Killer flu samples shipped via FedEx, DHL 15-04-05

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Killer flu samples shipped via FedEx, DHL 15-04-05

 

 

 

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15 April 2005

 

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Feds at Loss on How Flu Strain Got to Labs 14 April 2005 --Federal

officials are still at a loss to explain how a potentially deadly

strain of influenza could be sent to more than 4,000 labs around the

world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is operating

under the presumption that the H2N2 strain was purposefully included

in the panels designed to test the labs' proficiency in identifying

viruses. [Only a gullible *twit* with narrow vision and a brain the

size of a lima bean would, by now, when all the pieces of the puzzle

are nearly assembled, all the Neo-conmen's ducks are in a row - would

*not* suspect the US government's complicity in fomenting bioterror!

Every piece of legislation spewed by the GOP-controlled congress and

Hitler-incarnate himself (that would be *Bush*) have buried in bills

submerged in Orwellian monikers, deep in crevices that the Penta-Post

dare not cover - full authority to commence quarantines, force

inoculations, imprison citizens in internment camps, etc. Hell, the

Bush regime is *dying* for it. 70 million+ deaths solves all of the

Bush regime's problems (just like their 9/11 attacks paved the way for

the illegal invasion of Iraq); they can then seize the last of the

world's resources and divvy it up between themselves. In the

meanwhile, the Halliburton whores can continue to get rich by building

more prisons and internment camps, to house future malcontents. As for

me... " We want either a hammer or a fire, to break the spell or

dissolve the ice. " -- artisan radical freethinker, George Jacob

Holyoake, Reasoner V (1848): 2. --Lori Price]

 

Asian Lab Worker Opened Flu Vial: Report 14 April 2005 --Hong Kong

media is reporting a lab worker in that city opened vials containing a

fatal flu strain before health experts worldwide were warned to

destroy the sample.

 

Killer flu samples shipped via FedEx, DHL 14 April 2005 --Every day,

deadly germs are shipped across the country and around the globe,

right alongside the books, gourmet foods and birthday presents sent

through FedEx and similar couriers.

 

Flu Strain Samples Remain at Large --Health Officials Race to Tighten

Rules [Oops! I think the horse has left the barn on that one.] 14

April 2005 --At least four countries and more than 1,500 U.S.

laboratories reported they had destroyed all their samples of a

dangerous flu virus that had been shipped around the world, but

thousands of others remained unaccounted for yesterday as health

authorities in 18 countries intensified efforts to prevent a deadly

outbreak. [$5.6 billion was allocated in May 2004 for Project

BioShield . . . useless is as useless does. --Lori Price]

 

U.S. Seeks Cause of Flu Virus Mix-up 14 April 2005 --U.S. health

officials were still trying to determine Thursday how a lethal flu

virus had been 'mistakenly' [LOL!] shipped to thousands of

laboratories around the world. Meanwhile, health officials in 18

countries continued to destroy the virus, which had fueled a 1957-58

pandemic that killed between 1 million and 4 million people worldwide,

including 70,000 people in the United States.

 

Local Hospitals Receive A Deadly Flu Virus 14 April 2005 --At least

four hospitals, including the Ohio Valley Medical Center and Wheeling

Hospital, accidentally received a deadly flu virus from 1957. The

Hospitals were among nearly five thousand labs in 18 countries to get

the mistaken shipments.

 

FDA Had Slammed Company That Shipped Flu 14 April 2005 --A company

that shipped samples of a deadly flu virus to thousands of labs in

testing kits was criticized by the government in 2001 for alleged lax

controls that led to a product recall.

 

" Time Capsule " --by John Rectenwald (Jrec) [Warning: explicit lyrics]

http://www.legitgov.org/audio/time_capsule.m4a

 

Frist Likely to Push for Ban on Filibusters --Failure Risks

Conservatives' Ire; Success May Prompt Legislative Stalemate --Senate

Majority Leader Bill Frist is all but certain to press for a rule

change that would ban filibusters of judicial nominations in the next

few weeks, despite misgivings by some of his fellow Republicans and a

possible Democratic backlash that could paralyze the chamber, close

associates said yesterday.

 

Senate Panel Approves Intel Chief Nominee --The nomination of the

nation's first national intelligence director, John Negroponte, was

approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, clearing

the way for the full Senate to consider Dictator Bush's pick.

