US Anthrax is `military grade'

TaipiTimes & London Guardian & BBC ^ | October 19, 2001 | Guardian & Other News Staffs

[cynwoody]

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.

The reports I've seen indicate the anthrax was mailed about a week after the 9-11 attack. Is that enough time for a Kaczynski or a McVeigh to brew up a batch and get it in the mail? Or do you suppose our domestic bad guy had it sitting on the shelf and was patiently awaiting the right opportunity to use it?

And what do you make of the hijackers' interest in crop dusting? And Atta's visit to the pharmacist looking for something to put on his inflamed hands — did he perhaps wash his hands in bleach as a precaution after handling the anthrax?

[FITZ]

If this stuff is so potent and was obviously produced by a state, why didn't they bother to make it antibiotic resistant?

Maybe it was a state with a lot of money but not too much technical expertise.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

You've lost me as far as who you think did what to whom.

But if you seriously don't know who Atta is, you should spend less time posting and more time reading the newspapers.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I'm sure you're aware that these Islamic fundamentalists were in this country, learning to fly, etc., in order to be used abroad to further our own interests along the Russian borders. This government knows every foreign student's name, address and dental history.

But some of these Muslim zealots got wind of the fact that since the Soviets were finally subdued, they were no longer needed by Uncle Sam. They didn't like being expendable, they got very angry, and they got even, with a little help from their friends.

But to imagine that this utter catastrophe was in any way ordained by our government only results in the dismissal of legitimate CT.

The storm is fierce and our ship is being battered by raging swells. Now is not the time to spit into the wind.

[Angelique]

I think you should do some research on Bayer. It might give you a clue

[HoweverComma]

Sure, they can do that.

It takes patience--and not a little luck. Being resistant to a wide range of antibiotics might very well make the bacteria less easily transmitted from host to host (basically, in BW you are trying to get your target population to act as walking incubators) or might lower lethality.

[KSCITYBOY]

I think regardless of how much Cipro or whatever you take after a while if you keep inhaling spores the bateria level would become so high as to overwhelm your ability to fight it and you would become ill and die.

[karebare]

I haven't read the paper lately ,I admit.

[Aquinasfan]

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

I talked to a biologist on the "Anthrax" thread a few weeks ago who seemed to know his stuff. He basically said that creating 1-5 micron anthrax spores would require about $100 million (factory & equipment) and several Ph. D.'s.

He noted that the Japanese "Aum shin rikeo (sp?)" cult spend millions of dollars, hired several Ph.D.'s, dispersed their anthrax spores in the Tokyo subway and didn't kill anyone.

[snooker]

Another easy way to get it is to steal it or buy it from the old Soviet Union states or through rogue channels. It doesn't have to come from Iraq.

Anybody notice Putin just went to this island in Uzbekistan and told them to tighten up security on a old Soviet supply of anthrax. The US is to supply help and equipment to clean up the place. Connect the dots.

snooker

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Here

It just took for the evidence to become overwheming (more and more leaks) before the government would acknowledge it.