Originally posted by wsnpr
And just how would they get enough anthrax into this country? How would they handle it? Would they be able to cover their tracks? How many agents would be stuffing envelopes? High probability that a few agents self-contaminate themselves. Who would they mail them to? The main suspect seems to be an employee (US citizen, caucasian, non-arab) of a biological facility. If any foreign 'enemy' of the United States was caught in a NBC attack against US citizens, on US soil, you can bet that country would probably be wiped out. All active military personnel have been given the anthrax vacine series, so they'll be unaffected by an anthrax attack.
Look at the 9-11 attacks. We attacked a country (Afghanistan) because it was weak and not our ally. We had to strike at someone. Why not Saudi Arabia? Most of the terrorists were from there. OOPS not them, they're our ally. Egypt? Nope, our ally too. Pakistan? Nope, our ally plus they've got nukes.
How many Afghanistan people were responsible for 9-11?
I think you are approaching the problem from the wrong end.
First you need to acknowledge the fact that there is a clear and present threat aimed at the US. If you feel a need to argue over various methods of terrorist attacks we can do that to, but that is generally very futile and pointless, since the terrorists have proven to be pretty imaginative.
But ok, how would Saddam get enough anthrax into the US, how would he deploy it, and would it be possible to cover his tracks afterwards (I hope you are aware of the fact that there are literary thousands of ways to perform such an attack). How's this then.
D-70
An Iraqi agent buys 10 000 envelopes in various stores in a couple of different cities in the US. These envelopes are then sent to Italy, from there they are sent to Beirut, from Beirut to Damascus, from Damascus to Iraq.
D-50
The letters arrive to Iraq where they are taken to Bio-lab #4. At Bio-lab #4 each envelope is filled with weapons grade anthrax, and sealed. Each letter is put in a plastic bag, all these plastic bags with letters are put in empty Siemens marked cardboard boxes, these are put in a container and put on a truck.
D-45
The truck arrives in Beirut after having driven through Syria. The container is loaded on a Portuguese freighter.
D-30
The Portuguese freighter arrives in Amsterdam. The container is moved to another ship, this time it is a Canadian freighter. The container is painted in the standard P&O colors, documentation is manufactured that shows that the container is filled with computer equipment from Siemens in Germany, and that it is on its way to Chicago. The Canadian ship leaves port and sets course for Boston.
D-7
The freighter arrives in Boston. The container is moved from the ship to a truck.
Al Queida sleeper cell #14 is activated in Kutztown, NY.
D-6
The truck arrives in Kutztown, NY where sleeper cell #14 takes care of the cargo. The driver of the truck continues towards Chicago.
D-5
The truck driver arranges a spectacular car crash, driving his truck off a bridge. Sleeper cell #14 is busy writing addresses on 10 000 envelopes. They are wearing bio-suits while doing this.
D-2
Sleeper cell #14 has finished writing addresses. The envelopes are put in plastic bags and loaded into 4 cars. The 4 members of sleeper cell #14 gets in 4 different cars, and heads off in different directions. They leave a incendiary bomb behind in the old wooden house they have been renting the last 7 year.
D-1
The incendiary device goes off, causing the house to go up in a blaze, removing all anthrax remains from the building.
D
Sleeper #1 mails 2500 envelopes in batches of 5 in 500 post boxes as he is driving from Los Angeles to San Diego.
Sleeper #2 mails 2500 envelopes in batches of 5 in 500 post boxes from New York to Boston.
Sleeper #3 mails 2500 envelopes in batches of 5 in 500 post boxes from Miami to Orlando.
Sleeper #4 mails 2500 envelopes in batches of 5 in 500 post boxes from Dallas to Austin.
After they have finished, they are all contaminated, so each one straps on an explosive belt, walks into the nearest gas station and blows himself up together with some unfortunate customers.
All the letters are addressed to the homes of normal people all across the US.
No, a couple of questions.
When the first anthrax cases are discovered a couple of days later...who do you nuke and why? Where is the paper trail leading back to Iraq? If you did an analysis of the anthrax, it would show that it was manufactured in Chernoblinsk Bio weapons facility in the Soviet Union in 1954.
What would the consequences be if the Iraqis used smallpox instead of anthrax?
