[Allan]

Pretty much everyone accepts my theory now.

I am not so sure of that:

There are four levels of the theory:

1. The anthrax did not come from the USA.
2. The anthrax came from Iraq.
3. The anthrax came from Iraq and was intended for blackmail.
4. The anthrax was intended for blackmail and Saddam was in charge of 09-11-01.
5. The anthrax was for blackmail
.....and Saddam has been in charge of every terrorist operation since 1993.

Almost everyone accepts Level 1.
However, the full Satanic theory is Level 5
and I do not believe it is yet accepted by everybody.

[Allan]

Sorry can't count 5 levels to climb to reach the Satanic summit.

[niman]

Almost everyone accepts Level 1.

Please. Cite ONE example of Ames with 35 A's identified outside of the US. I know of NONE.

[Mitchell]

1. The anthrax did not come from the USA.

Even Level 1 is tricky here. Ames strain anthrax did come from the U.S.A., of course. It was isolated from a dead cow in Texas, now the second most famous cow in history (the first being Mrs. O'Leary's cow which did not start the Great Chicago Fire).

Presumably when people say that the anthrax did not come from the U.S.A, they mean that a sample was brought from the U.S.A. to another country, where it was cultured and weaponized; also that it was delivered by foreign agents in support of some foreign military or terrorist purpose.

[Wallaby]

>the full Satanic theory is Level 5

I don't think so. Though GS has been sympathetic to Jayna Davis's work, he has not climbed fully aboard the OKC/Iraq hypothesis. He certainly is not committed to the idea that Hussein is behind every terrorist act in Kandahar, Chechnya, Kosovo, and the Philippines since '93. So, that being said, one can go along with GS and stop at Level 4. I'll declare myself for Level 4.

[Fred Mertz]

I am going to reply without having taken the time to read this thread.

I visited DC this weekend for the Patriots Rally and spoke briefly with a good friend of mine who currently works for Homeland Security. Aristeides has met him before. I mentioned that I felt that anthrax in this country could be the real threat, as I've pretty much bought into TGS's theory as being accurate.

My buddy pretty much said that it isn't anthrax so much that is the threat, but smallpox is. He thinks Saddam has it and got it from the Russians and it could destroy continents, i.e. Africa. If Saddam released it in a dozen airports in this country it could seriously damage us and put our country into a spiraling depression.

Our discussion was small talk between two good friends and former college roommates. I thought I'd share this with you since I bounced the anthrax threat off him and he threw me this curve ball back.