[MosJan]

Turkish Authorities Detect New Bird Flu Case near Armenian Border

ANKARA (Armenpress)--A second case of bird flu has been detected in Turkey and the authorities have taken immediate steps to contain the disease, Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting officials.

Poultry in the eastern province of Igdir, on the border with Armenia, tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus, but it was not yet known whether it was the lethal H5N1 strain that has killed some 70 people in Asia since 2003, said agricultural ministry spokesman Faruk Demirel.

“We have sent samples to a laboratory in Britain and expect the results in a period of between a week and 10 days,” he said.

Turkey said on December 9 that it had eliminated bird flu in the country's northwest, where it first emerged, testing thousands of samples and slaughtering some 10,000 birds. The first case of H5N1 was detected on October 5 at a turkey farm in the village of Kiziksa, in Balikesir province.

Veterinary experts have warned that Turkey faces a prolonged threat of bird flu outbreaks because it lies on the flight path of migratory birds, believed to have brought the virus to the country.

Demirel said a quarantine zone with a diameter of 10 kilometers (six miles) has been enforced around the neighborhood in Aralik town, where the disease was seen in several coops, and that all sales of poultry have been banned. About 1,200 birds died in the area in mid-December, he said.

The virus is believed to have been brought by migratory birds coming from the Caucasus, the agriculture ministry said in a statement carried by the Anatolia news agency.

“Since the required quarantine measures were imposed even before the diagnosis, there no worrying situation with respect to public health and for producers of poultry and eggs in the country,” it said.

About 350 birds have been slaughtered in the area as a precaution. Scientists say millions of people around the world could die if a virulent strain of the disease crosses with human strains and becomes highly contagious.

[Arpa]

Turkish Authorities Detect New Bird Flu Case near Armenian Border

ANKARA (Armenpress)--A second case of bird flu has been detected in Turkey and the authorities have taken immediate steps to contain the disease, Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting officials.

Poultry in the eastern province of Igdir, on the border with Armenia, tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus, but it was not yet known whether it was the lethal H5N1 strain that has killed some 70 people in Asia since 2003, said agricultural ministry spokesman Faruk Demirel.

Yet another reason to declare and open season of across thne border "turkey shoot".

Amazing though how they acknowledge that there is a country known as Armenia.
If they had brains they would be known as "owls".

To explain that pun on "owls" look here and give a hoot;
http://www.rhymes.or...ise_old_owl.htm

This post has been edited by Arpa: 29 December 2005 - 08:21 AM

[phantom22]

(Reuters) - A second Turkish child from the same family died from bird flu on Thursday at a hospital in eastern Turkey where she was being treated, a regional governor said.

Her brother, 14-year-old Mehmet Ali Kocyigit, had already died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, officials said on Wednesday, confirming the first human death from the disease outside China and southeast Asia.

"We lost Fatma Kocyigit this morning," Niyazi Tanilir, governor in the eastern province of Van, said on the CNN Turk news channel. Newspapers said Fatma was 15-years-old. She died around 6:30 a.m. (0430 GMT).

He said one patient was in a critical condition whereas another patient was in a less serious condition.

A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said the boy had probably died from H5N1, which would mark a dramatic shift westwards for the deadly disease to the threshold of Europe.

Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag gave no specific details on the boy's death but said samples had been sent to the WHO and Britain for more tests.

If the boy's death is officially confirmed as being the result of H5N1, it would be the first outside eastern Asia where more than 70 people have been killed by the disease since 2003.

The virus remains hard for people to catch, but there are fears it could mutate into a form easily transmitted among humans. Experts say a pandemic among humans could kill millions around the globe and cause massive economic losses.

[ED]

Hagarag, when was the last time you've seen your shrink dude? your paranoid

[Takoush]

Hagarag, when was the last time you've seen your shrink dude? your paranoid

Ed:

I'm sure all the knowledgeable scientists in Armenia they know what to do and how to handle if at all there is anything to be worrying about, right?

[phantom22]

Edward,

I do not live anywhere near the ROA, so this would not effect me. As for paranoia, I KNOW that certain people want to kill me. It comes with the "territory."

Hagarag, when was the last time you've seen your shrink dude? your paranoid

[Arpa]

Edward,

I do not live anywhere near the ROA, so this would not effect me. As for paranoia, I KNOW that certain people want to kill me. It comes with the "territory."

You "do not live anywhere near the ROA"!!
Oh! What a relief!!
You have been saying this for the past five years.
Who are those "people who want to kill you"? Tim Conway and Don Knotts of the "Gang That Could Not Shoot Straight"?
Or this?
http://www.norcalmov...GangRidesAgain/

If that is your wish will we can arrange for snipers with steadier hands.

