A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack - Glenn Greenwald

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I've written many times before about how the anthrax attack played at least as large of a role as the 9/11 attack itself, if not larger, in creating the general climate of fear that prevailed for years in the U.S. and specifically how the anthrax episode was exploited by leading media and political figures to gin up intense hostility towards Iraq (a few others have argued the same). That's why it's so striking how we've collectively flushed this terrorist attack down the memory hole as though it doesn't exist. When Dana Perino boasted this week on Fox News that "we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term," most of the resulting derision focused on the 9/11 attack while ignoring -- as always -- the anthrax attack.
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  1. #1    "the anthrax attack played at least as large of a role as the 9/11 attack itself, if not larger, in creating the general climate of fear <snip> -- a lethal biological terrorist attack aimed at key U.S. Senators and media figures,"
    This was a concerted (and successful) effort by the Thugs to terrrorize Congress, to make them pliable, to shut off the rational minds and wake up the lizard-brains, the fight-or-flight responses.
    written by CwV since 74 days 47 minutesCwV
  2. #2    The question is who conspired the Anthrax ??
    written by makesenseofit since 73 days 23 hours 45 minutesmakesenseofit
  3. #3    Bravo for the Brits. Perhaps their questioning of the anthrax attack origins will open the door to questioning who blew up the World Trade Center. 9/11 is, after all, the foundation stone of the "forever war" policy created by the Murdock-led crowd that own the Republican party. "The world changed with 911..." and to change it back means facing the probability that 9/11 was a false-flag operation run by Dick, etal.
    written by AndySwamp since 73 days 23 hours 27 minutesAndySwamp
  4. #4    makesenseofit, JSOC.
    written by CwV since 73 days 23 hours 23 minutesCwV
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