S7 E4: 100 Seconds to Midnight: Global Terrorism

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2:49 In all honesty, there's not a lot of information out there about what it is, and some of the information I'm getting is conflicting. New Hampshire has been reporting this disease as far back as the summer of twenty twenty two, so it's been around a minute. Oregon began receiving reports of it in the Portland metro and Williamette Valley areas in August of this year. There have been around two hundred cases reported in Oregon to date, and so far, fourteen states have reported cases of this disease in dogs. California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and most recently New Mexico. So there's fifteen The causative agent is still unknown, and while the cases in Oregon appear to share a viral etiology, common respiratory testing has been largely negative for viruses. A few cases have tested positive for Mycoplasma sinos, but that isn't believed to be the causative agent of it either. I've gotten some information from various vets that this is bacterial and not viral, but either way, it's not responding to antibiotics or antivirals. The Oregon Department of

4:23 Agriculture, as well as several other state veterinary hospitals, have been sampling dogs who have exhibited symptoms of this disease. This sampling will be paired with PCR testing using generic primers, virus isolation, and rapid whole genome sequencing. With any luck, this will identify the disease and allow researchers to begin working on a cure. There are three general categories that the cases reported fall into. Chronic mild to moderate tracheobronchitis with a prolonged ration of six to eight weeks or longer, chronic pneumonia and acute pneumonia that rapidly become severe and can often be fatal within twenty four to thirty six hours. These conditions have been minimally responsive to antibiotics at best, and completely unresponsive to antibiotics at the worst. Outbreaks of canine infectious respiratory disease complex are common, and there are at least nine known bacteria and viruses associated with these outbreaks. Generally, more than one bacterial or viral agent is found in most cases. In the atypical cases, the findings are the same. Several diseases are coming together as secondary illnesses. These secondary conditions are not the causative agent of the disease, but it would seem

5:57 that the secondary diseases are causing the most fatalities. Okay, so let's talk about symptoms a bit. Then let's make a plan. I certainly don't want Sweetpea getting this, and I'm sure that none of you want your dogs to get it either. Knowledge is power, so let's start there. The symptoms of this disease include coughing, sneezing, nasal and or eye discharge, and lethargy. If you see any of these symptoms, or any combination of them, call your vet right away. Early detection is very important when dealing with this disease. Okay, now let's talk about a plan. I'm going to tell you my plan and you can modify it any way that you see fit.

6:49 My dog has all our shots, She's up to date on all the common ones, including leptosporosis, kennel cough, para influenza, and parvo. But my dog goes to daycare every day. So for now, I'm going to boost her kennel cough and get the canine influenza vaccine for her. As soon as I hear about a case of Missouri, I'm going to take her out of daycare. She'll be really sad and she won't like it, but it's better than having her get sick. She also won't be allowed to go to the dog parks or any of her favorite stores. She's going to be stuck at home with me, and she's going to hate me. Now, all of that being said, I'm not going to freak out. I'm simply going to be proactive about her care. In the beginning of this chat, I said that around two hundred cases had been reported in Oregon. That was as of the first of December. Think about how many dogs are in Oregon, how many are in Portland. Out of three veterinary clinics that I called, two in Oregon and one in Colorado, where there have been the most cases, none of the hospitals that I called had seen any cases at all.

8:13 They were aware of the disease, but they hadn't personally seen any cases. According to doctor Stephen Coochis, chief medical officer for the Oregon Humane Society, Oregon hasn't seen an uptick in respiratory disease cases. Doctor Scott Weis of the Worms and Germs Blogs says, quote, being aware is good, being anxious is bad. The vast majority of dogs that get CIRDC recover uneventfully end quote. So what are veterinarians recommending vaccinature dog for K nine influenza, bordtella and para influenza. Actually they're saying to boost your bord totella. So if you have a bord to tell shot that lasts a year, boosted every six months for a while. Avoid communal water bowls and toys and clean these items thoroughly. Avoid play dates with dogs you don't know. While socialization is important, it's better to create a playgroup of known dogs who are vaccinated. Limit your dog's exposure to dog parks, daycarees, and boarding facilities, and if your dog does get sick, seek veterinary care immediately. Recently, a couple from California experienced the horror of atypical cir DC. They were on the road