 

Cheney, Powell UK-Iraq Ricin Claims Were False 14 April 2005 --The

claim that traces of the deadly poison ricin had been found in the

London apartment of alleged al Qaeda operatives, first broadcast

around the world in early January 2003, has been proved wrong, a

senior British official said yesterday. ...Vice pResident Cheney,

speaking of Hussein and his terrorist allies, told a Chamber of

Commerce audience on Jan. 10, " The gravity of the threat we face was

underscored in recent days when British police arrested . . .

suspected terrorists in London and discovered a small quantity of

ricin, one of the world's deadliest poisons. " ...In his Feb. 5 speech

to the U.N. Security Council, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell put

up a slide that linked a " U.K. poison cell " to Zarqawi. [The only

'poison cell' the world has to fear is the Bush regime.]

 

Terror fear over lost poison 14 April 2005 --An al Qaeda cell in

London could still have the poison ricin, police said today. The

highly toxic substance was made at a Wood Green flat and has never

been found. [Yeah, right!!]

 

Police made 100 arrests to 'smash' al-Qa'ida --A British-based network

of Algerian terrorists with links to al-CIAduh are suspected of being

behind the plot to cause mass panic in the UK with the release of

lethal poisons.

 

Guantanamo Detainee Suing U.S. to Get Video of His Alleged Torture --A

detainee at a U.S. military prison alleges that U.S. military guards

jumped on his head until he had a stroke that paralyzed his face,

nearly drowned him in a toilet and later broke several of his fingers,

according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court... The

lawsuit, filed by his attorneys in federal court in Boston, alleges

that the government has probably videotaped Mustafa Ait Idr's beatings

and demands that it produce any such tapes and all records of alleged

torture and interrogation tactics at the detention facility.

 

Suit Details Abuse Allegations at Guantanamo --U.S. jailers at

Guantanamo Bay beat a Bosnian detainee so badly he suffered facial

paralysis and stuffed the man's head in a toilet, repeatedly flushing

it until he nearly drowned, a suit filed Wednesday stated.

 

Interrogator Says U.S. Approved Handling of Detainee Who Died --The

dispute over the Bush regime's treatment of military detainees is

playing out in a North Carolina courtroom, where a CIA contractor has

asserted that his rough interrogation in 2003 of an Afghan who

subsequently died was indirectly authorized by deliberations in

Washington at the highest ranks of the Bush regime.

 

Italy, U.S. Disagree Over Agent Shooting --Reluctance by Italian

investigators to accept the U.S. version of the killing of an Italian

security agent by American troops in Iraq last month is holding up the

conclusion of a joint inquiry into the shooting, Italian newspapers

said Thursday.

 

19 Iraqis Killed and 60 Hurt by Cars Bombs and Gunfire --A string of

suicide attacks and armed assaults in central and northern Iraq on

Thursday left at least 19 Iraqis dead and 60 wounded in the second

consecutive day of renewed bloodshed.

 

Texas Businessman Indicted in Iraq Oil-for-Food Program --A Texas

businessman, as well as a British and a Bulgarian citizen, have been

indicted in New York for reportedly paying millions of dollars in

secret kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq as part of the

United Nations oil-for-food program.

 

Parents of peace activist killed by Israeli bulldozer target

Caterpillar --The Caterpillar fashion range is marketed as upmarket

outdoor wear for label-conscious youth. But customers are now being

urged to boycott the construction and clothing company because it

supplies bulldozers to the Israeli government, which uses the vehicles

to destroy Palestinian homes, roads and olive groves. They have also

been used to build the controversial " security wall " [Apartheid wall]

which has attracted international opprobrium.

 

Mercenaries to Play Greater Role in Future U.S.-Led Drug Interdiction,

Crop Eradication Missions --by Stephen Peacock " The U.S. Dept. of

Defense (DoD) and the State Dept. are preparing to intensify and

expand drug interdiction and aerial crop-eradication efforts in South

America, Central America and the Caribbean. Based on a review of

recently distributed federal-procurement documents, the U.S.

government is actively soliciting the help of mercenaries whose sole

function will be to locate and rescue missing or captured Drug War

personnel... [T]he Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) simultaneously is

arranging to buy millions of gallons of jet fuel through 2009 to

supply Colombian national police and military posts, camps and

stations, the documents show. "

 

Americans Wage E-War on Big Oil Over Fuel Costs --Some Americans have

joined an e-mail war on Big Oil to protest record high gasoline

prices, calling for a long-term boycott of the nation's leading fuel

retailer [corpora-terrorist] Exxon Mobil. [Where are the Iraqi

insurgents when you need them?]