This post has been edited by Arpa: 05 January 2006 - 09:37 AM

[vava]

C'mon guys - haven't y'all become accustomed to our friend jumping quickly to conclusions? No need to beat up on Hagarag - even if is quick on the trigger. I mean, it's rather a strectch to 'gas' all the birds in armenia because of ONE case of the flu. This flu has been around (and rampant) for quite some time in Asia, and a mere 70 people have died (and from my understanding, nearly all were "at risk", as they were in regular contact with infected birds, or people who handled infected birds).

Is that a reason to cull millions of birds? Not in my opinion.

[phantom22]

Vava,

This is the only case outside of the Far East, and it is emphasized that this is on the Armenian border. I "smell a rat," don't you? What do the Turks have "up their sleeve?"

C'mon guys - haven't y'all become accustomed to our friend jumping quickly to conclusions? No need to beat up on Hagarag - even if is quick on the trigger. I mean, it's rather a strectch to 'gas' all the birds in armenia because of ONE case of the flu. This flu has been around (and rampant) for quite some time in Asia, and a mere 70 people have died (and from my understanding, nearly all were "at risk", as they were in regular contact with infected birds, or people who handled infected birds).

Is that a reason to cull millions of birds? Not in my opinion.

[skhara]

Gas all the Turks in Armenia immediatly.

[shaunt]

Why don't we gas the giant bird that borders Armenia?

[gamavor]

Yeah, it would be for sanitation purposes in the most humanistic sense of the word!!!

[phantom22]

Skhara,

There are no Turks in the Republic of Armenia. Only Kurds ans Yezidis. Are you referrring to Western Armenia? If so, you are playing into the hands of those who equate us with Nazis. Gas chambers for Turks?

Gas all the Turks in Armenia immediately.

[Takoush]

Skhara,

There are no Turks in the Republic of Armenia. Only Kurds ans Yezidis. Are you referrring to Western Armenia? If so, you are playing into the hands of those who equate us with Nazis. Gas chambers for Turks?

Phantom:

Relax, the guys are just playing with words, they don't mean it in the do it now and the real sense, phantom.

This post has been edited by Anahid Takouhi: 05 January 2006 - 11:19 PM

[phantom22]

Shaunt,

There are absolutely crazy Turks who are just itching to cross the border to silence these Armenians once and for all. Do you not remember Ozal's comment about "teaching the Armenians the lessons of 1915?" Why are you proving them with an incentive?

Media attention to this bird flu episode ( on the Armenian border) is a means for the Turks to deflect the attention away from the Pamuk and other cases. This is classic MIT approach.

Why don't we gas the giant bird that borders Armenia?

[phantom22]

Anahid,

Are you sure that the Turks who lurk here know that this is said in jest? They got after me for merely remarking to a colleage "Turks" and snickering under my nose. They think that their history is the noblest on Earth.

Phantom:

Relax, the guys are just playing with words, they don't mean it in the do it now and the real sense, phantom.

[Takoush]

Anahid,

Are you sure that the Turks who lurk here know that this is said in jest? They got after me for merely remarking to a colleage "Turks" and snickering under my nose. They think that their history is the noblest on Earth.

Although you're right they wouldn't take it as a jest about our guys' comments I mean; but frankly I wouldn't worry about it so much as they still don't want to believe what we tell them or what the facts are of their quite blemished history.

However as to your saying that they think of their history being the noblest, now I find that very weird. Do you remember how much you wasted your breath about explaining to them and I explained to them as well and we got into a lengthy discussion; Zurderer in particular, the facts and our history and our past and what they did to us and how they want to conceal it to this date. Now after we explained to this guy or others as well who are reading all this; how could they still think that their history is the noblest on eath. This makes me queezy about them even more so.

This post has been edited by Anahid Takouhi: 06 January 2006 - 12:39 AM

[Takoush]

Phantom22:

I just heard on the radio this morning while I was driving about the bird flue being found in the Eastern Turkey region. It's like a headline news. I understand you're scared for Armenia; but I think we have pretty smart scientists and I'm sure they will handle it the right way for everyone in there. Don't you think so?

This post has been edited by Anahid Takouhi: 06 January 2006 - 12:17 PM

[Arpa]

Not to worry!
That virus knows which” turkey” to attack. Not the “trchoun/turchun”
Look how the Italians spell the name of that nest of cuckoos.
http://www.foreignwo...ries/Turkey.htm

Italian Turchia
Anyone remember “One Flu, ( I mean flew) Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/

Note that the cuckoo does not build a nest, it invades the nest of other birds.
It brings to mind the following thread;
http://hyeforum.com/...647&hl=tacchino


Many “birds/turkeys” have come and gone.
This one will also go the “way of the DODO”!!
Any country that is based on “turkey/bird droppings” will be dropped from the pages of civilization.

[Takoush]

I know you're making light of it Arpa; but I hope it won't cross ove the border.

By the way, I liked the way Jack Nicholson played in that movie, "One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest"; he played real well in that movie. He showed his real talent.

Anyway, coming back to Armenia, I hope all will be well.