Generals May Have Had Food Poisoning

[DoYouEverWonder]

September 27, 2006

WASHINGTON -- One of two war commanders who suffered possible food poisoning last week was sick enough that he was hospitalized for three nights, not one as officials previously reported.

Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and Gen. John Abizaid, the top commander for Iraq, Afghanistan and the entire region, fell ill after dining out near the capital last week.

The pair ate at a local restaurant on Sept. 20 and some hours later both were not feeling well, officials said.

Eikenberry soon recovered, said Lt. Col. John Paradis, a spokesman in Kabul.

But Abizaid felt increasingly sick last Thursday and decided to go to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He spent three nights there before being released Sunday morning, Maj. Matthew McLaughlin at U.S. Central Command in Tampa, said Wednesday.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-generals-sick,0,6525295.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


Imagine surviving Iraq and Afghanistan just to get done in by DC food? I didn't know the restaurants were so bad up there?

[ECH1969]

1. Don't eat the spinish

[dweller]

6. ooh, sorry ... but since 2001 in DC

Spin has been the specialty du jour.

dp

[tech3149]

2. Gee, I wonder if it was Abramoff's dive?

Gotta pay those legal bills y'now. How they gonna know they got sick on his rancid food? Stick to MRE's at least they won't kill ya.

[opihimoimoi]

3. A possible set up??? Possible??? YES....BY WHOM? Enemies of the STATE

Mr Murphy around here.....?

[Shakespeare]

4. DC restaurants are outstanding--don't blame that.

Odd that two such outspoken Bush critics would fall so ill at the same time. :tinfoilhat:

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Has Bill Clinton been blamed yet?

The RW is losing their touch.

[Hardrada]

7. Hillary was in the kitchen!

[daleo]

8. It's like that old TV movie "Flight into Danger"

Where both the pilot and co-pilot get food poisoning, and one of the passengers has to take the controls to land. Who was backing them up to "land" the wars? Surely not a chimp.

[Historic NY]

11. Thats because they ate the fish..........

moral of the story never eat fish when your flying.

[spag68]

9. Maybe

it was some of Haliburton's water.

[Historic NY]

10. Probably had some raw sea food..................

one never should eat shell fish in a month with an "R" in it. It might be a tall tale but it really is true.

[VegasWolf]

12. Bush just wants to get them before they retire and dump on him and Rummy

just like all the other retired generals did!

[wakeme2008]

13. Comment from an ex-Special Forces Officer

:)

rummy probably bought the generals the bad food and left--just like he is leaving them hold the bag in Iraq

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. Well they were hanging out with Rummie

The pair were in Washington for several days with a number of other senior commanders, going to routine meetings with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other officials. Abizaid also briefed members of Congress on the two wars.

Maybe they got sick by just being in his presence? I bet the sulfur fumes are really bad when he's around.