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Heathen Neo-Pagans Behind Anthrax
Some Suggest Thuleans, "Third Position" Groups Being Eyed
11/2/01 10:48:27 AM
New York Post
New York, NY -- PRE-9/11 ‘TERRORIST' MAIL CAME FROM INDY
By MURRAY WEISS
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November 1, 2001 -- EXCLUSIVE
Threatening letters mailed to the media before the World Trade Center
attacks -
bearing striking similarities to the current anthrax-tainted letters -
were
mailed from Indianapolis, where the deadly bacteria was discovered
yesterday,
The Post has learned.
The pre-Sept. 11 letters were addressed in block letters that virtually
match
the lettering on the anthrax-laced missives sent to Sen. Thomas Daschle,
the
New York Post and NBC, law-enforcement sources said.
One source allowed The Post to see copies of envelopes from several of the
earlier letters.
Each line of the printed address clearly sloped downward to the right and
the
handwriting eerily resembled that on the anthrax letters.
Federal investigators checked the return addresses on the letters, the
sources
said, but none of them was real.
The return address on one letter - addressed to Fox News Channel's Bill
O'Reilly - listed the name of Sean Hannity, another FNC personality.
Despite the obvious twisted humor, that letter and about 15 more now are a
major focus of the far-flung federal probe, the sources say.
The similarities between the pre-Sept. 11 and post-Twin Tower disaster
letters
has further fueled a theory at the FBI and Justice Department that the
anthrax
scare is the work of a twisted home-grown menace rather than a terrorist
linked
to state-sponsored action or Osama bin Laden.
Source say investigators are eyeing a number of groups, including radical
members of a pagan cult.
The Wiccan group fashions itself as modern-day witches seeking religious
freedom, but they are not known to be violent.
Investigators are probing whether a disturbed member of the group may have
taken a bizarre turn and is targeting the media and the government in
particular.
Indiana officials yesterday said that it was a coincidence they tested
for -
and found - traces of anthrax in a facility that repairs parts from
sorting
machines used by the U.S. Postal Service.
Inspectors initially started testing for the deadly bacteria in another
repair
facility, in Topeka, Kan., after several workers experienced flu-like
symptoms,
said Darla Stafford, spokeswoman for the Greater Indianapolis post office.
She said inspectors then tested in Indianapolis as a precaution because
parts
from an anthrax-affected post office in Washington, D.C. were recently
repaired
there.
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> The similarities between the pre-Sept. 11 and post-Twin Tower disaster
> letters has further fueled a theory at the FBI and Justice Department
> that the anthrax scare is the work of a twisted home-grown menace rather
> than a terrorist linked to state-sponsored action or Osama bin Laden.
> Source say investigators are eyeing a number of groups, including radical
> members of a pagan cult. The Wiccan group fashions itself as modern- day
> witches seeking religious freedom, but they are not known to be violent.
This type of hype reportage is becoming the height of
irresponsibility. Perhaps the recent Hallowe'en holiday is the cause of
the hysteria in Mr. Murray Weiss' enfeebled and tubular mind.
To single out one group -- whether Wiccans or Presbyterians or anyone else -- and subject them to trial by press without being able to establish a firm concrete linkage between any tainted mail is reminiscent of the post-ReichStag era (although much more than just Mr. Murray Weiss' exercise in an attempt to essay new usage of his newly befound and befuddled vocabularies is reminiscent of that era).
Wiccans have enjoyed religious freedom for many years now, even to
the extent of inclusion in the Armed Forces chaplains' manual for
religious rites. Although it may be a minority compared to the
Constantinian Xtians, it still has the protections of the
Constitution and should not be made -- in any way -- a scapegoat for
any 21st Century Shoah based on incomplete, sketchy, superficial,
glossed-over, religiositised reportage bias.
A<>E<>R
Red River of the North
>>>Now here's an opportunity for one NY Post reporter to demonstrate his wizened knowledge of history. Wonder why there are complaints about the press and about *who* controls it? In this case, the NY Post has to have a scapegoat around the neck of which they can hang the clamourous tin-can bells ... there again "scapegoating" is an expected practice as various religiositising groups will no doubt endeavor to connect those believed to be worshippers some godly Goat. There is an even more sinister connexion to Middle Eastern dualistic spiritual atavism,
> Main Entry: 1scape.goat
> Pronunciation: 'skAp-"gOt
> Function: noun
> Etymology: [^1]scape; intended as translation of Hebrew `azAzEl
> (probably name of a demon), as if `Ez 'OzEl goat that
> departs--Leviticus 16:8 (AV) Date: 1530 1 : a goat upon whose head are
> symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into
> the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur 2 a : one that
> bears the blame for others b : one that is the object of irrational
> hostility
> http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi
NB: YK was on 9-27-01
Amazing how people seek and manipulate the means of deflection, and lead themsleves and others into the wilderness devoid of knowledge. Hannity and O'Reilly ... hmmm.
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