Were 'cursed' rams the first biological weapons?


	Were 'cursed' rams the first biological weapons?

DMCourt

12-9-2007 4:47 PM

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hittities, tularemia, rams, biological warfare

DMCourt says:

RMD (Rams of Mass Destruction)

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