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> because they believed efforts to vaccinate against polio were in fact an attempt to poison Muslims Or more likely a terrorist organization in those countries
by 67726e 10y ago
> because they believed efforts to vaccinate against polio were in fact an attempt to poison Muslims
Or more likely a terrorist organization in those countries started such rumors to turn public sentiment against the west. Oh, and then the USG used a vaccination program to attempt to track down terrorists, which played a role in the take-down of Osama Bin Laden.
It's fair to say that there are compromised NGOs, based on the OBL incident alone.
- sprafa 10y agoMy current understanding is the vaccine doctor story was a cover for the fact that Bin Laden was brought in trough a walk-in. But that's Seymour Hersh' story so who knows.