[iwar] [fc:Anthrax.found.in.letter.sent.to.Kenya.from.U.S.]

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Date: 2001-10-18 08:54:35

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Anthrax found in letter sent to Kenya from U.S.

By Fiona O'Brien

NAIROBI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Kenya said on Thursday a letter sent to a
Nairobi businessman had tested positive for anthrax in the first such
case outside the United States since the September 11 suicide attacks. 

The letter was posted from Atlanta in the United States on September 8
and passed through Miami, Florida, Health Minister Sam Ongeri told a
press conference in the Kenyan capital. 

"On Wednesday, October 17 three suspected cases (of anthrax) were
reported to the ministry," Ongeri said.  "One of the samples tested
positive by stain and smear."

Four members of the businessman's family came into contact with the
infected letter.  When the businessman opened it, he found pieces of
cloth and white powder, Ongeri said. 

He added the family could only be treated once further tests had
ascertained the strain of anthrax involved. 

No further information was available about the man's identity or why he
might have been targeted, or about the health of his family. 

Two other suspect letters were being tested, Ongeri said, one of which
was delivered on Wednesday to the United Nations' communications and
public information office in Nairobi. 

A U.N.  spokesman described the envelope as brown, grubby and covered in
extensive handwriting.  A health ministry official said it had a
Pakistani stamp. 

The third letter sent for testing was received in the central Kenyan
town of Nyeri, having been sent from Nairobi.  Results of tests on the
letters were expected later on Thursday. 

EMERGENCY TASKFORCE

The Kenyan government said it had set up an emergency taskforce to deal
with the scare, which was due to meet on Thursday afternoon. 

Anthrax scares have mushroomed around the world over the past few days. 
In the United States, one man has died and more than 35 have been
exposed to the potentially deadly disease. 

The administration of U.S.  President George W.  Bush has not ruled out
the possibility the al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden, chief suspect
in the U.S.  attacks, is also behind the anthrax outbreak. 

The Kenyan government has firmly backed the United States in its
anti-terrorism campaign, but some radical Islamic groups in the region
are believed to have links with al Qaeda. 

The group is thought to have been behind devastating attacks on the U.S. 
embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998. 

A Tanzanian and a Saudi Arabian found guilty of participating in the
bombings are due to be sentenced in New York on Thursday.  Two others
will be sentenced for involvement. 

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