With respect to a lay definition of “weaponization,” merely including a pathogen or poison that is harmful if inhaled might qualify as weaponization.
For example, consider the arsenic derivative and hydrazine sent by the Iraqi in 2003 to protest the detention of his detained friends as “weaponized”. Three weeks into the trial, a supporter had sent a letter with the substances saying “Set them free, bastards.”
The same modus operandi was demonstrated by the Al Hayat letter bombs and by the bacteria sent connected to the detention of OBL’s Sudan farm manager in Canada in 2001. Sending such letters with poison or letter bombs in retaliation for the detention of their brothers is known by the CIA and FBI to be the modus operandi of these militants.
“Belgium Detains Iraqi Man in Toxic Letters Case” (Gilles Castonguay, Reuters/Yahoo! News, 2003/06/05)
“Belgian police said Thursday they detained an Iraqi man after letters containing a nerve-gas ingredient were sent to the prime minister’s office, the U.S. and British embassies and a court trying al Qaeda suspects.
Police detained the 45-year-old Iraqi. Twenty people, including postal workers and police officers, had to go briefly to hospitals after being exposed to the chemicals in the 10 letters sent earlier in the week.
As another example, adamsite (phenarsasine) sent in 2004 sent in connection with some detained militants. A December 2004 open report on terrorism in the European Union noted that in July 2004, eight letters arrived at several official locations in Brussels that contained an ochre-coloured chemical substance that caused itchy eyes and breathing problems. Tests indicated that the substance was adamsite (phenarsasine). Some of the letters included “a threat letter written in (very poor) English, demanding that two recently convicted Islamic extremists are released within that month.”
The Hatfill Theory, within the Task Force, posited as a hypothesis that Dr. Hatfill knew of the Al Hayat letter bombs and was making it look like that incident. (The al Hayat letters targeted DC and NYC newspapers and people in symbolic positions relating to detention of militants)
It is worth noting that the islamists had already attacked the WTC. They chose to attack it again in a new and more dramatic fashion. They did the same with the targeting of the media and people relating to the detention of the militants.
KSM was behind both WTC 1993 and WTC 2001.
To solve Amerithrax, just find the parties responsible for the Al Hayat letter bombs.
The reward for the Al Hayat letter bombs was $5 million.
The DOJ should issue a notice clarifying that the Amerithrax reward is also $5 million (under the Rewards for Justice program). Instead of $2 million from the USG and $500 k from the direct mailing group.
Rewards for Justice lb page in English -
Of these letter bombs, 13 were received at the offices of the Al Hayat ... A reward of up to $5 million is being offered for information leading to the ...
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