 | | A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Scott Arthur
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| | | (...) I'm not sure we do. Yesterday's Observer: "Iraq 'behind US anthrax outbreaks'" (URL) anthrax, on its own, isn't so difficult,' one senior US intelligence source said. 'But it only begins to become effective as a biological weapon if they can (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: (citing the Guardian) (...) Thanks for the cite. Does anyone know if this stuff keeps for 10 years in powder form? Bacteria are quite resilient but 10 years is an aw'fly long time. (of course that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | How odd ? (Re: A N T H R A X - ... ) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | (...) As it uses UN data, I did not think it would show anything as far as you were concerned? Is your head out of the sand now? Larry: ==+== I have no faith in statistics that are originated by the UN unless independently corroborated, and that's a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) The powder isn't bacteria. The powder is *spores*. And spores keep a long, long, long time--live spores nearly 8,000 years old have been pulled from ice cores in the last decade or so. (...) Apparently it's possible to get small amounts of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | (...) At a California university researchers have uncovered living bacteria spores (encased in amber?) up to 135 millions years old. Incredible. -chris (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | (...) Wow. Like there aren't enough problems in the world already. Just what we need...dinosaur cooties. And I felt bad when they disinterred those Spanish Flu victims in '99... best LFB (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) Here's a link that indicates some people think they may be able to survive indefinitely (URL) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) 8000 Years! Pah, that is nothing compared to 250,000,000 years: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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