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2003-04-28 International

Egyptian Sailor Dies in Brazil From Anthrax-Police

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Posted by tu3031 2003-04-28 02:21 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 See what our great airport security does, and why it should be implemented at ports as well? If only someone at the dock had asked him if he'd packed his own bags or if anyone had given him a package to take with him, this whole incident could have been averted!

Real tough questions = real security! How many more Ibrahims must we lose before the world understands?

Posted by Dar 2003-04-28 14:39:52|| 2003-04-28 14:39:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Given the point sources for this news are Egypt and Brazil, I'd place its reliability at about 20%.

Plus, anthrax doesn't make people ill immediately, as were the health workers who discovered his body.

Posted by Chuck 2003-04-28 14:45:28|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-04-28 14:45:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Infectious disease experts have found no obvious sign of anthrax aboard an Egyptian freighter quarantined outside Halifax Harbour, a Health Canada official said Sunday. "They found the ship in good shape, the level of cleanliness, all those sorts of things," said Bob Fowler of the team that inspected the ship. "So they are obviously coming back with a good feeling that â¦ the ship does not contain any anthrax contamination." The samples taken during the inspection will be analyzed in Halifax, and results are expected by Tuesday at the latest. If the test is negative, the ship will continue. Otherwise, a biohazard team will clean it. The deceased man visited a farm, and doctors think he may have come in contact with an infected animal.
Questions, where and when did he visit this farm? His symptoms match those of Gastrointestinal anthrax -- results from ingestion of meat contaminated with anthrax bacteria, causes symptoms within two to five days and includes stomach pain, diarrhea, fever and septicemia (bacteria in the blood).

Posted by Steve 2003-04-28 15:11:14|| 2003-04-28 15:11:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Questions:
1. Who gave him the suitcase?
2. Who was he supposed to give it to, and where?
3. Where is the suitcase?
4. How much anthrax was in it?
5. Was it weaponized(powedered,etc)?
6. Why did the health workers take ill so fast?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-28 15:59:46|| 2003-04-28 15:59:46|| Front Page Top

#5 "Several health workers who found his body were taken to a hospital after becoming ill ..."

Oh, that SMELL!...

Posted by mojo 2003-04-28 17:05:30|| 2003-04-28 17:05:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Some thoughts:Presumably,he wanted to check the mystery suitcase in private;what better place than your hotel room?If the guy had anthrax spores on his body,that explains how the health workers could have gotten infected.That's how you get cutaneous and inhalation anthrax (but not intestinal).Also,the health workers didn't take ill 'fast',the man died on April 11. And Steve,the symptoms match inhalational anthrax even better than intestinal, in particular the 'multiple organ failure'.(Also,if the guy had intestinal,how the hell did the health workers get ill?)

Posted by El Id 2003-04-28 17:41:39|| 2003-04-28 17:41:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Uh, where's the suitcase now?

Posted by someone 2003-04-28 18:15:43|| 2003-04-28 18:15:43|| Front Page Top

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