ISIS Might Use Ebola as Doomsday Suicide Weapon, Warns Former US Expert
The good news is that an ISIS terrorist infected with Ebola also could wipe out the ISIS.
By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
Published: October 10th, 2014
via The Jewish Press » » ISIS Might Use Ebola as Doomsday Suicide Weapon, Warns Former US Expert.
Photo Credit: Al Hayat Media Center, ISIS
Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists might be considering infecting a “martyr” with Ebola to create a catastrophe by spreading the disease in urban areas in Western countries, experts warn.
Ebola is a cheap weapon and far harder to identify than explosives. Raw material is easily available in West Africa, where all an ISIS terrorist has to do is infect himself and then travel around the world to spread the fatal disease, U.S. War College Prof. Al Shimkus told Forbes.
“The individual exposed to the Ebola Virus would be the carrier,” said Shimkus, a retired captain who is a professor of National Security Affairs and teaches a course in biological and chemical warfare. “In the context of terrorist activity, it doesn’t take much sophistication to go to that next step to use a human being as a carrier.”
Ebola’s fatality rate is 50 to 90 percent, depending on whether the patient receives immediate medical treatment. The United States is in a panic after the death of its first Ebola victim in Texas, although the disease is only contagious through contact with body fluids.
Shimkus pointed out that biological warfare is not a modern weapon and was used in the Middle Ages, when enemies threw diseases corpses into cities to spread the Bubonic Plague. Although Ebola would be a cheap weapon for ISIS, it would not be as dramatic as beheading, which has struck fear into the hearts of the West.
Amanda Teckman, a Seton Hall University expert in international relations, told Forbes that ISIS is not likely to use Ebola but cautioned, “I do believe others will at least contemplate using such suicide infectors.”
The good side of the Ebola-ISIS scare is that it might be self-destructive.
“it’s very hard to control. The militants could just end up wiping themselves out before they’ve had the chance to pass it on. For a suicide attack, strapping sticks of dynamite to your chest is far more effective, Jennifer Cole, Senior Research Fellow, Resilience & Emergency Management at the Royal United Services Institute, told the London Daily Mail.
“Everyone’s looking out for signs of Ebola at the moment so they’d be very unlikely to get away with it,” she added.
The death in Texas of Ebola victim Thomas Duncan has prompted tighter inspections at five major American airports to screen possible carriers of the disease.
Screenings will begin on Saturday at JFK Airport in New York and later will include Dulles Airport near Washington and terminals in Atlantic, Chicago and Newark, as describe in the video below.
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WarSclerotic 
October 10, 2014 at 1:05 PM
Reblogged this on BLOGGING BAD w/Gunny G ~ "CLINGERS of AMERICA!".
October 10, 2014 at 3:17 PM
Good post Joop. I’d stick with this one. Put it up on my new website too.
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October 10, 2014 at 3:37 PM
“The infidels should not think that they can escape. Prepare against them what-
ever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them. They are your
enemy and Allah’s enem
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YUSUFALI: Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly): they will never frustrate (them).
PICKTHAL: And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah’s Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape.
SHAKIR: And let not those who disbelieve think that they shall come in first; surely they will not escape.
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YUSUFALI: Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.
PICKTHAL: Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged.
SHAKIR: And prepare against them what force you can and horses tied at the frontier, to frighten thereby the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them, whom you do not know (but) Allah knows them; and whatever thing you will spend in Allah’s way, it will be paid back to you fully and you shall not be dealt with unjustly.
October 10, 2014 at 10:00 PM
LS, I like GGR. Nicely done!!!
October 10, 2014 at 11:53 PM
Thanks JP. I wanting something similar to Drudge with a little commentary on my part and no feedback. Hope everyone finds it useful. Stricly HTML driven with nothing fancy except the counter.
October 11, 2014 at 1:12 AM
No warsclerotic as gator bait ?
October 12, 2014 at 2:19 AM
I gave Warsclerotic a special place at the bottom of the page.
October 12, 2014 at 1:11 PM
Stupid me i overlooked it .sorry
By the way typing is not handy if your fingers are under plasters and bandages, the disk grinder got me.
October 10, 2014 at 11:51 PM
Thanks
October 10, 2014 at 4:10 PM
Who says Ebola isn’t ALREADY BEING USED AS A TERROR WEAPON?
It’s like when there are all these forest fires in California.
Easy to do and get away with, especially when the West wants to cover up for Islam and make a grand bargain with them (as we see with Iran).
October 10, 2014 at 5:07 PM
Good point Mark. If there were ebola attacks, the government would cover it up as long as possible. Two reasons come to mind…
1). Obama doesn’t want a full-scale US military retaliation to interfere with his party’s elections and his anti-war legacy.
2). Avoid large scale panic and it’s repercussions on his administration.
October 10, 2014 at 4:11 PM
Hell, even when planes crash in the US the first response of officials is it’s not terror, even before they know anything!
October 10, 2014 at 11:49 PM
work place incident.