Physics of anthrax is beyond al-Qaida, Sandia Labs expert says

Albuquerqque Tribune ^ | 10/26/01 | By Sue Major Holmes

[Silly]

But not beyond Saddam, I'll bet...

[Ratatoskr]

"It's a hard, hard, hard thing to do and way beyond the capacity" of groups such as the al-Qaida terrorist network or militia organizations, he said.

But within the capacity of home-grown American "hate" groups? Which is it, folks?

[MHGinTN]

Your other screen name, Zvadist (I think that's how you spelled it) has posted a simialr misinformation thread. Busy today, eh? How many more names have you to use in your posts?

[woofie]

However, Zelicoff - who stressed he has no information on the threats beyond what he has read in newspapers - said Iraq has the necessary sophistication, based on information released by a United Nations special commission that did weapons inspections in Iraq through much of the 1990s before Iraq closed its borders to inspections.

"They had the drying equipment; they had the milling equipment; they had the aerosol testing equipment, the expertise on staff in engineering and physics, to do this kind of work," he said.

[Atticus]

Let's get this straight. It's beyond the international, heavily financed Al Quaida, but it's not beyond the capabilities of domestic (i.e. dreaded "right-wing") terrorist groups?

[Leto]

So much for the 'homegrown terrorist/ right wing kook" theory that the mainstream media and certain rats (dodd for expample) have been pushing. They will be very disappointed by this turn of events.

Now we know why Saddam went to ground (literally) when the anthrax attack broke publicly.

[Silly]

I'm with you.

[woofie]

You are sadly misinformed...I have no idea what you are talking about ....This guy is saying it is probably Iraq

[francisandbeans]

what are you talking about.....isn't this a real newspaper site?

[tallhappy]

I think that there are two main possible sources. One they got it from Iraq. The other is they got it from the Russian mafia who had USSR anthrax.

But, another possibility is it is stolen from the US. The article about the al Qaeda member who was in the US military for years is an eye opener.

An opporative like that could have pilfered some somehwhere along the line.

[woofie]

Read the article ...he says Iraq

[Clive]

My gut feeling is that what is happening now is a field trial.

The real one will be a massive distribution with mutated anthrax.

[onehipdad]

Considering the ease of accessibility by foriegn nationals to US flight schools, is it beyond the realm of reasonable thought to contemplate that Muslim extremists could infiltrate the areas where infectious diseases are stored and studied?

[woofie]

However, Zelicoff - who stressed he has no information on the threats beyond what he has read in newspapers - said Iraq has the necessary sophistication, based on information released by a United Nations special commission that did weapons inspections in Iraq through much of the 1990s before Iraq closed its borders to inspections.

You need to apologize to me

[Mr.E]

"Unless they bought it from Iraq or something,

[Ozymandias Ghost]

Yeah, we all know this (except _Jim and a few others) ...but today Arie Fleischman continues to tell us that the anthrax in Daschles office could have been turned out by any college PhD microbiologist in a home lab. As long as the administration continues to flip flop and obfuscate on this issue, I have to assume it is all part of their disinformation campaign.

[Atticus]

Sorry. I didn't mean to suggest the author was pointing to domestic terrorists.

[wjeanw]

"It's a hard, hard, hard thing to do and way beyond the capacity" of groups such as the al-Qaida terrorist network or militia organizations, he said."

But not beyond their budget!

The point of the terrorist network is that it is a loosely knit group of cells, all of whom are committed to the downfall of the United States, and dedicated to helping out in each other's plots. For instance, when the FBI stormed a NJ house where a cell was mixing a chemical bomb planned for the UN a couple years ago, they found a famous terrorist bomb expert from Peru with the al-Qaida members. In another case, the FBI also picked up a member of the Japanese Red Army who was also doing specialized work for al-Qaida. (See Yossef Bodany's book TERROR on the first World Trade Center bombing.)

What people aren't yet absorbing is that we are fighting an alliance of world terrorist groups! Al-Qaida is just in the limelight right now.

[Boss_Jim_Gettys]

"Unless they bought it from Iraq or something, it's not likely to be al-Qaida," Alan Zelicoff said.

Imagine this one about slamming airliners into the WTC and Pentagon: "Unless they hijacked the planes or something, it's not likely to be al-Qaida," Alan Zelicoff said. He went on to explain that the terrorists in Afghanistan certainly had no production facilities capable of manufacturing large, twin-engine passenger jets.

Where can I sign up to an "expert" and get my fifteen minutes of fame? Sheesh!