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| Suspect and A Setback In Al-Qaeda Anthrax Case - Pak Scientist goes free |
| 2006-11-03 |
| In December 2001, as the investigation into the U.S. anthrax attacks was gathering steam, coalition soldiers in Afghanistan uncovered what appeared to be an important clue: a trail of documents chronicling an attempt by al-Qaeda to create its own anthrax weapon. The documents told of a singular mission by a scientist named Abdur Rauf, an obscure, middle-aged Pakistani with alleged al-Qaeda sympathies and an advanced degree in microbiology. Using his membership in a prestigious scientific organization to gain access, Rauf traveled through Europe on a quest, officials say, to obtain both anthrax spores and the equipment needed to turn them into highly lethal biological weapons. He reported directly to al-Qaeda's No. 2 commander, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and in one document he appeared to signal a breakthrough. "I successfully achieved the targets," he wrote cryptically to Zawahiri in a note in 1999. |
| Posted by:john |
| #3 But officially he remains free, and Pakistan now says it has no grounds for arrest. Yet one more example of Pakistani unhelpfulness. When will they become sufficiently unhelpful whereby we decide to help their whole rotten shithouse of a government come apart at the seams? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-03 14:33 |
| #2 ISI man? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-11-03 08:52 |
| #1 just locate him and kill him |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-03 08:14 |