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Originally posted by Ryanamur:
Didn't they arrested 2 white American with regards to a few envelopes.
Regardless if they did or not, it just doesn't sounds right. Think about it. Bin Ladden as always used high key targets: the Embassies, the USS Cole, the WTC, the Pentagon and I'm sure I miss some.
Now, we have small case here and there but they are all low key (except for the House of Representatives). Some of them hoaxes, some of them legit, with the Anthrax traced back to US factories.
NO, it's just not his signature. It's not big enough. If he would have targeted the livestock, that would have been BIG. But a news anchor here, someone working with media there, an low key elected representative. It doesn't compute. It's terrorists activity allright, there's no doubt about that. But I doubt that it's Al-Queda.
Yes, by local I mean an American group. Think Timothy McVeigh. Now, the stage is set for them to make a statement to and get away with it because all the attention is set on Bin Ladden. It almost worked for the Oklahoma City bombing... they could get away with it now 
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I'm not aware of the arrest of 2 caucasian males, but I don't doubt it. I don't doubt that there are white, black, yellow, and green American's on Osama's payroll. By the way, caucasians aren't exclusive to America, you have some in Canada don't you?
The Anthrax targets aren't high profile enough? Are you kidding? The US Postal Service delivering disease to American's front doors! People afraid to open their mail? The people we see in our homes everyday on television attacked! Anthrax being delivered to Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw and all the media agencies we know by name, people we often actually feel we know, not high profile enough? How can you say that? (Weird that Peter Jennings, a Canadian, didn't get any special mail
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Are you really serious with that argument? Terrorism has now been brought into the home of every American without a single suicide bomber. With only one death from Anthrax and less than a dozen cases, this is more effective means of terrorism, per person, than the WTC, et al.
Terrorism's desire is to inflict terror on the target. This is almost always done with death and destruction. But it doesn't have to be. This Anthrax attack is a great way of inflicting terror with a low body count. Let's call it Terrorism-Lite. Works great! Less killing! No, IT WORKS GREAT! NO, IT'S LESS KILLING!
It could be that American's are involved, or behind this, but the fact that you would prefer to look to this so readily, thinking it more likely than involvement by Osama, is just another reason I don't think your argument makes much sense. Basing this on your knowledge of Osama and his techniques is nothing more than guessing. It's ok to have an opinion, but to bring it up with reference to Timothy McVeigh and Columbine (I've avoided responding to that earlier post where you mentioned it) seems mean spirited. Pure and simple, you're guessing. To do so at the expense of American's is, at best, unkind.
You know as much about Osama Bin Laden as I do, and we both get our information from the same source, the media. You don't know about his overall operation anymore than I do, because only the big stuff makes the news. To say this doesn't fit his profile would mean you were familiar enough with the suspect and his operating procedures to make an assessment, and I don't think that's the case.
As to your Timothy McVeigh comment, yes he was an American, yes he killed innocent Americans, yes he was a terrorist, and yes he was punished. Osama and his terrorist deserves no less punishment, and I hope it doesn't take as long to kill him.
Finally, if it ends up being American's behind the Anthrax attacks they should hang them from the same tree limb as Osama.
I'll tie the knots.
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"The Martyr" (excerpt)
There is sobbing of the strong,
And a pall upon the land;
But the People in their weeping
Bare the iron hand:
Beware the People weeping
When they bare the iron hand.
--Herman Melville (written after the assasination of President Abraham Lincoln)
[This message has been edited by Ronn_Bman (edited 10-21-2001).]