Hamas: Anthrax should be put in US water supply

Jerusaleum Post ^ | November 7, 2001 | NA

[concerned about politics]

(12:45) Hamas: Anthrax should be put in US water supply

Atallah Abu Al-Subh, a columnist for the Hamas weekly Al-Risala based in Gaza, writes open letters to prominent figures, ideologies, and events. His most recent letter, No. 163, was titled "To Anthrax":

"The truth is that I wondered how to begin! Should I greet you [i.e. anthrax], or should I curse you? Should I hold my tongue?... I will begin by saying: Oh Anthrax, despite your wretchedness, you have sown horror in the heart of the lady of arrogance, of tyranny, of boastfulness! Your gentle touch has made the US's life rough and pointless...

"You have entered the most fortified of places; [you have entered] the White House and they left it like horrified mice ... The Pentagon was a monster before you entered its corridors... And behold, it now transpires that its men are of paper and its commanders are of cardboard, and they hasten to flee as soon as they see - only see - chalk dust!

"Nevertheless, you have found your way to only eight American breasts so far ... May you continue to advance, to permeate, and to spread. If I may give you a word of advice, enter the air ... the water faucets from which they drink, and the pens with which they draft their traps and conspiracies against the wretched peoples."

(The Middle East Media Research Institute translated the above op-ed piece which originally appeared in Al-Risala)

[concerned about politics]

FYI

[wideawake]

I'm going to relish watching the IDF kill all of these scummers one by one.

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

If he has been located, we need to get somebody in there and take him down.

[HamiltonJay]

Injesting anthrax will do nothing....

[meyer]

U.S.: Hamas should be put in US Anthrax supply

[mvonfr]

Why IDF?

Asaik, protecting the US is not IDF's responsibility, it is ours.

[Dengar01]

Somebody should send this to the FBI. Could it be a signal as to telling the terrorists to go ahead with plans. We already know that Hamas is a brual terrorist group who targets civilians, children especially. I say let the FBI handle it.

[Black Cat]

Actually it can. There's an ingested form of anthrax as well, but in this case, it's pretty much an empty threat -- it would take tons and tons of the stuff to put enough bugs in the water to cause an infection even if they weren't killed by the treatment process.

[TheRealLobo]

You said:"Injesting anthrax will do nothing.... "

Except give you Intestinal Anthrax. Which is deadly in 25-60% of cases.

Intestinal- The intestinal disease form of anthrax may follow the consumption of contaminated meat and is characterized by an acute inflammation of the intestinal tract. Initial signs of nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting and fever are followed by abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, and severe diarrhea. This form is deadly in 25-60% of cases

[MistyCA]

It would be my guess that our security people are quite well aware of this.

[HEFFERNAN4]

Nice God fearing people. Never in my life have I seen such hypocrites. Allah must be proud. And yet none of the Islamic clerics condemn such rhetoric. And we continue to feed these people...is there something wrong with this picture or what? Semper Fi, Mike

[TheRealLobo]

I agree with you about this, it WOULD take a LOT of Anthrax to contaminate even a moderate sized city's water supply.

[concerned about politics]

A lake, a pond, a pool. These waters aren't treated.
Maybe a message to use another additive to water.They've been known to talk in Codes. Who knows?

[Ratatoskr]

it would take tons and tons of the stuff to put enough bugs in the water to cause an infection even if they weren't killed by the treatment process.

Shhhhhh. Don't tell him that. With luck, we might get them to dump their whole mayonnaise jar of the stuff into the Atlantic in hopes of wiping out Western Civilization.

[lilylangtree]

It's too bad that this Hamas fellow's face isn't plastered by an Israeli M-16.

[Silly]

An ode to anthrax -- now isn't that special!

[Gadsden1st]

Nevertheless, you have found your way to only eight American breasts so far

Man, they can't keep their minds off of women or young boys. On another note. I was talking to my brother, who knows this blind beggar, who overheard a waiter say that he has it on good authority that if they put it in the cheese, we will nuke them till they glow!!

[TwoStep]

**FYI**

[MrBambaLaMamba]

The best way to end war and ensure peace is to kill the enemy.

[Sloth]

The greater vulnerability is in water storage tanks -- much less dilution than source lakes, and it's after treatment. Chlorine residuals in the tanks would not be very effective at deactivating anthrax spores. But it would still take a lot of anthrax to result in a life-threatening dosage from typical amounts of tap water used for drinking and cooking.

BTW, I'm not revealing anything that the anthrax-using terrorists don't already know.