9:48 showing their golden retriever Ike when he came down with it. Ike was diagnosed with what is now known as atypical canine infectious Respiratory disease complex. He became very ill and was put in isolation so that other dogs wouldn't get it. He was very close to death when the vets suggested that they try chloramphenicol. Within hours, Ike was breathing better, and a week later he was able to go home. Now, chloramphenicol is a really heavy hitter with very serious side effects. It's banned for use in humans in the US unless there are no other alternatives. In other countries, it's used in cases of extreme typhoid fever and hemophilous meningitis if nothing else works. The side effects of chloramphenicol include fatal aplastic anemia where the bone marrow can't make red blood cells, and gray baby syndrome, which affects liver function Ike's owners touting this as a miracle drug, but don't rely on that. The side effects are serious and often fatal.

11:09 I wanted to give this pup date before we started the episode on terrorism, because I know that many people don't listen to the entire episode. They get through the technical stuff and then they stop before I go into my speel about Patreon and all that. But I thought this was worth putting right up at the beginning so that dog owners could have the scoop. I need to thank Grateful Heart Veterinary Hospital in Portland, Oregon, Pacific Veterinary Hospital, also in Portland, Longspeak Animal Clinic in Longmont, Colorado, Doctor Burke at Cornell University Veterinary Hospital in Ithaca, New York, the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association, and doctor Brown at Animal Care Center in Springfield, Missouri. I appreciate your patience with my questions and all the information you gave me, And with that, let's get into today's episode. The US doesn't experience much terrorism. We've had several attacks on US soil, but for the most part, we've had far less than other countries experience. Terrorism is mostly fear mongering. The goal is to spread fear by directing violence against innocent victims. These attacks can be

12:45 initiated by a government, a radical group, liberationists, or freedom fighters. They attack anywhere with no warning, making people wonder could I be next? Ninety seconds to midnight and across the globe, terrorist cells target unknowing victims to prove their causes. Just in twenty twenty two, six thou seven hundred and one people died in terrorist attacks worldwide. Group A attacks Group B to convince Group C to bend to their will. And the truly horrible part of it is that Group B doesn't have anything to do with any of it. They are innocent bystanders. Terrorism is not a new concept. Truly, terrorism can be traced back to ancient times. It's as old as government and arms struggle.

13:45 The word terrorism was coined during the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution that began on September fifth, seventeen ninety three, and ended on July twenty seventh, seventeen ninety four. During this time, the Lutionary government brought down violence upon the citizens of France who were suspected of being enemies of the revolution resistance to Napoleon's invasion. Of the Spanish Peninsula gave rise to the guerrilla fighter. Terrorism has evolved during the last century from targeting soldiers and government officials to targeting innocent civilians. This evolution was spawned by industrialization during the World Wars.

14:28 Rather than kidnap and kill a high level official, it became easier and probably cheaper to bomb as city bloc strategies have changed since the late nineteenth century. At that time, the anarchist wave was taking place, and terrorists resorted to throwing molotov cocktails, kidnappings, and targeted murder with very little skill involved. The anti colonial wave began post World War One, and the tactics were much different in this time since men returning from war had training in the use of firearms and bombs. Those skills could make these acts turn more deadly and become less targeted. Terrorist groups generally follow one or more of four patterns socialism, nationalism, religious extremism, or exclusionism. Actors from any of these groups can work alone or with another cell from another group, depending on their endgame.

