[TrebleRebel]

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[Peach]

Whoa. A LOT of work went into this. Very interesting.

We cannot forget that one of the hijackers rented an apartment from the first man who died of anthrax.

Also a doctor in Florida came forward after the anthrax attacks. He had treated one or two of the hijackers and although they complained of a rash, he later recognized their symptoms as an anthrax rash.

[jpl]

I wonder if the British government has done any serious investigation of what Arabs and Muslims, if any, might have had access to the Porton Down facility over the last 15 years or so. That would be very interesting to know.

[swarthyguy]

Tunnelvision defines this story.

Anyone look into Paki development of Anthrax.

Remember, right after 9.11 anthrax was mailed to antijihadi journalists in Pakistan.

[Shermy]

LIES! Hatfill made the weaponized anthrax in his kitchen blender! He activiated the mail bomb within a submerged plastic sweater box while wading in a Maryland pond! Famous anti-biowartech experts personally don't like him so that proves his guilt more!

Isn't that what a lot of taxpayer money proved?

[genefromjersey]

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[pawdoggie]

I don't think that either Occam or Andre Gide were forensic pathologists. It would, I suppose, be really neat if we could tie the 9/11 hijackers to the congressional anthrax, and tie the strain of anthrax to Iraq. It would bring everything full circle. I have to believe that the Feds had something: an ex-wife's suspicions about her husband, a co- conspirator, office rumors, something to steer them toward the domestic terrorist/mad scientist model.

[_Jim]

One of the more complete and unbiased sites referencing literally hundreds of news stories on the Anthrax mailings:

www.anthraxinvestigation.com

[genefromjersey]

I've had a lot of thoughts on this topic over the years,and recently began wondering ( again ) about the possibility of this having been made by one of Ken Alibek's former co-workers, as it had certain characteristics common to old Soviet bloc weaponry: "sloppiness" and effectiveness.

Any of you who know weapons will have heard of the Russian AK-47 (and its successors).The AK-47 would NEVER pass an American or British orinance inspection,because it was made crudely,by semi-skilled workers,who left atrocious toolmarks behind. On the other hand, it is one of the most reliable assault weapons ever made.

I suspect-on the basis of tests that revealed a stunning degree of refinement in the siliconization process in some parts of the sample; clumpy, amateurish clods in other parts-the material was made,using the very latest German/Swiss technology-by a lab technician with no real pride in workmanship : in short, your basic old Soviet Lab worker - this time working for a bit of extra vodka money,instead of "The Motherland".

[apokatastasis]

Concerning the role of the UK... David Kelly was apparently the senior microbiologist - I'm not sure of his actual job title - at Porton Down from 1984 to 1992 (after 1992 he was promoted to higher levels of management). During this period (in 1988 and 1989, according to the New York Times), Iraq tried to acquire the Ames strain from the UK. Back when Kelly was first found dead, I speculated that someone on our side might have killed him because he knew too much - for example, that Iraq had indeed succeeded on its UK fishing expeditions. Given that he was also deeply involved in biowarfare inspections in Russia and Iraq in the 1990s, one could equally suppose that forces from Russia or from Iraq itself were behind the "assassination", e.g. trying to (i) bury evidence of a Russian connection, or (ii) cripple the 2003 search for biological WMDs in Iraq. Whatever the details, I cannot help but feel that Kelly was also, somehow, a casualty of the anthrax letters.

[Bernard Marx]

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[Shermy]

Off topic...Here's an article from October 26, 2001...Scott Ritter was from early on denying possible Iraqi anthrax involvement.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/25/194259.shtml