Homeland Security: Islamic State poses no specific threat within the United States

[freshwest]

5. Just repeating history. It's low-tech and was intentionally used in the Middle Ages.

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It exists in many places now, all they need are some infected hosts, as it's carried by fleas.

I doubt it hurt Mongols when they used it as a biological weapon while on retreat from Europe. All hell broke loose:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025316469#post5

Of course, it wasn't like Europe was a great place at the time, though.

People may think bubonic plague is a bogeyman from the past. But it isn't really. It's found in wildllife in the southwestern USA:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385127/Man-diagnosed-bubonic-plague-Americas-case-year.html

It is a well-managed state that prevents the spread of it. Note that Poland escaped the plague by quarantine, they did not permit their neighbors to enter and spread it:



So I don't think ISIS will have problems with this stunt and it could kill people. Only a strong, well managed nation can prevent it. And DHS has said that ISIS presents no danger to mainland USA.

Still, very creepy stuff.