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A Dread Disease Spreads in Syria

Polio Outbreak

Bio-terrorism by accident? Radical foreign jihadists allied with al Qaeda may be bringing polio with them into the war-ravaged country without even knowing it.

Christopher Dickey
Christopher Dickey 

World News Editor

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Christopher Dickey

Christopher Dickey

World News Editor

christopher.dickey@thedailybeast.com

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