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US Anthrax is `military grade'
TaipiTimes & London Guardian & BBC ^ | October 19, 2001 | Guardian & Other News Staffs

Posted on 10/19/2001 2:22:16 PM PDT by t-shirt

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To: HoweverComma
"Quick question: how hard is it to dry and mill something down to 1-5 microns? Any FReepers out there know this?"

Given the fact that the size of a single spore is approximately 1 micron, this means milling each particle down to the practically the size of a single spore. It is hard to do that without 1) the particle just clumping together again once you stop grinding and (more importantly) 2) contaminating everything in sight, inccluding yourself, while you do it - unless you have very expensive containment equipment.

21 posted on 10/19/2001 3:06:15 PM PDT by FairWitness
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To: FairWitness
If vaccinated however, he could mill with impunity -- ???
22 posted on 10/19/2001 3:27:16 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: copycat
Even if so, I wouldn't put it past them to try to get huge amounts of the stuff into this country, if not directly from Iraq then just keeping their hand cranked operation going day and night everywhere they possibly can.
23 posted on 10/19/2001 3:29:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"If vaccinated however, he could mill with impunity -- ???"

Interesting conjecture. Obviously you can generate antibodies against bacteria, but I have never thought about being "vaccinated" against a bacterium.

24 posted on 10/19/2001 3:35:59 PM PDT by FairWitness
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To: t-shirt
Iraq is behind this without a doubt.
25 posted on 10/19/2001 3:43:11 PM PDT by RickyJ
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To: TomB
I saw a report on 20/20-Primetime about the Soviet release of anthrax in '79 and Diane Sawyer showed how much was released, about the size of teaspoon and it killed about many people plus animals for about 3-4 miles from the release site. So, if that little amount was so deadly, why is the anthrax we are experiencing not as deadly? The anthrax in FL and DC was of the small 1-5 microns. Why do they down play it? The way I think about it is, we just found out it was anthrax quick and have been able to get meds into our systems. If the Dr. in FL had not found it right away we may have had many more deaths.
26 posted on 10/19/2001 4:03:37 PM PDT by BearPaw1
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To: t-shirt
Somebody has got their head up their butt here. Military grade anthrax would not be leaving people with "exposure" contamination. All the people who came in contact with it would be "INFECTED". End of discussion.
27 posted on 10/19/2001 4:07:47 PM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: TomB
"If this stuff is so potent and was obviously produced by a state, why didn't they bother to make it antibiotic resistant?"

Making a bacteria resistant to antibiotics is not done by wishing it were so or using the right kind of milling equipment or by employing the proper drying conditions. This requires a whole different set of expertise which hopefully the Iraqis do not yet have.

On the positive side, researchers in the US are now able to determine exactly what confers antibiotic resistance to these "bugs" and are now trying to design antibiotics which will work when all others fail.

Of course we should do all we can to reign in these "greedy" pharma outfits before their research saves any more lives (/sarcasm).

28 posted on 10/19/2001 4:43:31 PM PDT by Boss_Jim_Gettys
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To: t-shirt
I really think the Anthrax scare is of domestic origins, and not from a foreign government. What perfect timing--everyone's attention is on the 9-11 attack.
29 posted on 10/19/2001 6:00:02 PM PDT by Angelique
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To: FairWitness
Part I--sounds hard. Part II: suppose you didn't give a hoot about being contaminated--like suppose you were seeking martyrdom?
30 posted on 10/19/2001 6:09:09 PM PDT by HoweverComma
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To: B4Ranch
Military grade anthrax would not be leaving people with "exposure" contamination. All the people who came in contact with it would be "INFECTED". End of discussion.

I think you can add to that the fact that the "victims"are responding to regular run of the mill treatments for anthrax.(Only one death)

I would expect Military grade anthrax to have some components that would make it almost impossible to treat without going to exotic treatments. -Tom

31 posted on 10/19/2001 6:10:10 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: TomB
Making it antibiotic resistant might take more TIME than they want--because they'd basically have to expose it to a bunch of different antibiotics while cultivating it.

And then making it antibiotic resistant might degrade its lethality or its contagiousness--the mutations needed to make it less susceptible might change other characteristics.

32 posted on 10/19/2001 6:12:00 PM PDT by HoweverComma
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33 posted on 10/19/2001 6:25:52 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Who is atta? I had an antibiotic just before 9-11.

I don't think any of our government had any part of this,.

As far as the NWO ...I think the CT's are behind that.

35 posted on 10/19/2001 9:03:22 PM PDT by karebare
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To: t-shirt
Taleban denial

Earlier on Friday, the Taleban ambassador to Pakistan denied any link to the anthrax attacks in the US.

We don't even know what it is.

Taleban envoy Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef said the Afghan movement did not even know what anthrax was.

Yeah right. They didn't know anything regarding the Sept. 11th terrorists attacks either! Bin Laden "professed his innocence" didn't know anything about it and had no idea how to carry out such a big and sophisticated operation. Just the other day on October 11th in a previously recorded video Bin Laden threatens new attacks.

From the BBC, October 11, 2001 - Excerpt:

Osama bin Laden's terrorist network yesterday issued a chilling threat of renewed hijackings and attacks on America as the US campaign entered a new and dangerous phase with ground troops poised to enter Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for the first time declared a jihad, or holy war, against the United States, while bin Laden's al Qaeda network warned of more attacks on America.

"There are thousands of young people who look forward to death like Americans look forward to life," said al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Bu Ghaith.

The new al Qaeda threats came as the US reinforced its troop build-up around Afghanistan, shifting the focus of the war against terrorism from air attacks to ground operations.

In a message broadcast by the al Jazeera Arab television network, based in the Gulf state of Qatar, the al Qaeda spokesman praised the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington and said plans were being mounted for further strikes in what appeared to be an admission of responsibility for the original attacks.

"Americans must know that the storm of air planes will not stop," he said. "Let America know that this battle will not leave its land until it exits our land, until they stop supporting the Jews and lift the unjust sanctions against Iraq."

The Taliban leadership reinforced the threat. Ending previous attempts to distance themselves from al Qaeda, the regime declared that bin Laden was now free to wage his holy war against the West.

"Jihad is an obligation on all Muslims around the world. We want this, bin Laden wants this and America will face the unpleasant consequences of their attacks," Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen told the BBC.

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36 posted on 10/19/2001 9:27:22 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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