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JULY & SEPTEMBER 1999 : (DR. RAUF) "In December 2002, a journal called 'Science' magazine pictured excerpts from a handwritten letter by Dr. Rauf, without naming him, that had been obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The letter was on the letterhead of the Society for Applied Microbiology (SFAM). Dr. Rauf was merely one of hundreds of members of the society, and not an employee.

The latest dates, he reports, from the handwritten notes are reportedly July and September 1999:

"(6) Unfortunately, I did not find the required culture of B. anthrax i.e., pathogenic. The culture available in [REDACTED] is non-pathogenic."
"(8) Therefore, keeping in view to above circumstances, a visit to [REDACTED] can be arranged for 10 days in the 1st week of [REDACTED] . (FN) This requires at least the air ticket expenses."
"For this visit, I should be informed as early as possible.
Yours sincerely,
[REDACTED]
FN (9) The money with me is only for the purpose to buy strains or vaccines."

Getman asks, "Did Dr. Rauf ever obtain virulent Ames? While the notes refer to dates in 1999, an A. Rauf attended the 2000 conference on 'Dangerous Pathogens.' Of course, there still would be a major question of who weaponized the anthrax and who mailed it.

------Source : "No Attacks Since 9/11?," By Cliff Kincaid, Opinion, The Conservative Voice, Posted by Senior Editor on 2005/5/7 9:16:00 , http://www.theconservativevoice.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5425

Interestingly, there was an Abdur Rauf listed as a grad student at ISU in the student directory:

1990-91 school year at Pammel Ct. 806 from Marwat Bannu Nwfp Pakistan in Agronomy.

1989-90 school year at 103 Ash # 23 from same place.

Then a thesis from 1991 on seed types and genotypes of corn.

Don't let the corn throw you. ISU is in the middle of the corn belt. They get boo koo bucks from seed corn companies to do research. Despite what you may have been interested in, if there was corn money you did the corn research and got paid a stipend.

Could this be the same guy??