15:35 Terrorist cells rise and fall when they are no longer able to inspire others to continue with their campaigns to resist authority. Or protest against the organization that they demand changes from. They will dissipate, but this doesn't mean that the same actors won't join another organized cell. Let's take a great to hear from our sponsors, then we'll come back and talk about some og terrorists. Have you been injured in an accident recently? Are you thinking that maybe you should talk with a lawyer to see if you could get compensation, Well, accident dot com is here for you. Accident dot com is inspired by their simple and important mission to ensure that everyone in America gets fast and free access to legal advice and pursues the claims they are entitled to. It's easy to get in touch with a lawyer. Just go to the accident dot com website, fill out the form with the case details, and the closest attorney to your location will reach out to you and talk about your case. The consultation is free, so there's no risk. If you have questions about personal injury, contact accident dot com today and find out if you can be compensated. The Assassins were an eleventh century offshoot of a Shia Muslim group called the Ismailis. They

17:08 were known to stab their victims. They primarily targeted politicians and religious leaders who refused to adopt the version of Islam that they were spreading through violence. These murders were usually performed during the day when there were witnesses. They made no secret of their motive. These killings were certainly a way to send a message to anyone who didn't bend to their demands. This group gave rise to the current term that we use for a hired killer. Assassin literally means hashish eater. It was rumored that the assassins took part in rituals that involved eating hashish before performing an act of terrorism. These murders were often carried out at religious sites on holy days. The assassins, like many terrorists, considered their own deaths is sacrificial and a guarantee that they would enter paradise. The Thugis were an Indian religious cult who would strangle random travelers as an offering to Kali, the Hindu goddess of terror and destruction. Their goal was to terrorize their victim so they didn't perform their murders in front of witnesses, and yes, thugi Is where the word thug comes from. The Thugis are claimed to be responsible for as many as one million murders from the seventh to the nineteenth century.

18:36 They may have been the last religiously based terrorists sect to exist until more recent clusters of cells began to arise over the last twenty or so years. Nationalists and anarchists are those who perform acts of terrorism to change a government. However, from seventeen ninety three through seventeen ninety four, the terrorists were the newly installed called revolutionary government. We're talking France during the regime de la terror or an anglis The reign of terror my French is terrible, and I'm sorry. I took two years of it in high school and promptly forgot all of it when I didn't have anyone to speak it with anymore. The French revolutionary leader Maximilian Robespierre considered terrorism to be a positive term. He saw it as vital to the French Republic's survival. In seventeen ninety four, he proclaimed that quote terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible. It is therefore an emanation of virtue. It is not so much a special principle as it is a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's more urgent needs end quote. Approximately twenty thousand people were put to death by guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Robespierre and his top lieutenants were some of the

20:07 last to die, under the justification that this was nothing other than justice. Before his death, Ropespierre announced that there was a new list of subversives that intended to bring down the French Republic, a counter inquisition by some in the Revolutionary government ensued by those who feared that their names may be included on the list of potential traders, and this led to Ropespierre's death by guillotine in seventeen ninety four. In his article A Brief History of Terrorism, Mark Burgess describes the end of the Reign of Terror and the fall of the Revolutionary government as quote. Before long, the revolution devoured itself in an orgy of paranoiaic blood letting end quote. I couldn't have done described that better myself. Shortly after the Reign of Terror ended, the word terrorism began to take on more negative connotations. The term was made popular by British political philosopher Edmund Burke, and Burke made no bones about demonizing the revolutionaries. In his writings, Carlo Piscuene, an Italian revolutionary, developed the propaganda of the deed. This theory was rooted in the idea that terrorism could be used to change the narrative of one audience by targeting another. Group A attacks group B, so group C will

21:44 bend to their demands. The Russian populist group Noriniana Voya, whose name translates to the People's Will, was formed in eighteen seventy eight in opposition of the Sarist regime. This was the group that assassinated Alexander the Sid on March first of eighteen eighty one. The env made sure that they didn't harm any innocent victims by carefully choosing their targets and abandoning missions that would cause collateral damage. The philosophy of the envy inspired other nationalist groups to follow in their footsteps. Except for the avoidance of killing innocent victim's part, that idea got lost in the shuffle of the means to the end, these groups sprang up in Ireland and the Balkans, and then as time went by, the twentieth century saw terrorism in new areas such as India, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire, anarchists assassinated several world leaders, including two US presidents, to get their point across. Often, the people carrying out these deeds were doing so in the name of an organization that neither knew about them attacks, nor did they support or condone them. In the years following the Civil War, anarchists were performing acts of terrorism across the US on both sides of the fight, the most well known being the Ku Klux Klan, who were against the reconstruction effort following

