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rawstory.com - 8/1/2008
Who first wrongly linked anthrax to Iraq -- and why?
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In the wake of the apparent suicide of an alleged suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, fresh questions are being raised about the extent to which those attacks were used by the Bush administration as part of the push for both draconian anti-terror legislation and eventual war with Iraq. Blogger Glenn Greenwald has suggested , "By design, those attacks put the American population into a ...

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At-Largely:  More terrorism, of the bio-right-wing kind?

Daily Kos:  John McCain, October 2001:  Hey, is that Saddam's anthrax?

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More terrorism, of the bio-right-wing kind?
At-Largely — ... Call me far too rational if you wish, but I do not believe the Anthrax attacks were a form of right-wing terrorism that we see coming from the Christian fundamentalists, such as the Knoxville shooting this week. By now you have likely heard that a suspect who was about to be indicted conveniently offed himself this week. Now let's examine the facts of what happened during the anthrax attacks: ...

John McCain, October 2001:  Hey, is that Saddam's anthrax?
Daily Kos — ... not enough people questioned as we were still reeling from the September 11 attacks. Marcy Wheeler ("Emptywheel" of Firedoglake) has carefully put together an "anthrax timeline" to help us understand more about why the FBI's investigation changed course in 2006.  What is so useful - and disturbing - about the timeline is that it shows us the general "blame Iraq" trend.  Note the part in bold (my emphasis): October 14, 2001: Guardian first suggests tie between anthrax and Iraq October 15, 2001: Daschle letter ...

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