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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (6735)	10/9/2001 12:16:49 PM
From: Fast Eddie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

Possible Terrorist Attack Just About Sex? Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001 10:07 a.m. EDT Mideast madman Osama bin Laden may have been so enraged when the supermarket tabloid Globe magazine reported on his failed attempts to woo an American woman that he targeted Globe headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., with an anthrax attack, the Washington Post speculated Tuesday morning. "The Globe and the National Enquirer ... have been exceptionally tough on bin Laden," the paper noted. Citing the latest Globe report that called bin Laden "a shameful hypocrite, condoning gang-rape, drinking and carousing by his military captains," the Post observed: "The Oct. 2 issue of the Globe was more incendiary. In a story headlined 'The Face of Evil,' a former CIA agent was quoted as saying bin Laden's rage toward Americans is rooted in being ridiculed by an American woman years ago for having underdeveloped sexual organs." The Globe shares offices with its American Media sister publications the National Enquirer, the National Examiner and the Sun. Sun employee Bob Stevens died Friday after being poisoned by anthrax. Stevens' American Media co-worker Ernesto Blanco tested positive for anthrax exposure on Monday. The FBI is currently investigating the anthrax outbreak as a possible terrorist attack, with Florida public health officials urging all 300 employees at AM's Boca Raton headquarters to get anthrax tests. American Media Chairman David Pecker said he doubts the theory that terrorists singled out his company because of the Globe's coverage of bin Laden, telling the Post, "Our investigating is nothing different than the mainstream." Before invoking the Globe reports, the Post said that there was "no evidence linking the anthrax outbreak to that coverage." newsmax.com