Post by CharleHu$$tle on Dec 3, 2003 13:51:56 GMT -5
This was Dropped to me by a Homie that Works for NBC.
yeah C$ has more Connections then AT&T so What
yeah C$ has more Connections then AT&T so What
Nov 26 - A memo leaked to NBC News Science Correspondant Kari Huus suggests the latest worldwide terror alert concerning possible biological or chemical attacks on US and Western interests has been linked to a low-tech scheme by Al Quaeda to introduce AIDS-carrying protozoa into vulnerable water systems.
The plan is to introduce planarians, small multicelled organisms which have been infected with the virus that causes HIV, into exposed water supply systems both in the US and abroad. While unrelated to humans, the planarian (News - websites) contains enough identical protein chains to accept the virus into itself and transmit it live via its own body should it be ingested. Although the exact species of protozoa cannot be revealed because information is still unavailable, a relative of the planarian is responsible for the human virus deemd "Montezuma's revenge" by vacationers to Mexico, and is also transmitted via contaminated water.
The planarian is a difficult creature to kill, biologists report; it can withstand water temperatures up to the boiling point, and can sustain severe injury and regenerate back to full health if nutrition is available, up to and including bisection.
The planarian is typically small enough to pass most filtration, but cannot withstand many modern sterization techniques, such as concentrated chlorine treatments. However, many waterworks abroad cannot or do not utilize such techniques. And some US facilities would have to be retooled to accept and refilter water treated with the amount necessary to insure 100% decontamination plus removal of the chlorine.
The plan seems perfect for Al Quaeda, for the fax indicates a possible, chilling source of plentiful infected organisms: a human infected with AIDS is given an open wound, and is then placed into water swarming with planarians, which can be grown in simple heated vats. The organisms swarm to the open injury, and ingest the virus via blood and tissue. They then multiply, producing clone-like offspring via cellular division, all of which will carry the AIDS virus.
A human ingesting live infected planarians will contract the virus once the protozoas cell walls are breached during digestion.
While speaking with Center for Disease Control researchers concerning the decimation of African apes by the Ebola virus, Huus received a fax sheet concerning the latest threat. While unable to confirm the source of the fax, Huus has assured NBC editors that it was "a machine within the Pentagon". Huus has refused further comment pending further confirmation of her information.
The plan is to introduce planarians, small multicelled organisms which have been infected with the virus that causes HIV, into exposed water supply systems both in the US and abroad. While unrelated to humans, the planarian (News - websites) contains enough identical protein chains to accept the virus into itself and transmit it live via its own body should it be ingested. Although the exact species of protozoa cannot be revealed because information is still unavailable, a relative of the planarian is responsible for the human virus deemd "Montezuma's revenge" by vacationers to Mexico, and is also transmitted via contaminated water.
The planarian is a difficult creature to kill, biologists report; it can withstand water temperatures up to the boiling point, and can sustain severe injury and regenerate back to full health if nutrition is available, up to and including bisection.
The planarian is typically small enough to pass most filtration, but cannot withstand many modern sterization techniques, such as concentrated chlorine treatments. However, many waterworks abroad cannot or do not utilize such techniques. And some US facilities would have to be retooled to accept and refilter water treated with the amount necessary to insure 100% decontamination plus removal of the chlorine.
The plan seems perfect for Al Quaeda, for the fax indicates a possible, chilling source of plentiful infected organisms: a human infected with AIDS is given an open wound, and is then placed into water swarming with planarians, which can be grown in simple heated vats. The organisms swarm to the open injury, and ingest the virus via blood and tissue. They then multiply, producing clone-like offspring via cellular division, all of which will carry the AIDS virus.
A human ingesting live infected planarians will contract the virus once the protozoas cell walls are breached during digestion.
While speaking with Center for Disease Control researchers concerning the decimation of African apes by the Ebola virus, Huus received a fax sheet concerning the latest threat. While unable to confirm the source of the fax, Huus has assured NBC editors that it was "a machine within the Pentagon". Huus has refused further comment pending further confirmation of her information.
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