[VOA]

Just posting a link to a decent article about what might happen if some un-named terrorist
was able to spread two kilograms of weaponized anthrax spores over Los Angeles
by an over-flight with a single-engine Cessna.

It's really a fairly decent article; it give what my inexpert gut instinct
tells me could happen.

I was shocked by two things:
1. that the author thinks that there are at least some people more radical
than us posters/lurkers (the ones who'd actually make verbal threats on the phone)
That is a pretty charitable attitude towards freerepublic.com coming from
a very-left-of-center Los Angeles alternative weekly!
AND
2. to learn form the aticle that the anthrax incident at Smerdlovsk (sp?)
incvolved the release of only ONE GRAM of weaponized anthrax.

Got to admit that after reading the article...I am contemplating getting a bit of
Cipro antibiotic to keep in the fridge...

[VOA]

My apologies in advance if I've pinged anyone bothered by this interruption...

[cake_crumb]

The FBI hasn't caught anyone yet?? On what planet and in which universe does the author live??

[drjoe]

1.) Sverdlovsk

2.) Matthew Messelson = quintessential left wing dupe. Had contact with him when I was in the Jungle Republic when he came over to 'investigate' the 'evils' of the US chemical warfare program [nonexistent] turning Vietnam into a wasteland.

[leadpenny]

Buried the way the excerpt is, and how FreeRepublic.com just pops into the story, I'd say Paul Ciotti is at least a lurker and maybe even a FReeper.

[JDoutrider]

Re: Got to admit that after reading the article...I am contemplating getting a bit of Cipro antibiotic to keep in the fridge...

Best to keep it at room temperature...it holds up better according to the lit that comes with it...

[WFTR]

The writer of this piece criticizes the attitude that we should deal with the problem by attacking our enemies, but the piece shows the necessity of attacking our enemies. We can't build "walls" high enough to protect us from our enemies in today's technological world. The attempt to protect ourselves by building "walls" will destroy our economy and still won't give us any real safety.

If we want to have security, we have to destroy our enemies. We have to hit them as hard as we can and keep hitting them until they surrender or are completely gone. We must also control immigration and particularly control immigration of people who may be our enemies. The alternative is the type of scenario that we see depicted in this story.

Texas Wasn't Kuwait
Bill

[Tamzee]

I guess some would disagree with me, but I was happy to read this. The folks in LA, especially liberals, really need to see how feasible this type of attack is and what the consequences would look like. Up close and personal-like :-)

Even the mention of Free Republic isn't that harsh, the next sentence reads that "some other less-well-wrapped citizens methodically go through the Los Angeles phone directory..." While he's hinting that Freepers would over-react in a somewhat paranoid and racist manner, he's also stating that Freepers wouldn't go as far as committing hate crimes as others would.

This article might really help wake up some of the Dimbulbcrats that are so sure there isn't a real threat.

[Mr. Silverback]

The author is a moron. If we didn't do these things to the Muslim population after 9/11, we're not going to do them after another round of anthrax. Of course, people at alternative weeklies in major cities think anyone to the right of Nancy Pelosi is a secret admirer of Hitler.

[WaveThatFlag]

Except that LA's comparatively low population density make it a real dumb target for a chemical or biological attack.

[realpatriot71]

5:00 PM traffic is hell by itself. I cannot even imagine a panic get-out-of-town-as-fast-as-possible traffic jam. I don't think I'd even try the freeway. I'd go over the hills on dirt roads with the SUV my Cali friends always tell me I don't need.

[CedarDave]

One very scary, but realistic article. The writer took some care to make it a very believable scenario. This article is linked to this one, where additional comments were posted:
Fox News alert: US fears Iraq has transported GPS guided drones to America

[ibbryn]

I thought the article read well, but I noticed the author referred to .60 cal machine guns. Typo or poor research? If the latter, how accurate is the rest of the factual info?Anyone else notice any other factual errors?

[Mikey]

WOE. Damn man what a story (and possible scenario).