revealed 100 suspected terrorists tried to become students in Britain, giving them access to labs. ** In 2006 a plot to poison Londons water was unmasked. ** Ian Kearns, of the Institute for Public Policy Research, said: The biological weapons threat is not going away. Were not ready for it. ** (original post under the fold)
Deadliest weapon so far… the plague, by Alex West – The Sun (UK)
** At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages. *** The killer bug, also known as the plague, swept through insurgents training at a forest camp in Algeria, North Africa. It came to light when security forces found a body by a roadside. *** The victim was a terrorist in AQLIM (al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb), the largest and most powerful al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East. *** It trains Muslim fighters to kill British and US troops. *** Now al-Qaeda chiefs fear the plague has been passed to other terror cells or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. *** One security source said: This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror. Most of the terrorists do not have the basic medical supplies needed to treat the disease. *** It spreads quickly and kills within hours. This will be really worrying al-Qaeda **