I hate to be an alarmist, but we need to be aware of the
possibility that the Ebola virus may be used as a terror weapon. It may seem farfetched today, but there are
some indicators that this could become a reality.
Earlier, President Obama said that Ebola in America was
“unlikely”. Today, it is here. An Ebola victim has been diagnosed with the
disease in the US. Director of the
Center for Disease Control Dr. Thomas Frieden, trying to calm fears, stated
“There is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.”
That is, unless the virus is intentionally spread.
What more perfect weapon could terrorists employ in order to
engender fear and panic in a population?
With over one million Ebola victims predicted by January 2015, there may
be ample opportunity to harvest and culture the virus from infected blood. A “dirty bomb” infused with Ebola virus,
exploded in a populated area such as a sports stadium or a shopping mall, would
produce mass panic. It would be
relatively easy to make many of these weapons.
Where did I get this outrageous and horrific idea?
Well, I read it in a Tom Clancy novel, published in
1993. His book, Executive Orders, describes the horror of Islamic terrorists using
the Ebola virus in aerosol bombs at sporting events and other large gatherings
to destabilize and overthrow America.
Mr. Clancy was a futurist, if not a prophet. In the same novel, he also predicted the use
of commercial jetliners as a terror weapon.
In his story, a commercial jet was purposely crashed into the US capital
building, killing the President and most of Congress. This made Clancy hero Jack Ryan President of
the United States, who proceeded to take decisive action to save America and
defeat the bad guys.
Unfortunately, we have Obama in charge rather than Jack
Ryan.
Andrew Thomas
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