Ed, can you add these recent articles on your anthraxinvestigation page on the subject of whether AQ had weaponized anthrax? Thanks.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09102007/news/worldnews/gitmo_prisoners_are_losing_hop.htm
GITMO PRISONERS ARE LOSING HOPE
AP
September 10, 2007 — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After years of indefinite confinement, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they feel they may never receive justice, according to transcripts of hearings obtained by The Associated Press.
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Sometimes the allegations alarmed even the panels of military officers charged with determining whether a detainee should be freed.
Rahmatullah Sangaryar stood accused of “planning biological and poison attacks on United States and coalition forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan,” and of possessing anthrax powder and a liquid poison.
The Afghan detainee said he was captured only with muddy clothes, possessed no anthrax and never planned such an attack. The officer in charge of the panel seemed to grope for a response.
“Do you know of anyone who would accuse you of such an act? This is so serious,” the unidentified officer exclaimed. “I am trying to understand why it is here in front of me, this allegation against you.”
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Confiscation of Anthrax Questionable after Arrest of Taliban Spokesman
By David Press, January 19, 2007
On January 17, 2007, the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported that Afghanistan authorities had arrested a “high-profile” Taliban spokesman during a house raid in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, 50 miles from the Pakistan border.[1] During the arrest, packets of a powder suspected to be anthrax were confiscated from the spokesman.
The article states that Afghanistan officials have not yet declared how identification of the anthrax was made from the powders or how much of the bioagent was confiscated during the arrest.
According to a BBC report, Nangarhar Governor Gul Aghar Sherzai stated that the Taliban men, “planned to send the substance in envelopes addressed to government officials. The envelopes would explode when opened.”[2]
According to another BBC report, alleged Taliban spokesman Quri Mohammad Yosef has downplayed the arrest of Dr. Hanif, and has questioned the validity of the governor’s anthrax claims. Yosef stated that, “Dr. Hanif was not an important member of the Taliban movement. His arrest will have no negative effect on our reporting.”[3] Furthermore, he adds, “The remarks on seizure of anthrax from Dr. Mohammad Hanif are also false. The governor is making these remarks to prove that he is a criminal.”[3]
References
1 Taliban spokesman caught “with anthrax”: Afghan governor. The Nation. January 17, 2007. Available at http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30024384 ; Accessed January 19, 2007.
2 Afghan governor provides details on Taleban spokesman’s arrest. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). January 17, 2007. Accessed January 19, 2007.
3 Afghan Taleban appoint new spokesman. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). January 17, 2007. Accessed January 19, 2007.
Sorry. As I've told you MANY times, my web site is about the anthrax attacks of 2001. It's not about al Qaeda or their quest for weapons of mass destruction.
The latest information related to the anthrax attacks of 2001 is that two of the DOJ employees who were confidential informants for the media have come forward, getting Newsweek off the hook in the Hatfill v FBI et al lawsuit. CBS, USA TODAY and The Washington Post are trying to get confidentiality wavers from their sources. Plus, Brian Ross of ABC has apparently been ordered by a different judge in a different case to name his confidential sources.