anthrax (Page 11)

When an envelope containing anthrax arrived as the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, the question of who is behind this terror attack was raised anew. President Bush stated that there is a possible terror link, and the question became, who would be supplying the anthrax spores to the terrorists?

Investigators looking into the outbreaks have named Iraq as the most likely source of the deadly spores.

Pentagon strategists are discussing the possibility of supporting armed insurrections against Saddam by rebel Kurds in the north and Shia Muslims in the south. Contact has already been made with an Iraqi opposition group based in London.
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The baby of an ABC News employee has tested positive for cutaneous anthrax. Until now, there had been no reports of any suspicious envelopes or other signs of an anthrax attack at ABC News. The child had visited the set of World News Tonight on September 28.

Commentary from Unknowncountry.com: There are still officials talking about a ‘possible’ connection between Iraq, Osama bin Laden and the anthrax attack. However, it is clear now that the attack is more widespread than expected, and that there may be many more targets than previously expected. There is a substantial amount of planning behind this attack, and an unknown amount of weaponized anthrax available to the attackers.
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An NBC Nightly News employee at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters in New York City has tested positive for the cutaneous form of anthrax. The exposure is believed to have resulted from handling mail that was received at NBC on September 25. The victim is expected to recover fully.

The suspicious envelope arrived at NBC two and a half weeks ago, and contained a white powder. The powder tested negative for anthrax. Envelopes containing powder that has been testing negative for anthrax have been recieved in many different locations in the US recently. Why a suspicious substance would test negative for the presence of anthrax, and a person who handled it would then become infected is not known.
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This is a well-developed cutaneous anthrax lesion. In an earlier stage, the sore will be smaller, and the open area will still be covered by necrotized skin tissue, which will be dark in color. The lesion will not be painful.

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