Saddam's anthrax of the 80s is traced back to U.S. sample

Ian_rd

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Tue Aug-09-05 01:51 PM
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Saddam's anthrax of the 80s is traced back to U.S. sample

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A BRITISH cow that died in an Oxfordshire field in 1937 has emerged as the source of Saddam Hussain�s �weapons of mass destruction� programme that led to the Iraq war.

An ear from the cow was sent to an English laboratory, where scientists discovered anthrax spores that were later used in secret biological warfare tests by Winston Churchill.

The culture was sent to the United States, which exported samples to Iraq during Saddam�s war against Iran in the 1980s. Inspectors have found that this batch of anthrax was the dictator�s choice in his attempts to create biological weapons.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1726745,00.html

So that's what Rumsfeld was palming when he shook Saddam's hand!

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eleny

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Tue Aug-09-05 01:53 PM
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1. What a sick daisy chain of horror

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blm

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Tue Aug-09-05 01:55 PM
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2. Alot of US media missed the boat when they failed to connect IranContra,

Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 01:56 PM by blm

BCCI, and Iraqgate to Bush's current warmongering policies.

RIP Henry Gonzalez, and re-open those files, John Kerry....don't listen to Bill Clinton.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Tue Aug-09-05 01:56 PM
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3. The USA has a lot of real sweethearts who had no problem supplying

Saddam with shit like that, or anything else the bastard wanted. It was called the "reagan administration"

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