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http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm

Cambodian Troops Quarantine Quan'sul

There has been a small outbreak of "zombism" in a small town near the border of Laos in North-Eastern Cambodia.

The culprit was discovered to be mosquitoes native to that region carrying a new strain of Malaria which thus far has a 100 percent mortality rate and kills victims in fewer than 2 days. After death, this parasite is able to restart the heart of its victim for up to two hours after the initial demise of the person where the individual behaves in extremely violent ways from what is believed to be a combination of brain damage and a chemical released into blood during “resurrection.”

Cambodian officials say that the outbreak has been contained and the public has no need to worry.

General Ary Serey had this to say, "We have obtained samples of this new parasite and plan to learn how it starts the heart and other major organs of the deceased. We intend to use this to increase the quality of life for all."

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice opposed the plan saying that the Cambodian government holds a great biological weapon and should destroy it immediately. Cambodian officials have yet to comment.

A United Nations team will be dispatched to Cambodia to confirm the safety of biological research in Cambodia.

Date: 2006-02-19 03:01 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] mystech.livejournal.com
Fake article. Look at the url, it's an ip address instead of the actual BBC web site. This story and similar fakes are pretty common on the internet. This IP resolves as:

baserape.com
Universal Church of Truth

Domains By Proxy, Inc.[1]
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Road
Suite 160
PBM 353
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(480)624-2599

[1] Domains By Proxy is a domain name holding company. They allow people to register domain names through them, so that the actual holder's identity is obscured when a WHOIS is performed on said domain.

Basically the owner of this site copied the html and images from a real BBC article, inserted his/her zombie story and uploaded it to his own private web site. Not real, not even a real hack.

Also note the date of the article... April 1, 2005. :-)

Sleep well, no zombies.

Date: 2006-02-19 03:10 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
Thanks.

Now I feel stupid. For not noticing the date, at the very least. And for not noticing the url.

Not that I was concerned about the zombies...

:-)

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