Well it would be an easy way for Art to entertain his listeners. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Bill Layer > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:49 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] OT: war-related news blackout? > > > Hi, sorry if this seems like a pile of FUD, but this is really bugging me > and I wanted to say something about it. > > Last night, Art Bell had on a guest who was an expert in bioterrorism. He > stated that Janes (www.janes.com) was carrying a story about two current > outbreaks of Congo-Crimean Hemmoragic Fever that were ongoing in Pakistan > and Iran. These two outbreaks, are the largest and second-largest ever > recorded, some total of 175-200 people infected and quarrantined. This is > disturbing for several reasons, including the fact that it is confirmed > that the Soviet-era government had weaponized and probably stockpiled this > pathogen in one of the central asian republics, like Tadzhikistan. > > I read the story on Janes, and it pretty much said what the guest did. The > guest was also correct that the story was not being carried by any other > of the major news outlets, another distrubing fact. I only personally > looked at www.cnn.com and www.msnbc.com; no story. > > Now the weird - I got up this AM, started my browser, and got 'Sorry, the > page you are looking for is not here'. I searched the Janes' archives, and > the story has totally vanished without a trace. And now the double weird - > the guest's site www.breathenoevil.com seems to be totally missing also.. > cannot connect, no ping response from the server, but the IP is > (199.2.135.67). Art Bell has a way of 'slashdotting' websites, but usually > only during the show, not the next day... > > Is this an honest-to-god news blackout that I am witnessing? Anyone else > heard of this story? > > > > -.bill.layer.- .-frogtown.mn.usa.- > > .-Microsoft.Windows.XP.- -.suddenly.everything.sucks-. > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list