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To: RocketMan who wrote (6358)	10/19/2001 8:26:23 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

FWIW - Lucianne Goldberg reporting that people taking Cipro in Florida are having toxic shock reactions - I don't know how reliable she is but she was the literary agent who told Linda Tripp to tape Monica Lewinsky. She has some kind of gossip column now. lucianne.com

To: RocketMan who wrote (6358)	10/19/2001 9:31:05 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

RocketMan, I still don't know what the topic is supposed to be on this thread, excellent observation <g> The original plan was to discuss articles in each issue of Foreign Affairs. But since 9-11, pretty much any development in the War on Terrorism is fair game. The PA-Israeli conflict is OT because it is too hot to handle The more dirrect the link between the item and US Foreign Policy the better. The facts concerning the Anthrax outbreak are on topic. --fl

To: RocketMan who wrote (6358)	10/20/2001 9:07:19 AM
From: b-witch	Respond to of 281500

At least one other aspect of anthrax issue: 110 Women's Health Centers Receive Anthrax Threat (WOMENSENEWS) Anti-abortion protestors launched a germ-warfare campaign this week against facilities that offer women's health care. In an apparently coordinated mailing, 110 Planned Parenthood health facilitiesand abortion clinics received envelopes containing white powder. At least one tested positive for the bacteria. Planned Parenthood clinics offer a full range of reproductive health-care services, ranging from dispensing condoms to treating sexually transmitted diseases. The presence of anthrax in a letter sent to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Stuart, Fla., according to the Florida Times-Union, was confirmed by initial tests. However, the local police department said further tests were being conducted. The anthrax letter was one of approximately 110 envelopes and packages containing a white power and a letter stating that it was anthrax sent to abortion clinics and Planned Parenthood facilities nationwide, according to the FBI. Ninety Planned Parenthood centers nationwide reported receiving the letters containing powder, and 20 remaining packages were sent to independent abortion clinics, The Associated Press reported, quoting the FBI. Initial tests of a few samples did not reveal anthrax. Results of all tests have not been reported. The FBI said that the mailings appeared to be "a coordinated effort by a radical anti-abortion group to shut down abortion clinics across the nation." Vicki Saporta, executive director of the National Abortion Federation, told The AP that threats of biological terrorism are nothing new for abortion providers and clinics. "We've been dealing with domestic terrorism, in terms of biological agents, for more than 10 years," Saporta said, adding that since 1998 abortion clinics have received more than 80 anthrax threats. None of those anthrax threats was genuine and none of the perpetrators was caught. womensenews.org