Of course not. You are totally ignoring the facts by saying such a ridiculous thing.
The letters were mailed from Central New Jersey where the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center was planned. Central New Jersey has a large Muslim population. Some of the 9/11 hijackers stayed for awhile in Paterson. Central New Jersey has about 200 labs capable of producing the attack anthrax. Muslims undoubtedly work in some of those labs. All these FACTS were KNOWN at the time of the first mailing.
A week after 9/11, the anthrax mailer sent out a WARNING that a bioweapons attack was coming. Many American scientists were absolutely CERTAIN that a bioweapons attack would be coming after 9/11 -- and they were equally CERTAIN that America was not ready to handle the possible deaths of thousands (or millions) of people from a bioweapon. Clinton's Secretary of Defense had gone on TV to talk about the damage that could be done with a five-pound bag of anthrax spores.
The first anthrax letters WARNED of a coming anthrax attack and they included MEDICAL ADVICE on how to PREPARE for such an attack. The idea that al Qaeda would send such a WARNING is preposterous.
The anthrax mailer lives and works in Central New Jersey and evidently feared that he and everyone around him could die from a bioweapons attack if the government didn't do something. One thing that could be done was to round up every suspicious looking Muslim in Central New Jersey.
BUT, Senators Leahy and Daschle were fighting the Patriot Act which seemed geared to doing exactly that. They were concerned with "Civil Rights" at a time when the anthrax mailer felt that MILLIONS could die.
So, when his first mailing accomplished nothing, the anthrax mailer sent a second mailing containing much more lethal anthrax to those two senators. AND he told them the powder WAS ANTHRAX so that everyone could take precautions. Because there was time to take precautions, and because everyone in the Senate buildings who were exposed to the powder took antibiotics, NOT ONE OF THEM came down with anthrax. The ONLY deaths from the second mailing were unintended.
And I could go on and on with FACTS which show that the letters were not sent by al Qaeda. But I'd prefer that you just buy my book. :-)
Because he was working on a "contingency basis" and because he is satisfied with the outcome, there could be more to the settlement than just the "quasi-retraction." But all parties have agreed to not discuss the terms of the settlement.
What good are a few random dead people if they are not able to serve as a warning? A handful of people dropping over dead would not have created any terror. They could have died for any number of reasons. But, if you tell people that anthrax is being sent through the mail, that causes terror.
Central New Jersey has about 200 labs capable of producing the attack anthrax. Muslims undoubtedly work in some of those labs.
So, your theory is that because a few muslims in New Jersey had access to anthrax..... those letters must have been sent by an evil Republican who wanted warn us about those muslims by sending letters with anthrax through the mail. How cleaver of that guy.
Here's what happened. Al-Qaeda sent the letters because, well, they like to kill people and cause terror. They sent letters to Democrats because they wanted to create division within the United States. In all honesty, it worked way better than they could have ever hoped for because it helped lead to the 911 "truthers" which in turn led to anti-American feelings throughout the entire world. Al-Qaeda warned about the anthrax for no other reason than to cause terror. Any further analysis of the letters for hidden meaning is pointless because the terrorists who wrote them are complete psychos.