[ExI] Muslim Threat to Europe- Don't Buy All the Hype

[painlord2k at libero.it]

Il 10/04/2009 12.38, Stefano Vaj ha scritto:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Eschatoon
> Magic<eschatoon at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Question: do you know which culture started using biological
>> weapons in warfare?
>>
>> Yeah, right.
>
> As in throwing carcasses and other biological stuff which were
> infected by plague beyond castle walls and in the wells of the enemy
> during the crusades for the greater glory of God? :-)

Romans did it first. And this is only the first recorded.

> The first recorded use of biological agents was by the Romans, using
> dead animals to foul the water supply of their enemies. This had the
> dual effects of decreasing enemy numbers and lowering morale. The
> idea behind this kind of attack is that a weakened enemy is an easily
> defeated enemy. The Tartars had the idea of infecting the enemy by
> catapulting bodies infected with bubonic plague over the walls of the
> city of Kaffa.

Mirco