The headline of the article claims that the Feds are linking the Anthrax letters to al Qaida. But reading further reveals that the anthrax used in the attacks was of domestic origin.
The investigation has linked FBI agents and scientists in a race to find who sent the letters. Federal scientists examining the anthrax used in the Florida and New York attacks have tentatively concluded that it is a domestic strain that bears no resemblance to strains that Russia and Iraq have turned into biological weapons.
It’s also worth noting that this article is different than the reports in the Mercury News and NPR, where Tom Ridge and others have been spinning things towards Iraq as the culprit (if you want to bomb Baghdad again, have the bloody integrity to say you want to bomb Baghdad and don’t fabricate excuses).
The news that it’s the Ames strain does not exhonorate Hussein and company, but reminds us not to jump to conclusions.
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