[lit-ideas] Re: Anthrax
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:48:04 -0400
>>http://www.anthraxinvestigation.com/
Thanks for this site, Robert. I don't find the author's
argument against the al-Qaeda connection to be very
convincing. It doesn't account for the huge amount of
circumstantial evidence that it was al-Qaeda, and his
objections to the al-Qaeda connection are easily answered.
His main objections to the al-Qaeda connection are:
*the hijackers were dead at the time of the October 14th
mailing
Like...duh...are we to assume that the hijackers were the
only al-Qaeda in the country? We know for a fact that there
were several groups after 2001.
*Why would the mailer try to avoid civilian casualties by
sealing the envelopes so carefully?
The object is terror, not mass casualties. Captured al-Qaeda
documents show instructions for sealing the letters with a
silicone sealant, so the letter reaches its target before
doing harm. More about al-Qaeda's manual here:
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/14/chemical.bio/
While I'm not committed to any particular explanation, I
think the al-Qaeda argument is still the
strongest--certainly much stronger than the homegrown
terrorist thesis--and has not been countered in any way by
the anthraxinvestigation site.
Meanwhile we have clear facts like this to account for:
*Al-Qaeda: Anthrax Found in Al-Qaeda Home
Samples of substances found in the Kabul home of al-Qaeda
leader Ayman al-Zawahiri tested positive for anthrax spores,
according to U.S. intelligence officials, Newsweek reported
yesterday...Full story at:
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/newswires/2001_12_10.html#11
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