[lit-ideas] Re: Anthrax
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 20:10:54 -0400
Does it not make it all the more poignant that they abandoned pursuing al
Qaeda?
> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 10/8/2006 6:47:58 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Anthrax
>
> >>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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