23:18 that war. The concept of state sponsored terrorism isn't new either. In nineteen fourteen, officials in the Serbian government and the military were unofficially supporting, training, and arming various Balkan terrorist groups. These groups were active before the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June twenty eighth, nineteen fourteen, which was carried out by a member of the Young Bosnians. This was one of the undertakings that set off the chain of events that led up to World War One. According to Walter LaCour quote, the Macedonian revolutionary organizations survived largely because it became, for all intents and purposes, a tool of the Bulgarian government and was used mainly against Yugoslavia as well as against domestic enemies end quote. During the nineteen sixties and seventies, terrorist groups added another tool to their ever growing box of tricks, the media. Those motivated by ethnic and ideological considerations, such as the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Basque Eta and the Provisional Irish Republican Army were among those who used media to gain attention to their causes, and sometimes it worked. Many people across the globe saw news clips of bombings in the

24:51 name of justice for the factions that demanded change, and they empathized with the bombers. This led to moo mens worldwide calling for change. The US had its own brand of terrorism during this time, groups like the Weathermen and on the opposite side of the scale, the Black Panthers. In nineteen seventy two, eight members of a Palestinian group called Black September infiltrated the Olympic village during the nineteen seventy two Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. They killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team and took nine others hostage. The attack was executed in retaliation against the israel Defense Forces who displaced two Palestinian Christian villages during the Arab Israeli War of nineteen forty eight. West German Neo Nazis were helping Black September in the attack by giving logistical assistance. Latif Afif was the negotiator for Black September, and shortly after the hot hostages were taken, he demanded that two hundred and thirty four Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails be released.

26:07 He also wanted the Red Army faction founders Andreas Badar and olreich Meinhoff freed from prisons in West Germany. The West German police attempted to free the hostages in an ambush. They killed five of the eight terrorists, but all of the hostages were also killed in addition to one German officer. West Germany was criticized for the poor execution of the rescue attempt. The three surviving terrorists were arrested and imprisoned, only to be freed the following month when Lufthansa flight six point fifteen was hijacked and a hostage exchange was negotiated. Today religiously inspired terrorism has emerged again, and several acts of terrorism have been performed in the name of God. This goes way beyond Islam. Several religious factions, as well as many cults, have executed terrorist acts to sway governments and others to their way of thinking. On March thirtieth, nineteen ninety five, the Japanese terrorist cult am Shinrinkyo released Saren, a toxic gas on a Tokyo subway. The cult was a mix of Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, and Christian beliefs, and their aim was to gain political control of the country through the election process.

27:41 When twenty four of the followers failed to get elected to various offices, they turned to terrorism to get their point across. The Saran attack killed twelve people and injured five thousand and five hundred more. In comparison to other countries, the US has not seen much terrorism. The two most prolific acts of terrorism on US soil were the Oklahoma City bombing and nine to eleven. On April nineteenth, nineteen ninety five, Timothy McVeigh drove to the front of the Alfred P. Mura Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He parked the truck, locked the doors and headed toward his getaway vehicle. Inside of the truck was a very powerful bomb made from fertilizer and diesel fuel, with a few other chemicals mixed in. On the way to his car, he lit both timed fuses.

28:41 At exactly nine o two am, the bomb exploded and the entire front of the Federal building collapsed. Dozens of cars were incinerated, and more than three hundred buildings within the vicinity were damaged or destroyed. There was a daycare on the first floor of the building. Nineteen children died in the explosion, along with one hundred and forty nine adults. Several hundred more people were injured in the attack. This attack was prompted by mcveigh's anger over the events in Waco two years earlier. This was the worst terrorist attack executed on US soil until September eleventh, two thousand one, when the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were targeted. Before we talk about nine to eleven, there was another terrorist event that can't be ignored involving the World Trade Center. On February twenty sixth, nineteen ninety three, a moving van carrying a cyanide bomb was left in the parking garage under the World Trade Center. When the bomb exploded, it left behind a one hundred foot hole in the ground. Six people died instantly and more than one thousand were injured in the attack. An Islamic fundamentalist named Mohammed Salma had rented the vehicle and was arrested by the FBI when he

30:17 went back to the moving company to get his four hundred dollars deposit back. Yes, he went to get a deposit back on a vehicle that he used to blow up a large building. It's worth noting that he destroyed the vehicle in the process. Three more men were arrested in conjunction with the attack, and by the end of it all, the FBI found an apartment where the bomb was built and a storage locker that contained enough cyanide and other chemicals to wipe out a city. The man who engineered the plan, Ramsay Yusef, had visions of bombing several sites in the US, including bombing at least a dozen international flights. Yusef was captured in Pakistan in February of nineteen ninety five.

