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To: Ilaine who wrote (87313)	3/28/2003 3:31:38 PM
From: Lou Weed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

CobaltBlue....thank you for your reply. Your points are duly noted, however.... <<The administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush authorized the sale to Iraq of numerous items that had both military and civilian applications, including poisonous chemicals and deadly biological viruses, such as anthrax and bubonic plague.>> Bottom line.....we sold anthrax and bubonic plague to a "tyrannical despot". What do you think he's going to do with it?!?!?! Your explanation would be akin to a drug dealer selling dope to a kid 'cause the kid was doing a project on drugs and needed a sample for show and tell! <<A 1994 investigation by the Senate Banking Committee turned up dozens of biological agents shipped to Iraq during the mid-'80s under license from the Commerce Department, including various strains of anthrax, subsequently identified by the Pentagon as a key component of the Iraqi biological warfare program. The Commerce Department also approved the export of insecticides to Iraq, despite widespread suspicions that they were being used for chemical warfare.>> Look at it whatever way you want but the Pentagon even admitted that the anthrax strains we sold them were a key component of their biological warfare program. Do you really think that we were unaware of what would happen with the anthrax?!? We sold anthrax to a regime that was at war with Iran and was already using chemical weapons in the field. You can put whatever spin you want on it depending on which side of the fence you're sitting on with regards to the current situation however I think it's naive to believe that the chemicals and viruses we sold him were purely for educational research. MON.