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"Privately, FBI officials doubt that such a link exists."

Leak! Leak! Leak! "Privately" = "Leak"

"They note that the attacks came with an explicit warning --a letter advising the victims to take penicillin, resulting in a far lower death toll"

Just as well could describe it as an ambiguous hint that the later anthrax outbreak would be traced to the letter's message. The first wave didn't work, so a second wave was sent explicitly using the word "anthrax."

" -- but without an explicit claim of responsibility. "It doesn't fit with al-Qaeda's modus operandi," one intelligence official said."

Yes, that makes sense, Osama explicitled claimed responsibility for 9/11. Oh wait, he didn't...well, much later, sort of.

It has been explained that it is an Islamic custom to first warn any enemy.....then kill them.

I think it was Manzoor Ijaz that said that first the Muslim must confront an infidel trespassing (say for example) and then if the infidel does not leave or convert to Islam, then it is ok to kill them. America is considered a trespassing infidel because we were on Saudi soil which is considered holy.

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