Re: [iwar] [fc:ALERT:.Heroin:.Anthrax.contaminated(?]

From: Tony Bartoletti (azb@llnl.gov)
Date: 2001-10-15 17:01:06


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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:01:06 -0700
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Subject: Re: [iwar] [fc:ALERT:.Heroin:.Anthrax.contaminated(?]
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Aside from the preposterous notion that anthrax, no less smallpox, could 
survive the processing that heroin undergoes in the delivery to its end 
users ... think about the motives (or lack of motives) behind such a scheme.

It would be the "middle-men" who repackage (and often dilute) the product, 
long before it hit the streets, who would be the most likely casualties, 
serving mainly to disrupt and demolish the very drug trade that provides a 
wealth of hidden finance to the shady activities of the world.

Seems counterproductive from a terrorist point of view...

____tony____



At 07:01 AM 10/15/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Subject: ALERT: Heroin: Anthrax contaminated(?)
>
>THE CONTENT OF THIS ALERT IS UNCONFIRMED
>
>(REDACTED)
>"...heard from a friend who has spent some time in the vicinity of
>Afghanistan (he's a Pakistani Engineer) that the word is that some
>batches of heroin shipped out of Afghanistan are going to be
>contaminated with anthrax, or smallpox. This should be disseminated on
>the street, but probably will be completely ignored."(REDACTED)
>
>COMMENT: When contacted on Oct 14th, CDC stated, "...we are not in a position
>to comment on this..."
>
>One question is: can the anthrax spores or smallpox virus withstand the
>"cooking" necessary to either smoke or inject?
>
>What about the distribution network--touching, packaging, selling?
>
>What about law enforcement-searching, seizing, handling?

Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov>
Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94551-9900





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