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One Month After 9/11, McCain Said Anthrax ‘May Have Come From Iraq,’ Warned Iraq Is ‘The Second Phase’

The Huffington Post | Full News Feed found this 8/1/2008 on thinkprogress.org

Today, the LA Times reports that the individual who may have been responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people and sickened 17 others apparently committed suicide . As Atrios recalls, shortly after 9/11, conservatives were pinning the blame for the anthrax attacks on Iraq , laying the groundwork for a subsequent invasion. John McCain was part of this fearmongering effort. ...