The Mess He Left Behind

And what do you suppose the terrorists were doing while Little Georgie Bush (age 7) was busy breaking things in Iraq?

(Newser) – Bubonic plague is believed to have wiped out dozens of al-Qaeda recruits at a terror training camp in Algeria, the Daily Mail reports. The epidemic came to light when security forces found a militant’s diseased body dumped on a roadside. Security sources say the plague forced the group to turn its hideout into a mass grave and flee, possibly infecting other terror cells. Some experts speculate that the deaths occurred as the cell was attempting to develop biological weapons.

But he kept us safe!

Black Death Wipes Out al-Qaeda Camp in Algeria [Newser]

Comments

[tafka pb]

Certainly this means Jesus has sent a plague to our enemies. Hooray Bush!

[mandt]

WTF?

[Grace Nearing]

Well, you can be vaccinated against bubonic plague and there are effective antibiotics should you be unfortunate enough to get bitten by an infected flea (or get zapped by a weaponized strain). The disease, which still occurs naturally in less developed parts of the world,* is not transmitted person-to-person. It is possible that given poor sanitation in the camp and the fact that certain parts of Africa are plague-prone, these guys were not fiddling with a plague strain but were flea bitten.

*About one to two dozen cases occur in Western parts of the US each year.

[tata]

Wasn't this predicted by the XFiles? Or maybe it was Three's Company...

[JollyRoger]

Yeah, he kept us safe. He may have had to kill more Americans than Osama did, and destroy a LOT more of our economy, but boy, is we safe!