[Fish out of Water]

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[Robear]

Some Janet Reno left-overs wanted to blame U.S. citizens. Will we ever know the truth?

[ConservativeLawyer]

If true, the findings would raise questions about the investigation’s focus on a domestic source and the FBI’s publicly stated profile of the elusive suspect: an adult male, schooled in bioweaponry, with access to the material and equipment to manufacture the lethal spores.

Ya think? </ sarcasm>

[Nogbad]

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[Nogbad]

The hijacker, Ahmed Ibrahim A. Al Haznawi,
was examined days after he entered the United States,
an indication that the infection
— whatever it was —
developed before his arrival.

And the letters were xeroxed on paper
of a size rarely found in the USA
but common in Europe.

(Remember that?
It was in a WSJ article posted here).

Hmmm.

[The Great Satan]

What are the symptoms of anthrax?

Symptoms of disease vary depending on how the disease was contracted, but symptoms usually occur within 7 days.

Cutaneous: Most (about 95%) anthrax infections occur when the bacterium enters a cut or abrasion on the skin, such as when handling contaminated wool, hides, leather or hair products (especially goat hair) of infected animals. Skin infection begins as a raised itchy bump that resembles an insect bite but within 1-2 days develops into a vesicle and then a painless ulcer, usually 1-3 cm in diameter, with a characteristic black necrotic (dying) area in the center. Lymph glands in the adjacent area may swell. About 20% of untreated cases of cutaneous anthrax will result in death. Deaths are rare with appropriate antimicrobial therapy.

Source: CDC