Posted on 08/09/2006 4:09:35 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
TWO police officers were taken to a hospital today after opening an envelope that contained a suspicious white powder, the New York Police Department said.
The two police officers worked in the mail screening facility at police headquarters in downtown Manhattan and opened an envelope that contained an "undetermined white powder," said police department spokesman Paul Browne.
They underwent decontamination before being taken to hospital as a precautionary measure in case the powder turned out to be anthrax, Mr Browne said.
The powder was not accompanied with a note.
On July 14 and August 2, The New York Times said it had received an envelope with a suspicious white powder, raising fears on of an anthrax attack.
In both incidents the powder was found to be non-hazardous.
The incidents raised fears of a repeat of a series of anthrax attacks in the United States, which started one week after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Letters with a Trenton, New Jersey, postmark and containing anthrax bacteria were mailed to several media offices and two US senators, killing five people and sickening 17 others.
'Get out of work free' card.
Glad they're alright.
Did they ever find out who was behind the 2001 anthrax attacks?
Targeted by anthrax? Did the guy who wrote the headline even read the article? How about targeted by the fear of anthrax?
No, but it's pretty safe to assume that it was guys working in conjunction with the 9/11 plotters.
The anthrax came from a US military lab. Who stole it is still unknown.
Possibly, but that means nothing. The Russians penetrated Ft. Detrick many years ago, and they were probably able to steal the Ames strain way back then.
The Ames strain was sent all over the world for research. Someone weaponized it- likely a government that could hide a very sophisticated lab like in Iraq, Russia or North Korea. Delivered by Mohamed Atta and crew. They nearly shut down interstate commerce by mail with just a few milligrams. Imagine what will happen when they dump a couple hundred pounds out of the cargo hold of a plane...
Wake up FBI, and quit looking for a disgruntled american scientist...
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