Is West Nile a Terrorist Plot?
Senator Patrick Leahy thinks the West virus that has killed 54 people this year may be a terrorist weapon. “I think we have to ask ourselves: Is it coincidence that we’re seeing such an increase in West Nile virus or is that something that’s being tested as a biological weapon against us?” says Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In May, an article in a respected medical journal suggested that Iraq may have unleashed the West Nile Virus in the United States via Cuba through the release of migratory birds infected with the virus (See May 17 news story “West Nile Bioterror from Cuba”, click here).
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