Israeli expert implicates Iraq in US anthrax attacks

Jerusalem Post ^ | Feb. 11, 2003 | DAVID RUDGE

[John H K]

I'd be curious to see his answer to:

1) Why kill as MANY people as possible in the towers and REALLY go out of your way to kill as FEW people as possible with the anthrax, if it was the same people?

2) Why single out Leahy and Daschle as your only government targets if you're Iraq or Al Queda?

And the subject of what facilities would have been needed to produce the anthrax has been the subject of infinite debate, and literally every other article in a reputable news source takes exactly the opposite position from whatever was the previous article over whether vast facilities or a small homebuilt lab could have produced the anthrax.

[Kryptonite]

(1) Because the primary objective of the anthrax mailings was terror, not murder.

(2)Because they liked the way Klintoon pinned OKC wholly on McVeigh so much that they thought they could accomplish their terror objective while also getting cover from a "right wing extremist" theory, and that cover is exactly what they got from the start.

[EternalHope]

Thought you might find this interesting.

Anyone who wants to know the truth can find it. The problem is, most people do NOT want to know the truth. The implications are too painful to contemplate.

I have not been posting much lately (major illness in the family), but still have time to follow what's going on. Keep up the good work.

[jpl]

and literally every other article in a reputable news source takes exactly the opposite position from whatever was the previous article over whether vast facilities or a small homebuilt lab could have produced the anthrax.

Here's an article from the Washington Post, which most of the elites consider to be a "reputable news source", quoting Richard Spertzel, one of the world's foremost experts on bioweapons, who disagrees.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A28334-2002Oct27&notFound=true

On an unrelated note, why exactly are you here on Free Republic? Whenever I see you here, it seems like it is almost always to attack other people, whether it was people suggesting that the Beltway Snipers might be Muslims, or people suggesting that Iraq has fostered much of the terrorist acts against us over the last ten years. In fact, a few days ago an another thread you made the outrageous suggestion that some people here want to see another major terrorist attack against us. Are you even a conservative?

[Quilla]

You beat me to pinging TGS on this - it certainly helps back up his theory.

Prayers for your family.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings yonif, FReepers, et al:
What I find most interesting, Iraq admits to possessing anthrax in 1991. Iraq was compelled to destroy all anthrax, but as of this date, the UN has not analyzed and destroyed one spore of Iraqi anthrax.

[judicial meanz]

Its always been a curious point to me that the Ames strain was used, which is from an American source, but it was weaponized to a high degree with silicates that allowed it to remain airborne for long periods of time.

This isnt the American way to weaponize anthrax. I sounds more like Iraq and Dr Deaths way to weaponize these strains.

Thats why I have always believed Iraq was behind it.

Although some people claim it had to be American, I still stand behind the point that American methods were not used to weaponize it.

[Nick Danger]

Why single out Leahy and Daschle as your only government targets if you're Iraq or Al Queda?

Suppose you don't know who the Big Wheels in the U.S. government are. Other than the President, you haven't heard of any of them. You're in a foreign country that you don't really understand.

You can tell by turning on the TV who the big networks are. And driving down the freeway, you saw that building named "American Media." You pick up a newspaper, and there are big stories about this Daschle character and some guy named Leahy. You don't know who they are, but they must be important to get such news coverage.

The explanation could be that easy.

[Jim Noble]

>>And driving down the freeway, you saw that building named "American Media."<<

Yes, I think the fact that the first attack was on a small Florida company that prints supermarket circulars, that no one ever heard of but which had the name, "American Media" AND was next door to Mohammed Atta's digs is virtually diagnostic of hostile non-American involvement.

[martianagent]

Why kill as MANY people as possible in the towers and REALLY go out of your way to kill as FEW people as possible with the anthrax, if it was the same people?

The anthrax thing had to be some sort of a shot across the bow on the part of the Iraqis. The stuff was particalized to such an extent that it went right through the paper of envelopes while at the same time was not weaponized or otherwise resistant to antibiotics. A very strange combination of approaches if domestically produced, but precisely what you'd expect as a warning from the Iraqis.

Obviously, nobody can be allowed to get away with such a thing.

[okie01]

"Its always been a curious point to me that the Ames strain was used, which is from an American source..."

Don't be misled by an assumption that, because it's Ames, it has to have come from the U.S. That's like saying that Spanish influenza can only exist in Spain.

The Ames strain was shared with several other countries -- both as a biowarfare possibility (to military labs) and as a serious animal husbandry threat (to vet med schools).

Thus, the sample that was cultured in volume by the Iraqis could have come via any of many possible sources. And it was chosen for weaponization, not because of its American origin, but because of its virulence.

[The Great Satan]

The anthrax thing had to be some sort of a shot across the bow on the part of the Iraqis.

Of course that's exactly what it was. And by itself, the anthrax threats demonstrate conclusively that Saddam was the author of 9/11. Click on the pic for a full briefing.

[judicial meanz]

You are so right. It originated in Ames, but it is everywhere in the world.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Interesting and important.

[Semper Paratus]

Tell it to the FBI who are frantic trying to build a case against that researcher in Maryland.

[okie01]

"You pick up a newspaper, and there are big stories about this Daschle character and some guy named Leahy. You don't know who they are, but they must be important to get such news coverage.

"The explanation could be that easy."

It could be even easier. Addressing the anthrax to the Democrats makes it more plausible that a "right-wing crazy" was responsible for the attack. Thus providing a degree of cover and serving one major objective of terrorism: to divide the target against itself.

[okie01]

"It originated in Ames, but it is everywhere in the world."

Actually, it originated in South Texas. But was sent by a Texas A&M staffer to the national type culture lab in a re-used shipper which had the Dept of Ag animal diseases lab in Ames, IA as the return address.

Thus, did it gain its name. More accurately, it would be the Cotulla Strain...

[MEGoody]

I have long suspected that Iraq was behind the anthrax attacks. Wish we could prove it beyond doubt.

[judicial meanz]

I am so glad you are here. My experience is in keeping myself from being infected with it while doing military work..LOL

You are definitely an asset, and a fellow Okie...