Saturday, November 04, 2006

Suspect and A Setback In Al-Qaeda Anthrax Case / Washington Post, 31 Oct 2006

http://digbig.com/4nqmk
Joby Warrick
"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."