[Ada Coddington]

So if correct we forget about foreign terrorists because its a domestic strain.

[John W]

On another thread someone commented they thought Iraq bought its original anthrax from a US source,so maybe not.

[crypt2k]

The anthrax could be many generations removed from the original source and still retain key genetic characteristics.

[EuroFrog]

Just because it might be a domestic strain doesnt mean it couldnt have been spread by terrorist personnel. How many of these people could be students or employees at Iowa State or other Bio-holding area? I wouldnt put it past these people to raise brainwashed children in America and put them God only knows where just to call them up for something like this.

[LurkingSince'98]

The anthrax could have been disseminated worldwide, just through one researchers request from Bulgaria, Syria, Iraq, etc. and it could have happened ten years ago.

Lurking'

[culpeper]

Could have been a friend of a friend in a terrorist cell that stole it from a lab they worked in in the U.S. These people are everywhere.

[The_Reader_David]

Not so. A lot of foreign nationals are in the U.S. on student visas, many to study at Ag schools. If it is a domestic strain, it would mean either it isn't foreign terrorists or the terror network or their state sponsors stole a sample for use biowarfare development.