Anthrax again???

[wx247]

Here is an article from the AP:

Authorities in New Jersey, where at least five anthrax-laden letters were mailed in 2001, closed another post office after white powder fell from a package containing a threatening letter.

An initial test was negative for anthrax, but a secondary test was inconclusive, Postal Service spokesman Tony Esposito said. He said one employee came in contact with the powder but didn't appear to have symptoms.

The post office was closed Saturday as a precaution, pending tests by the state health department.

The substance was discovered Friday night when a postmark machine stamped a padded envelope addressed to an eastern Pennsylvania residence and the powder spilled out, Esposito told The Star-Ledger of Newark. He wouldn't say what town the letter was destined for.

The substance was discovered Friday night when a postmark machine stamped a padded envelope addressed to an eastern Pennsylvania residence and the powder spilled out, Esposito told The Star-Ledger of Newark. He wouldn't say what town the letter was destined for.

Garrett :o

[southerngale]

Hopefully it's just a hoax and then we punish them like it's not!

[JQ Public]

A wife of a victim of the anthrax letters in 2001 is suing a maryland base b/c her husband died after being infected with anthrax!

Widow of Florida anthrax victim files $50 million claim:
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- The widow of a man killed by inhalation anthrax has filed a $50 million wrongful-death claim with the government, alleging lax security at a Maryland Army base allowed the theft of the deadly strain.

Robert Stevens, a photo editor in a building owned by American Media Inc., publisher of six supermarket tabloids, including The National Enquirer and Globe, died October 5, 2001, after apparently becoming infected from a tainted letter.

Stevens' death was the first known U.S. death from the inhaled form of the disease since 1976 -- and the first of five people to die nationwide in anthrax attacks in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. No one has been arrested.

Maureen Stevens wants to get more information about her husband's death -- including a copy of his autopsy report -- and is pursuing a financial settlement, her attorney, Richard Schuler, said Friday.

"There have been no arrests. There's been no information given to her, no indication that the investigation is progressing," Schuler said.

Schuler said he sent the claim to the Defense Department and the Army. If the government denies the claim, he has six months to file a lawsuit.

The claim outlines a theory that Stevens was killed by the anthrax that came from a security breach at Fort Dietrick in Maryland, which houses the Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

The lab develops vaccines and drugs to protect service members from biological warfare agents.

Army spokesman Chuck Dasey declined to comment on the claim.

Schuler did not return a phone message left with his office answering service late Friday.

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

We had a woman in her mid 50s here prosecuted and sent to prison for Anthrax hoaxing here in 2001...in October....good for her...I hope she rots in there...that is nothing to play arund with in the minds of people in our communities.

[Stormsfury]

With myself being a postal worker, and the mail I sorted today was letters and flats ... geez!...Just when I thought I had enough stress in my life right now ... this is all that I need ...

Thus truely a shame with COWARDS staging attacks such as these.