Radical Right Wing Republicans^TM invade Pakistan!

The real question is whether it was done by an old-fashioned Tim McVeigh-style, angry white sociopath, or whether it was done by a Muslim with an anti-American political agenda.

The real question is why no reporter will even mention the most obvious suspects. The Nation of Islam and the IAC. Both groups are known to be violent. Both groups have come out in support of the Taliban.

Had they remembered to use the proper zip code, the letter may not have come back to them.

The worm is turning!

Yeah, i heard a caller on a radio show in my city, who claimed to be a black muslim, who said he was for the Taliban.
He got cut-off shortly thereafter. I thought the radio station should have kept him on the line as long as possible and traced the call.

The question is: How could a Right Wing Nut, be so completely prepared to carry out an anthrax attack, within one week of Sept. 11th?

Let us hope the FBI is taking names.

"...The Nation of Islam and the IAC..."

Larry, chill, man! The shit came from Iraq! Everybody knows it, OK? Jeez!...

We have to clear-out Afghanistan first.

We have to drain the swamp first, then kill the 'gators. It's gonna take some time.

See y'all next week....FRegards

Hullo, kat- I say again to all who read this- keep this link handy, and pass it on to others:

Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II

I agree. It did come from Iraq. I merely was pointing out that the media is screwing around as usual and not mentioning the obvious suspects. There is no doubt the Nation of Islam and the lefties at the IAC hate America will support anyone who tries to take us down.

Those right wing American extremists are sending Anthrax overseas now! They are really dangerous.

"tested positive for Anthrax"

We're hearing that a lot these days, but we should stop and consider what that means, exactly.

The "quickie" Anthrax test kits have an 80% false positive rate. Only a "national reference lab" has the equipment to do a real "quickie" test.

Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing anthrax, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for protective antigen and polymerase chain reaction, are available only at national reference laboratories.

All other tests require a 72 hour culture, and are therefore not "quick".

This comes from JAMA, Anthrax as a Biological Weapon

I agree with you and gonzo...of course this stuff came from bin Laden operatives. It was the "two" in his "one - two punch". It was sheer fantasy to try and link it to, for instance, white supremists in Michigan. Like it could be a wild coincidence of timing, or the homegrown goobers were just sitting on this poison waiting for the right moment to use it, so someone else would be blamed. Bullhockeydoo all along.

But it's been helpful BS, hasn't it? Maybe the feds are the ones who instigated the rumors that perhaps it home-grown. With that rumor in play, our government gets some free time before we are compelled to retaliate, and we get a free pass on having to include Saddam in our attack.

Think back......for the last few years all we've heard was the military is "not prepared...shortage of parts...out of date delivery systems... cannibalizing airplanes to fly missions...not enough ammo, etc." All that was true, it was still true on Sept 11. I think the theory about home-grown terrorists was intentionally put "out there" to give us some time to add to our arsenal, to justify why we didn't act sooner, and explain why Saddam wasn't automatically included in our retaliation.

I too think that the "vast right wing conspiracy" story was spin, but if true, it is very disturbing that the gov't would spin a story that could easily instigate hate against white Americans. I mean, we're so *sensitive* about the tender feelings of Muslim immigrants, but it's OK to slam native-born white Americans with disinformation like this? Why not pick on the enviro-terrorists instead - they *already* have shown their thuglike nature?

I too think that the "vast right wing conspiracy" story was spin, but if true, it is very disturbing that the gov't would spin a story that could easily instigate hate against white Americans.

They did broaden the description of possible domestic terrorists in later comments. Including the possibility of wiccans in the one on Halloween. I appreciate the subtle humor in that one . . warning us that perhaps we should take it all with a grain of salt? For the reasons described above.

I too think that the "vast right wing conspiracy" story was spin, but if true, it is very disturbing that the gov't would spin a story that could easily instigate hate against white Americans

The Clinton era stacked the deck of Federal employees with those who are paranoid o f "Bush Country"

Even registered republican, church going, boy scouts in the intelligence community are looking for the white, Christian boogeyman. Y2K doomsday scenarios detailing a "militia' revolt in the US is being circulated still to this day as the most likely event to watch for.

Saddam and friends know something by observation that only a few have grasped in the U.S.. THey have the privilege of a viewing the big picture from afar - they are not bombarded by nightly news broadcasts twisting, slanting and perverting facts to fit political agendas.

The truth they are standing on is this - The only way North America can fall is through internal civil war. Sending anthrax to liberals is a smart opening gambit in the chess war of nerves. Those who feel estranged from middle america and the grass roots include the federal government employee establishment and liberals on both coasts.

Woodward would give up an important piece of his anatomy for "right-wing extremeists" to be behind this.

The man thinks he's something akin to "Buffy the Conservative Slayer". If you've seen him on the talk shows you'll already know what I mean.

He's honked-off about the fact that his 15 minutes of fame happened years ago...may as well have been on another planet 'cause he no longer receives any glory from it.

I'm afraid it has gotten to the point where to get the publicity his ego needs he will have to manufacture a story that brings down the Republican Party or something that big. Anything short of that means he will have to continue running around reciting the "Chant of the Lost Liberal". (chant: "Gore really won")

Maybe the feds are the ones who instigated the rumors that perhaps it home-grown

It sure did pop up out of nowhere. Been stunning to watch one reporter after the next on TV putting this line out without one single fact. You may be right, we need time to build up and this might be agitprop. I wish they had picked another target however. Like the House progressive caucus.

Meanwhile, anthrax may have popped up in a car in a residential neighborhood in Bethesda, MD: White Powder Is Discovered In Unlocked Car in Bethesda.

The place where the car was found is just a couple of blocks, by the way, from the Defense Mapping Agency. In this Mapquest aerial photo, the place where the car was found is in the center, and the Defense Mapping Agency is the complex at the bottom center.