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The Home Front: On Being Alert.(war against terrorism)(Brief Article)
Once again, the bin Ladenite murderers have done us an unintentional favor. September 11 at least had the effect of showing that we were in a war, and who our enemies were. The anthrax scare has given us a dry run for biological assault.
Anthrax is low on the list of deadly diseases. It can be cured with antibiotics, and it is not contagious. The means used to spread the anthrax-letters to media outlets and Congress, and perhaps even the Capitol Hill ventilation system-were thus relatively small bore. The terrorists of September 11 were investigating crop-duster planes, which would have provided greater distribution. It is possible that some of the letters are the work of sickos and copycats-though Iraq's researches into anthrax and the fine grain of the most recent spores make Baghdad a likely supplier.
The federal government needs more vaccines available, not just for anthrax, but for smallpox, which has true plague potential. This must be a top priority for the director of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge. These days all his priorities are top. That ...
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