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AMI Employee says "It was Terrorist Attack" and Crits Palm Beach Officals
MIami Herald ^ | Today 10:39 Am PST

Posted on 10/12/2001 10:54:56 AM PDT by somena2001

AMI Employee Speaks Out About Anthrax Case The editorial director of American Media says his company knows how the man killed by anthrax was exposed to the disease. He is also making scathing comments about the Palm Beach County Health department.

Steve Coz, Editorial Director at American Media in Boca Raton, says that the company knows how the anthrax bacterium got into their building, and he says there is a connection to the terrorists.

Coz says that Bob Stevens, the employee who died of anthrax, was infected after exposure anthrax spores delivered to AMI in a letter. He said the letter came into the mailroom, and was opened by someone else who handed it to Stevens.

Because of vision problems, Stevens (pictured, left) then held the letter close to his face to look at it, according to Coz, giving the 63-year old a massive dose of anthrax spores.

The FBI (news - web sites) has asked American Media not to go into detail about the letter, and they currently deny any connection between the letter and the terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Coz says he believes there is a connection, particularly to Mohamed Atta, the hijacker believed to be the leader of the terrorists who resided in South Florida. "We know Mohamed Atta was within three miles of the [American Media] building, we know he was within a mile of Bob Stevens house. We know that the FBI is now going to local pharmacies to see if he did in fact get Cipro. We know that he showed up at a pharmacy with red hands. There are people in this area who have very direct recollection of seeing him. He worked out in a gym where some of our employees were." The FBI continues to say they have not made a direct connection between the terrorists and the anthrax cases.

A congressional source says that more anthrax spores have been found in the mailroom of American Media, but the FBI is not confirming that or any of the statements made by Steve Coz.

Steve Coz also blasted the Palm Beach County Health Department for not informing American Media about Bob Stevens illness earlier. He said, "We found out that Bob Stevens had anthrax on the Internet at 3:00 on Thursday -- we turned on the TV sets and it was all over television. We called the Palm Beach County Health Deparment from 3:00 to 7:30 leaving messages -- we must have left 20 messages. At 7:30 somebody finally picked up the phone."


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Comment #61 Removed by Moderator

To: mostlyundecided
While Atta knew he would die in the crash, he may have worried that he could be stricken by the anthrax before he was able to achieve his "objective", hence showing up at the pharmacy with "red hands" - looking for Cipro? Also regarding the previous poster who questioned the significance of the "red hands" comment, I think it refers to direct physical contact with anthrax, rather than the inhaled type, which results in a nasty rash - apparently that is what the NBC employee is dealing with.
62 posted on 10/12/2001 2:43:10 PM PDT by mom of 2 GOP kids
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To: rolling_stone
...I hope some copycat group doesn't start mailing bacon bits to our Muslim friends..

Like your thinking R_S. How about the INS mailing expiration notices, to Arabs whose visas have expired, in pigskin envelopes?

63 posted on 10/12/2001 3:02:32 PM PDT by DonnerT
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To: mom of 2 GOP kids
While Atta knew he would die in the crash, he may have worried that he could be stricken by the anthrax before he was able to achieve his "objective", hence showing up at the pharmacy with "red hands" - looking for Cipro?

Fits right in with what I've been saying, check out this article:

Suspected terrorist visited Maryland medical clinic
Associated Press

GREENBELT, September 22 - The hijacker suspected of piloting American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center was once treated at a Greenbelt medical center, according to the physician who saw him. The FBI has seized the medical records of Mohamed Atta from Greenbelt Family Practice, nurse practitioner Nancy English told The Prince George's Journal Friday. English would not say when Atta was treated or for what condition, but said his name appeared on medical records. He also gave a Laurel address, according to David Granite, a doctor at the practice. English said she recognized Atta's name from the list of 19 suspected hijackers. "These are people who hate us and want to wipe us off the face of the Earth and he came to us for help," she said.

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64 posted on 10/12/2001 3:50:26 PM PDT by mostlyundecided
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To: rolling_stone
"...I hope some copycat group doesn't start mailing bacon bits to our Muslim friends..."

Yes.

That would indeed be an awful thing.

65 posted on 10/12/2001 4:00:40 PM PDT by DWSUWF
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To: aristeides
Coz is annoyed with the Palm Beach County authorities for not tipping off AMI sooner. He should be even angrier at the CDC, which must have been aware that the NBC employee in NYC started to be treated with Cipro on Oct. 1.

The CDC is definitely the main information clearinghouse in this situation, but all of its info goes through the FBI, which then censors it, and releases disinformation in its stead.

66 posted on 10/12/2001 4:02:40 PM PDT by mrustow
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To: vrwc54
Perhaps it was Dr. Bob Arnott?....that is the only Dr. Bob that I can think of....
68 posted on 10/12/2001 4:50:54 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
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To: Gordian Blade
. Was AMI just a target of opportunity, or a test case? Any thoughts out there?

AMI was constantly doing stories on bin ladin. More then other media companies. Considering that they broke the case on jessie jackson and other big names it might have been an attack because of there coverage of him.
69 posted on 10/12/2001 4:55:59 PM PDT by Libertarian_4_eva
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To: Gordian Blade
I think AMI was a target because they ran an interview with Bin Laden: "I was kidnapped by a thousand virgins on their flying carpet." Bin Laden was allegedly upset that he had been misquoted--he claimed never to have been frightened, but the story that ran said that he was in fear for his life as the majority of the virgins wanted to use him as a noise-maker on their landing gear wheels, a kind of live, playing card stuck to the spokes with a clothespin, but the Master Virgin would have none of it as Bin Laden amused her while dancing around on a golden leash as he begged for a spoonful of honey....?
70 posted on 10/12/2001 5:02:32 PM PDT by WhiteyAppleseed
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To: Gordian Blade
I keep asking myself, why AMI? WTC and the Pentagon were obvious targets. Was AMI just a target of opportunity, or a test case? Any thoughts out there?

Is American Media the tabloid publisher owned by klintoon's friend? Perhaps there is anger that the klintoons and their friends received so much money from terrorists and yet failed to keep Afghanistan from being bombed. Also, isn't NBC owned by GE who makes the engines in the planes?

71 posted on 10/12/2001 5:33:21 PM PDT by angry elephant
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To: rwfromkansas
Chris Matthews on MSNBC said that there were similar nasty diatribes in both the NY Times letter and the one sent to Brokaw.

The FBI is keeping the contents secret. And of course we know know they were both postmarked St. Petersburg, FL.

There are also 77 people in FL on the FBI watch list. I'm sure each of these 77 has associates that aren't even on the list.

72 posted on 10/12/2001 6:01:35 PM PDT by vrwc54
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