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To: U Up U Down who wrote (20808)11/28/2001 7:39:32 AM
From: U Up U Down  Respond to of 59480
 
Chilling Evidence in the Ruins of Kabul

Nov 22nd 2001 | KABUL
From The Economist print edition

Chilling Evidence in the Ruins of Kabul

AMERICAN officials increasingly believe the anthrax attacks since September 11th were not carried out by
people connected to al-Qaeda, but may have been the work of a lone American madman. To avert future attacks,
though, perhaps they should look harder.

They might start, for example, in a nondescript house in the wealthiest district of Kabul, where a Pakistani NGO
called Ummah Tameer-e-Nau (UTN) once had its offices. UTN's president is Bashiruddin Mahmood, one of
Pakistan's leading nuclear scientists and a specialist in plutonium technology. Last month Mr Mahmood was
arrested by the Pakistani authorities and interrogated on his links to the Taliban, with whom he has had frequent
contact for, he insists, humanitarian reasons. Mr Mahmood was released again soon afterwards. The Taliban has
denied any “abnormal” links between Mr Mahmood and Mr bin Laden, and he himself says he has never met the
man.
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