A medieval scourge

A medieval scourge for a medieval scourge; that's what Jihad Watch reports here. The bubonic plague seems to have broken out in a remote training camp in Algeria run by Al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb, or AQLIM. Al Qaeda senior leadership is apparently concerned that the plague may have passed to other cells and perhaps even to the Taliban in Afghanistan. An estimated 1,000 terrorists were attending the camp; many were reported fleeing to other camps, potentially spreading the disease.