Judeofascists' next anthrax letter... is for the White House:
Saturday, April 19, 2003 Nisan 17, 5763
Senators, Congressmen put pro-Israel stance in writing
By Nathan Guttman
WASHINGTON - While the U.S. administration is receiving Israel's and the Palestinians' comments on the road map for peace in the Middle East first hand, Capitol Hill is also witnessing persuasive efforts among members of Congress.
For the past two weeks, a letter initiated by supporters of Israel and explicitly calling on the administration not to make demands of Israel in the framework of the road map has been doing the rounds among members of both houses of Congress.
The letter, already bearing the signatures of 75 senators and 250 members of the House of Representatives, will be sent to President George W. Bush in the coming weeks, as soon as the administration's intentions vis-a-vis the peace plan are made clear.
Such letters have no binding validity, but in light of the fact that the initiators of this one have managed to collect the signatures of so many members of Congress, the document has become politically significant and, as such, has an effect on the administration too.
While the letter has been making its rounds, a more official process has also been kicked off: Last week, Senator Richard Lugar (Republican from Indiana) added an amendment to the State Department Authorization Bill that would anchor in legislation demands of the Palestinians prior to U.S. recognition of an independent Palestinian state.
The amendment includes the following demands: A promise that the Palestinian Authority will not be tainted by terror; a call for the Palestinians to demonstrate an ongoing and active commitment to the war against terror; dismantling of the terrorist infrastructure; collection of illegal arms; and the establishment of a security mechanism that will cooperate with the Israeli defense establishment.
Although Lugar's move is a legislative step, it, too, has no practical significance. The Authorization Bill deals only with the principles of the State Department budget and cannot prevent the transfer of funds, as this issue is governed by the Allocations Bill.
An additional stage in the action on Capitol Hill against the road map could come in the next few weeks, in the framework of direct legislation that will stipulate non-recognition of an independent Palestinian state without it first meeting a series of conditions or, alternatively, legislation that will be tied to the Budget Bill and hence be of a more binding nature.
The purpose of the activities in Congress is to signal that the legislature is not happy with the administration's steps, believing that they are making too many demands of Israel.
haaretzdaily.com
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Tests point to domestic source behind anthrax letter attacks
Army reproductions hurt theories of foreign culprit
By Scott Shane
Sun Staff
Originally published April 11, 2003
Army scientists have reproduced the anthrax powder used in the 2001 mail attacks and concluded that it was made using simple methods, inexpensive equipment and limited expertise, according to government sources familiar with the work.
The findings reinforce the theory that has guided the FBI's 18-month-old investigation - that the mailed anthrax was probably produced by renegade scientists and not a military program such as Iraq's.
"It tends to support the idea that the anthrax came from a domestic source and probably not a state program," said David Siegrist, a bioterrorism expert at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. "It shows you can have a fairly sophisticated product with fairly rudimentary methods."
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