31:07 He was extradited back to the US and convicted of his crimes. His goal was to bomb one of the World Trade Center towers to the point of collapse. Then he envisioned that the first tower would knock the other one down. Al Qaeda would later make Yusef's dream a reality, and one of the participants in that attack would be Yusef's uncle, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. On September eleventh, two thousand and one, nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda hijacked four planes. Two of these were crashed into each of the twin towers at the World Trade Center, One of them flew into the Pentagon, and the fourth, which was also suppose to fly to the Pentagon, was brought down by passengers who attempted to retake the plane from the hijackers.

32:07 More than two thousand, seven hundred and fifty people died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. One hundred and eighty four died at the Pentagon, and the forty passengers on Flight ninety three who crashed into a field in Pennsylvania while trying to recapture the plane. For those of us who remember nine to eleven, we remember exactly what we were doing when the towers came down. I was gathering cattle the crew I was working with, and I didn't find out until a few hours after the attacks. We were taking a break to eat lunch when we saw a rider coming pretty hard for us. The radios didn't work that high up in the mountains. Everyone in our group was a little concerned. I had a child in school in town twenty miles away.

32:57 Julie had a sick mother in the hospital. We all thought that something had happened with one of them. I can't remember who rode out to us. I'm going to call him Dave for the sake of giving the guy a name, and actually it might have been Dave. Dave had loaded a horse and a trailer and come as quickly as he could to the pasture where we were working when he found out. I remember our disbelief when he said they hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The US is under attack. I remember Jerry saying, you're full of shit. No one's attacking the US. No one would do that. And then I looked up at the sky.

33:40 There were no planes. We were working in an area that was in a flight path. There were always planes. I couldn't see a single contrail. At that moment, I knew it was true. Jerry, Julie, Dave and I took off our hats bout our heads and said a prayer for those who died. Dave mounted his horse and rode back. He loaded his horse in the trailer and went back to town. Jerry, Julie and I went back to work. We had cattle. The doctor our grieving would have to wait. When our grief did come, it was rough. I cried for days today. The country that experiences the most terrorist activity is Afghanistan, followed by Iraq, Somalia, and Pakistan. Afghanistan has held that number one position for four years in a row. In Afghanistan, the terrorist accounts don't include those executed by the Taliban government. No terrorist events perpetrated by a government are included in the numbers reported by the UN. I'm just going to leave that there and you can stew on it for a bit. Somalia has the highest death toll due to terrorist attacks. The number there in twenty twenty two was one hundred and twenty one and several hundred more injured. There are places in

35:22 the world where terrorism is a part of everyday life. People wake up in the morning wondering if they'll be struck down by a roadside bomb or whether they'll be kidnapped and publicly beheaded. It's ninety seconds to midnight, and across the world, bad actors are making their statements for change through violence, in the name of politics and in the name of God. How long will it take before one of them uses a nuclear device to make their voices heard. Thank you for listening to Cause of Death one hundred seconds to midnight. If you would like to contact me, you can leave a message on my website at www dot cause of Death one hundred sex dot net, or you can email me at Jackie at cause of Death one hundred sex dot net. You could also catch up with me on all the socials. Those links are in the show notes. Please check out the show notes for more information on terrorism and the cells committing these heinous acts. If you'd like to sign up for my Patreon page, you can do so at Jackiemarante at patreon dot com. There are several levels you can join, and each has a different perk added to it. Everyone gets ad free episodes, and higher tiers get bonus content and other goodies. You can also subscribe to the show on Apple subscriptions. Check the show notes for other ways to support the show, including merch and my

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