Anthrax Letter From St. Petersburg Contains Reference to OKC Bombing

St. Petersburg Times ^ | October 13, 2001 | DAVID BALLINGRUD, MIKE BRASSFIELD and WES ALLISON

[L`enn]

From what I have read the symptoms appeared right around 10/1.

[MaeWest]

Chicago Skyway Bridge

Wonder if there are other Skyway Bridges in other cities also.

[riri]

that´s "says something"...whew

[Roger_W_Isom]

The letter was so badly written. you'd HAVE TO SAY it was done in GREAT HASTE... Could the OKLAHOMA be referring to a STATE PLATE??????

[Shermy]

I think we should keep all avenues open. Has any body been keeping track of Robert Blake? Where has he been?

[MilleniumBug]

The skyway bridge was already demolished once and replaced with the current one which is cable-suspended from twin towers. One of the towers appears in Nick's photo. The skyway is very popular with suicide jumpers and would seem to attract kamikaze types. Thers was a chain-reaction there a few years with over 50 vehicles colliding in the fog.

[nopardons]

Yes, it was dated 9/18/ 01, and post marked TRENTON !

[Clinton's a rapist]

Something like that, of course. If terrorists were predictable, they would be defeated easily. In a way, being a terrorist is like being a torturer. Try to imagine how a torturer thinks. The likely paymaster of these people, Saddam Hussein, got his start up the greasy poll of Iraqi politics as a torturer, apprenticed to the head of the secret police. That gentleman was known for his trick of stubbing a lit cigarette into the eyes of his helpless victims. But, of course, sometimes the torturer lightens up -- offers the victim a cigarette or a glass of water. Mixing things up a little, playing good cop, bad cop, keeping the victim guessing: these are all stock-in-trade for the torturer and the terrorist.

[Clinton's a rapist]

It seems very simple to me. The author of the threat is spelling it out, as you might to a child. Oklahoma is to Ryder truck as Skyway Bridge is to 18-wheeler. Get it?

[nopardons]

She got a rash weeks ago, but didn't have it looked at, until it grew to be the size of a baseball. Then, they didn't release the news, until now.

I do hope that that info satifies your skepicism. : - )

[Roger_W_Isom]

Could Atta have CONCIEVABLY KNOW BOB STEVENS??????? This is getting wierder and wierder EVERY day.... I'm SERIOUSLY thinking we could see GARY CONDIDIT being dragged into this FIASCO!!!! I pray I'm wrong... so DON'T make book on it...

[Justa]

Well, since you're a-technical-kind-of-guy I'll add that "a white powder" is not an accurate description of anthrax spores. Let's not discuss specifics though. If this keeps the OKC kooks happy (and busy) thats fine with me. It just gets so gd boring tho.

[stlnative]

Sunshine Skyway Bridge = Length 29,040 feet
(I think it is the 2nd largest bridge in the USA)
The largest one in the USA would be Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Cape Charles, Virginia = total length = 89,760 feet

[Clinton's a rapist]

The use of "18 wheels" for the American idiomatic expression "18 wheeler" suggests someone who hasn't lived in this country too long.

[stlnative]

I have never heard that before

[virgil]

The Iowa strain has been given out to labs all over the world.

[Clinton's a rapist]

What, never heard of an "18-wheeler"? Come on!

[EaglesUpForever]

We now know, from tomorrow's article in the London Observer, that Iraq has that Ames, IA strain.

Yes, but they definitely aren't the only place that does.

[terilyn]

You are correct! I hope our FBI has as logical a brain as you do.

Letter to Brokaw postmarked from Trenton, NJ.

From CNN's list of the 22 most wanted terrorists page:

• Abdul Rahman Yasin, 40, an Iraqi, is an Indiana native and one-time engineering student. Investigators say Yasin lived with convicted WTC bomber Mohamed Salameh in Jersey City, New Jersey,