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laruemtt

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Fri Aug-01-03 01:52 PM
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mystery illness hits troops

MSNBC reporting right now about a serious respiratory disease, different from SARS, that's already killed 2 troops in Iraq and has sickened at least 17 others.

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hippiechick

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Fri Aug-01-03 01:54 PM
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1. probably toxic fumes from all the oil wells they're 'liberating'...

Kidding aside, if the casualties alone - in light of the bogus information isn't enough to fire Joe and Jane Sixpack into an uproar over what's happening to their sons & daughters over there ... I don't know what else it will take.

I hope they diagnose and are able to treat whatever it is, soon !

:hippie:

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Bonhomme Richard

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Fri Aug-01-03 01:56 PM
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2. check out LBN gaurdian story

Interesting!

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ElsewheresDaughter

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Fri Aug-01-03 01:58 PM
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3. media whores report 2 deaths...i read 7 died out of 22 ill soldiers

will post the link as soon as i locate it again

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Brian Sweat

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Fri Aug-01-03 01:58 PM
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4. What about Iraqis?

If 2 troops have died, how many Iraqis have died?

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goobergunch

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Fri Aug-01-03 02:00 PM
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5. Any way this is related to depleted uranium? (n/t)

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Snow

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Fri Aug-01-03 02:06 PM
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6. Seems unlikely....

this is the way the 1918 flu pandemic started, by the way...

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Mel

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Fri Aug-01-03 02:19 PM
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7. I thought depleted uranium too

Question did anything happen like this (mystery illness) during Vietnam?

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Snow

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Fri Aug-01-03 05:22 PM
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8. I don't remember.....

I'll nose around a bit; see what I can find. There were, of course, epidemics of heroin and opium use, as well as the whole agent orange thing. But mysterious or not-so-mysterious flu-like illness outbreaks - hmmmmm. I'll take a look.

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