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The perp is here on a student VISA. He is Islamic and Middle Eastern. He may be a member of Al Queda. English is not his primary language...

The perp is here on a student VISA. I suspect otherwise

He is Islamic I don't think so.

and Middle Eastern. Nope. North Korean is my bet.

He may be a member of Al Queda. Unlikely

English is not his primary language and neither is Arabic. Note the dates on the xeroxed letters in the *anthrax letterbomb*

See also *this article*

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Thank you so very much for the links to articles on specialized lab equipment (made in NJ!) Zimbabwe's strange anthrax outbreak and the connection of the North Koreans to the Al Queda biochem WMD program! The North Koreans are of particular concern to me because they DO have the method of efficient delivery in the form of an ICBM (though not accurately targeted ... yet.) Hugs!!!

North Korean is my bet.

If you want to consider non-Middle-Eastern possibilities, think about China.

English is not his primary language and neither is Arabic. Note the dates on the xeroxed letters in the *anthrax letterbomb*

I don't know Arabic. Why do the dates indicate that the writer is not Arabic?

I agree that the sender does not appear to be an American. The date is written 09-11-01. All the Americans I know would have written 9/11/01, without the leading 0, and with slashes instead of dashes.

Much has been made of the fact that the date is written in the American order of month-day-year, but most foreigners would be aware of that and, in fact, would have become accustomed to that order after a few years here -- they'd be repeatedly told by Americans that they were writing dates incorrectly if they used the day-month-year order. But nobody misunderstands a date written with dashes instead of slashes; nobody even comments on such a thing, so a foreigner could easily not realize that it looks foreign.