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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (4489)	2/21/2003 1:36:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 15987

The "biological stuff" that was provided by ATCC, a private, non-profit foundation, the premier source of biological samples in the world, to Iraq was cultures - in test tubes, or little glass vials. Harmless in the form in which it was provided. Researchers all over the world use such samples for testing new drugs, etc. I worked in a lab that kept anthrax samples for research when I was in college. To turn it into a weapon, you need to grow the culture in special media, process it in special ways, that require specialized labs with special equipment. I could set up a lab like that myself given enough money. But the way the story is told, you are invited to infer that the US government itself provided already weaponized biological weapons to Iraq for the express purpose of using against its enemies.