April 8 — Sonny Ramaswamy is trying to walk a very fine line. He doesn't want to be seen as an alarmist, but he thinks people ought to know about the thought that keeps haunting him these days.
Ramaswamy, who chairs the department of entomology at Kansas State University, is concerned that the tiny little insects he has spent a lifetime studying could become implements of international terrorism.

It's possible, he says, that even a stable fly, or something as tiny as an aphid, could be used to distribute deadly pathogens over a wide geographical area in a surprisingly rapid and efficient manner. Bugs as delivery systems for weapons of mass terror.

"It wouldn't be as spectacular as the World Trade Center," he says, "but it would be more insidious."

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Sure, it will work. If 1000 millions of mosquitos with malaria is released in a summer month in the middle of a crowded city ....

This seems a bit absurd to me i guess i wont be buying bug repelent any time soon

It does kinda make sense. Especially after that e-mail from that one organization mentioned a black cloud of death, which could be insects carrying pathogens.

Anything that bites could carry desease though. I mean look at the Black Plauge and the rats?

Just means we should all get bats or other critters that eat bugs. hm.... A bat... That would be a cute pet. I'd name him Bruce... Just to be annoying. *G*

knowing our luck the terrorists would never of thought of using the bug and...well..now they know.