wtf?

this makes a whooole lot of sense, because we all know once you've killed all pigs there's no chance of getting the virus then...



poor piggies

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The Egyptian government began slaughtering pigs today as a preventative measure to stop the spread of the swine flu, reports the AP. Over 300,000 pigs will be killed immediately despite no reported cases of the pandemic in the country.

The state news agency MENA reported to AFP yesterday about the passage of the measure in lower parliament:

"The People's Assembly urged the government to immediately start culling pigs and not to relocate pig-breeding farms away from residential areas for fear of the spread of swine flu," MENA said.


Egypt's 80-million population consists mainly of Muslims, whose religion forbids them from eating pork, as well as an estimated six to 10 percent Christian Copts who may eat pig meat.

CNS News explains that the Egyptians are nervous about a possible swine flu outbreak because of another unrelated illness in the country:

The Egyptian parliament wants all pigs in the country - where they cater largely to the non-Muslim minority - to be slaughtered. Egypt already is on edge because of a surge in cases of unrelated bird flu, which last week claimed a 26th fatality.

They didn't get the memo that pigs don't spread the virus. People do.

I thought you sent it?

I thought that you sent it.

Damn Willing2...feel angry, scared and insanely prejudiced much?



That statement has to be one of the worst I have ever read on these boards and that is saying a lot.

Israel tried to name it "Mexican Flu" to distance it from swine with is forbidden for Jewish people to eat.
The Ambassador from Mexico protested.
Palestinian reps are sticking with swine flu even though pork is forbidden food for Muslims too.

Babe!!!!

http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/apr/12inter.htm

just a thought

but hey

what do i know

""""The Egyptian government began slaughtering pigs today as a preventative measure to stop the spread of the swine flu""""


haqve not the egyptians tried this sorta thing in the past

mass extermination to prevent something they were afraid would happen from happening

those that do not learn from history are bound to repeat it

Apparently not much.

That is obviously a totally bogus "interview". Arabs do not speak like that at all. The verbage is wrong, the entire tone is wrong. Whomever was in that "interview" was not an Arab, much less a Taliban commander. If he were, we would have already defeated them..and we have NOT. He gives away tactical information, evasion strategies, thier locations at a specific time...on and on. Thats not real.