January 19, 2009

There is a God: Plague Kills 40 al Qaeda in Africa

UPDATE 1-20-09: WaTimes report says exactly what some of you were speculating in the comments: Plague report actually al Qaeda WMD experiment gone bad. Hmmmmmm.........
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A couple of days ago I asked readers to send in tips about al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Ask and ye shall receive. There's some good news and some bad news, which to report first?

Let's go with glass half empty. Sean sends in word that AQIM is suspected of kidnapping two Canadian who worked for the UN, Robert Fowler & Louis Guay, and their driver in Niger. Part of a new AQIM strategy to fund its operations. Let's hope these two get out alive and without sending money to AQIM.

Now, on to the good news:

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.

Oh, but it gets better.
Now al-Qaeda chiefs fear the plague has been passed to other terror cells — or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
Karma: it is a bitch.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 11:29 AM | |