Archive for April, 2009

30
Apr
09

http://cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=45206

From the page: “(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Army has launched an inquiry into how and why active duty troops from Fort Rucker, Ala., came to be placed on the streets of Samson, Ala., during last week’s murder spree in that tiny South Alabama community. The use of the troops was a possible violation of federal law.

“On March 10, after a report of an apparent mass murder in Samson, Ala., 22 military police soldiers from Fort Rucker, Ala., along with the provost marshal, were sent to the city of Samson,” Harvey Perritt, spokesman for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at Fort Monroe, Va., told CNSNews.com on Monday.”

30
Apr
09

Multinational forces storm Mayport beach for drills | jacksonville.com

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-04-26/story/multinational_forces_storm_mayport_beach_for_drills

From the page: “The assault on the beach at Mayport Naval Station was part of the Marine’s Partnership of the Americas exercise, held in conjunction with the Navy’s Unitas exercise.

“It’s really a learning environment for everybody,” said Col. Jay Huston, commanding officer of the task force doing the exercise.

During the past week, the troops – Marines from the U.S. and six countries in Central and South America, as well as soldiers from Canada – worked together at Camp Blanding, fast-roping out of helicopters, firing weapons and sharing tactics.

They jelled quickly.

“The only difference in identity” said Lt. Col. Jorge Garcia of Colombia, “is in the color of the uniforms. We have the same objectives.”

That was evident on the amphibious transport dock ships the troops boarded in the past few days: Throughout the USS Mesa Verde, for example, gaggles of marines from Chile conversed with those from Peru and troops from Colombia shared war stories with those from the United States.

That type of interaction is vital considering that multinational forces operating in the region need to cooperate in the field.”

30
Apr
09

Simon Jenkins: Swine flu? A panic stoked in order to posture and spend | Comment is free | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/swine-flu-mexico-uk-media1

From the page: “We have gone demented. Two Britons are or were (not very) ill from flu. “This could really explode,” intones a reporter for BBC News. “London warned: it’s here,” cries the Evening Standard. Fear is said to be spreading “like a Mexican wave”. It “could affect” three-quarters of a million Britons. It “could cost” three trillion dollars. The “danger”, according to the radio, is that workers who are not ill will be “worried” (perhaps by the reporter) and fail to turn up at power stations and hospitals.

Appropriately panicked, on Monday ministers plunged into their Cobra bunker beneath Whitehall to prepare for the worst. Had Tony Blair been about they would have worn germ warfare suits. British government is barking mad.”

29
Apr
09

BBC NEWS | Health | Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus 1:57pm    (3 reviews)  medical-science  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/627183…From the page: “Dr Jim Robertson from the UK’s National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, said the decision to recreate the virus was justified.

“Many influenza virologists remain nervous about creating and experimenting with a reconstructed 1918 Spanish flu virus, an extremely dangerous virus which disappeared from the world long ago.

“However, it cannot be denied that the information that has been derived from this experiment is exciting and represents an important milestone in understanding the severity of these highly pathogenic types of influenza viruses.” “———————————————-
“Exciting” he says. Yeah, these days the whole world is so very thrilled about how you got your jollies.

29
Apr
09

BBC NEWS | Health | Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6271833.stm

From the page: “Dr Jim Robertson from the UK’s National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, said the decision to recreate the virus was justified.

“Many influenza virologists remain nervous about creating and experimenting with a reconstructed 1918 Spanish flu virus, an extremely dangerous virus which disappeared from the world long ago.

“However, it cannot be denied that the information that has been derived from this experiment is exciting and represents an important milestone in understanding the severity of these highly pathogenic types of influenza viruses.” “———————————————-
“Exciting” he says. Yeah, these days the whole world is so very thrilled about how you got your jollies.

28
Apr
09

Human toll in pig flu outbreak baffles scientists – Health – Infectious diseases – msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8814458/

From August 3, 2005: “Human toll in pig flu outbreak baffles scientistsExperts worried that germ may have mutated to create deadlier version”

28
Apr
09

Swine Flu FAIL | Business Pundit

http://www.businesspundit.com/swine-flu-fail/

The origin of the swine flu?!?

28
Apr
09

As Swine Flu Spreads, Conspiracy Theories of Laboratory Origins Abound

http://www.naturalnews.com/026141.html

From the page: “Is there any hard evidence of laboratory origins?As of this moment, I have not personally seen any conclusive evidence of laboratory origins for this H1N1 swine flu. I am open to the possibility that new evidence may emerge in this direction, however, and I am suspicious of the genetic makeup of the virus as one possible indicator of its origins.

I am not a medical specialist in the area of infectious disease, but I have studied microbiology, genetics and a considerable amount of material on pandemics. What seems suspicious to me is the hybrid origin of the viral fragments found in H1N1 influenza. According to reports in the mainstream media (which has no reason to lie about this particular detail), this strain of influenza contains viral code fragments from:

* Human influenza
* Bird Flu from North America
* Swine flu from Europe
* Swine flu from Asia

This is rather astonishing to realize, because for this to have been a natural combination of viral fragments, it means an infected bird from North America would have had to infect pigs in Europe, then be re-infected by those some pigs with an unlikely cross-species mutation that allowed the bird to carry it again, then that bird would have had to fly to Asia and infected pigs there, and those Asian pigs then mutated the virus once again (while preserving the European swine and bird flu elements) to become human transmittable, and then a human would have had to catch that virus from the Asian pigs — in Mexico! — and spread it to others. (This isn’t the only explanation of how it could have happened, but it is one scenario that gives you an idea of the complexity of such a thing happening).”

28
Apr
09

BBC NEWS | Health | Killer flu recreated in the lab

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3719990.stm

From the page: “Killer flu recreated in the lab
Influenza virus type A Some experts believe a flu pandemic is overdue

Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions.

A US team added two genes from a sample of the 1918 virus to a modern strain known to have no effect on mice.Animals exposed to this composite were dying within days of symptoms similar to those found in human victims of the 1918 pandemic.

The research is published in the journal Nature.

27
Apr
09

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