 

Senator to Block Vote on Bush EPA Nominee --Frustrated by the Bush

regime's air pollution policies, Democratic Sen. Thomas Carper plans

to block the Senate from confirming Dictator Bush's nominee to become

administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. All senators

have the power to hold up the confirmation of a nominee.

 

Bush will sign bankruptcy bill passed by Congress --Bankruptcy

legislation making it tougher for heavily indebted Americans to wipe

out their obligations won final congressional approval on Thursday and

Dictator George W. Bush said he looked forward to signing it into law.

 

Reichwing Pharmacists sue governor over rule --Two Illinois

pharmacists sued Gov. Blagojevich Wednesday for ordering them to fill

prescriptions for emergency contraception even if it violates their

religious beliefs. [i thought the Reichwing wanted to eliminate the

'lawsuit culture' in Amerika?]

 

Pharmacist penalty adds up to $20,000 --A pharmacist who refused to

fill a birth control prescription or transfer it to another pharmacy

will have to pay about $20,000 in legal costs for the proceedings

against him, the state Pharmacy Examining Board decided Wednesday with

a 6-0 vote. [No worries - I'm sure some Reichwinger will pick up the

tab for the conservative 'I-Hate-Lawsuits-Except-When-They-Benefit-Me'

hypocrite.]

 

Radio Host Fired For Wondering If Pope Went to Heaven PITTSBURGH --An

evangelical Christian talk show host who questioned the beliefs of the

Catholic Church and entertained a caller's question about whether the

late Pope John Paul II would go to heaven has been fired.

 

Conservatives near lock on US courts --Senators will consider new

judicial nominees Thursday. GOP-appointed judges already control 10 of

13 appeals courts. As Democrats and Republicans in Washington prepare

for an expected showdown over the use of filibusters to stall judicial

nominees, Dictator Bush is already well on his way to recasting the

nation's federal appeals courts in a more conservative mold.

 

Oregon court nullifies licenses for same-sex unions --The Oregon

Supreme Court today nullified nearly 3,000 marriage licenses issued to

same-sex couples by Multnomah County a year ago, saying a single

county couldn't take such action on its own.

 

Connecticut House Votes to Allow Gay Unions --Governor Expected to

Sign Legislation --Connecticut's House of Representatives passed

legislation Wednesday that would make the state the second to

establish civil unions for same-sex couples, and the first to do so

without being directed by a court.

 

Filmmaker Challenges Monsanto to Debate on Safety of Genetically

Engineered Foods --Responding to charges from a Monsanto spokesman

that her highly acclaimed film " The Future of Food " isn't factual,

Deborah Koons Garcia is challenging Monsanto to a debate on the safety

of genetically engineered foods.

 

[Previous lead stories:] We've just started in Iraq: Bush --The US

Dictator marked the second anniversary of Baghdad's fall yesterday by

thanking soldiers who played a major role in toppling Saddam Hussein –

and telling them their work in Iraq was far from over. [Yes, there are

a few Iraqis who have not died in the US bombings or from the

Pentagon's depleted Uranium; there are a few acres of farmland that

have yet to be seized by Monsanto - and there are future billions in

no-bid contracts left to steal by Halliburton.]

 

Nuclear War-Fear: Iran nuke commercial hits TV markets --Spot

depicting atomic terror attack in NYC to be seen in 20 cities --A

commercial produced by an organization fighting for the freedom of

Iran that depicts a nuclear terror attack in America – the kind many

experts believe is possible should Tehran get the bomb – will run in

20 markets across the country this month.

 

Don't purge Saddam Hussein loyalists, US tells Iraq --Iraqi MPs close

to the new ruling coalition reacted frostily yesterday to a blunt

demand from Donald Rumsfeld, the American secretary of defence, to

drop plans to purge former Hussein loyalists from the armed forces.

 

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