Foot and Mouth Disease in the UK - Biological Attack ?

Quite possibly. However the big question is who would instigate such an attack?

Slobodan Milosovich? Saddam Hussian? Bin Laden? Or maybe some other group, closer to home and a lot less obvious but with a lot more to gain?

By coincidence I was discussing exactly the same subject this morning with crop circle researcher Charles Mallet. And we both agreed that the current outbreak of foot and mouth could have come from a source that few would suspect but which ultimately would stand to gain the most. Namely the huge Agri-business combines which are busy turning Britain's farms into a trans-national business that uses modern production line methods.

The various agri-business companies are intent on replacing the traditional family run farms with their own operations: sprawling arable tracts of land managed by their own farm managers and agricultural engineers.

One way to achieve this would be to buy up all the traditional farms, ideally at rock bottom prices. And what better way to achieve that than something that ravages the farmers livelehood but leaves the arable land, farm equipment and outbuildings intact.

It's just a thought but it will be interesting to see who picks up the pieces in the aftermath of foot and mouth.

PS. Again, as with my last few postings, I've encountered some minor glitches whilst posting this.