Return-Path: <access@g2-forward.org> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 14 Oct 2001 08:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18800 invoked by uid 510); 14 Oct 2001 15:00:29 -0000 Received: from sdsl-64-32-243-163.dsl.iad.megapath.net (HELO g2-forward.org) (64.32.243.163) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 14 Oct 2001 15:00:29 -0000 Received: from speconsult.com by g2-forward.org with SMTP; Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:54:32 -0400 Message-ID: <3BC9A71D.B6895B2C@speconsult.com> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:54:21 -0400 From: "Mayer Nudell, CSC" <Mayer.Nudell@speconsult.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Subject: [Fwd: (ai) Official: No Anthrax, bin Laden Link] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: <access@g2-forward.org> Precedence: Bulk WILSONGI@aol.com wrote: > > Official: No Anthrax, bin Laden Link > > By RONALD POWERS > .c The Associated Press > > > WASHINGTON (AP) - Bush administration officials said Sunday they > consider the sending of anthrax through the mail an act of terrorism, > but there is no direct evidence now to link the U.S. cases to Osama > bin Laden. > > Cabinet members sought to reassure Americans that their government is > prepared to deal with instances of bioterrorism. They urged the public > to be vigilant but not panic in the face of threats by bin Laden's > al-Qaida network of a second wave of attacks as the United States > undertakes a war against terrorism. > > With the country on edge over instances of anthrax found in several > letters sent to offices around the country, Health and Human Services > Secretary Tommy Thompson said, ``It certainly is an act of terrorism > to send anthrax through the mail.'' > > As for the possible source, Attorney General John Ashcroft said, ``We > should consider this potential that it is linked'' to bin Laden, the > suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. > ``It is premature at this time to decide whether there is a direct > link.'' > > Sohail Shaheen, a spokesman at the Taliban Embassy in Pakistan, said > he thinks the United States ``is doing a great mistake by focusing > only on Osama'' during the investigation into the anthrax exposure. > > As a result, U.S. officials, he said, ``have freed all other > terrorists organizations to do what they can do. ... America has many > enemies, open and secret. They should not focus only on Osama. ... > Then the real culprit will escape and there will be more incidents > like this under the name of Osama.'' > > Ashcroft rejected that explanation and took aim at the fresh round of > threats by bin Laden supporters, who warned of a new ``storm of > airplanes'' and advised Muslims in the United States and Britain to > avoid flying and to stay away from tall buildings. > > An al-Qaida spokesman also said the president; his father, former > President Bush; former President Clinton; British Prime Minister Tony > Blair and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would not escape > punishment for ``crimes'' against Muslims. > > ``We've been getting messages that are more propaganda than anything > else,'' said Ashcroft, who followed the Taliban representative on > NBC's ``Meet the Press.'' > > ``I don't think it's valuable for us to deal with propaganda. I don't > want to further their position or enhance their standing. I think the > American people can evaluate the credibility of it and evaluate it for > what it is.'' > > The FBI on Thursday said it had received information there might be > additional terrorist attacks inside the United States or abroad in the > coming days. > > ``To indicate there is a risk of terrorist attack is not the same that > there is going to be one,'' Ashcroft said. ``It is important for us to > learn that there are things we can do. We are a nation in a condition > of war. ... You're not going to bring America to a halt. ... It's a > preparedness, not a paralysis, not a panic.'' > > Thompson said on ``Fox News Sunday'' that ``there are a lot of people > in America that are afraid, and understandably so, because > bioterrorism has never hit America before, and people are afraid ... > of the unknown. They don't know about anthrax.'' > > He said the government is ``trying to make sure that we follow up on > credible information and make sure that we can give that information > to the public.'' > > Thompson said there are more than 2 millions doses to treat 2 million > people for 60 days for exposure to anthrax. > > The government has thousands of medical professionals on alert and > tons of medical supplies, ready to go where needed, to respond to > bioterrorism, Thompson said. He also said the administration will ask > Congress this week for $1 billion to increase the amount of purchases > for all those supplies ``just to make sure that Americans ... any > place in this world ... are going to be protected.'' > > President Bush was spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential > retreat outside Washington. He was meeting with aides in preparation > for his trip this week to China and receiving video conference updates > from top military and intelligence advisers. > > Secretary of State Colin Powell was flying to Pakistan and India on a > high-priority diplomatic mission aimed at keeping tensions between > those two nations from further complicating the U.S. anti-terror > campaign in neighboring Afghanistan. > -- Mayer Nudell, CSC Specialized Consulting Services Arlington, Virginia, USA +1-703-524-6833 || Fax: +1-703-524-7022 http://www.speconsult.com * * NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 <U.S.C.> Section 107, this material * is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a * prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and * educational purposes only. 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