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Posted 11 April 2003  

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Anyway, to make some long story short I too am thinking the origin of the anthrax attacks is purely American. But at first it was thought only very qualified scientists could do this. The following info tells you that this is not true. 
Beside that this is no fun (for Americans) I do observe a detail that does not fit with my memory. The detail says that the first anthrax laced teller was send on 18 September 2001 while I remember it was 16 September. And all in all do not forget that both dates could be lies from 'proper authorities' in some attempt to bow away the power in the story. But do not jump to conclusions too fast because after all it could be that my writing simply has nothing to do with the execution of the anthrax attacks.... Facts people, I need reliable facts. 

Let me now start quoting from the news article, I found it on SunSpot dot net. (Maryland's online community). Journalist is By Scott Shane (Sun Staff, Originally published April 11, 2003).

Tests point to domestic source behind anthrax letter attacks.

Army reproductions hurt theories of foreign culprit. 

Army scientists have reproduced the anthrax powder used in the 2001 mail attacks and concluded that it was made using simple methods, inexpensive equipment and limited expertise, according to government sources familiar with the work.

The findings reinforce the theory that has guided the FBI's 18-month-old investigation - that the mailed anthrax was probably produced by renegade scientists and not a military program such as Iraq's.

"It tends to support the idea that the anthrax came from a domestic source and probably not a state program," said David Siegrist, a bioterrorism expert at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. "It shows you can have a fairly sophisticated product with fairly rudimentary methods."

The new research, carried out at the Army's biodefense center at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, raises the disquieting possibility that al- Qaida and other terrorist groups could create lethal bioweapons without scientific or financial help from a state. The Bush administration had cited the possibility that Iraq might supply weapons to al-Qaida as a key reason for overthrowing Saddam Hussein.

"It would be better for our country if they'd concluded that [the mailed anthrax] had to have been made in a big facility with a lot of biowarfare experts," said David R. Franz, a former Army biodefense official and consultant on bioterrorism.

Reinko: Ah, this is clear and solid info, or not? We quote on:

But Richard O. Spertzel, a biowarfare expert and former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, said he has heard that the Dugway research failed to match exactly the purity and small particle size of the mailed anthrax. Though he has no involvement in the case, he believes the FBI would be wrong to rule out Iraq or other states as the source of the deadly powder.

Van Harp, assistant FBI director in charge of the Washington Field Office, who oversees the anthrax investigation, declined to comment on what he called "uninformed speculation" about the anthrax research.

But Harp said 50 investigators are still working on what the bureau calls the Amerithrax case, backed by "a huge scientific effort."

"We're making progress," he said.

Reinko says; What paranoia again, why does it always have to come from some 'evil source'? Just like that stupid 'al Qaida - Iraq' tie, why? But lets go further, the date in next is interesting:

The anthrax-laced letters were mailed on Sept. 18 and Oct. 9, 2001, from a Princeton, N.J., mailbox and addressed to media organizations and two U.S. senators. The attack killed five people and sickened at least 17 others, and hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent to clean up government offices and postal facilities.   

Reinko says; So the 16 Sept is not right? With a bit more of this 'kind of luck' may be in 2004 or 2005 it will surface that the first letters were send on 20 Sept (or even after 20 Sept) 2001. 
Sometimes I still wonder if I would have named some other nasty disease, would the anthrax not have materialized? The problem is (and stays) that even if they would find the evil anthrax doer, the so called Patriot act will prevent truth reach the public. Wake up America, stand on the dumb dumb side of life and stay with your President. Sleep well. 

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End of this little extra info on the so called SongOfA (a fine song, a pure song, even a 'milled' song....).  

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Title: Is the SongOfA born on 20 September 2001 or was it 18 or 16 September?

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