"At this stage it is possible to turn to biological attack, where a small can,
not bigger than the size of the hand, can be used to release viruses that affect everything....
The viruses easily spread by air, and people are affected without feeling it."

- Uday Hussein, 9/20/01 (NOTE: The first Anthrax-laced letters were mailed on 9/18/01)
(That means Hussein's son wrote this before any news had come out about the Anthrax mailings in the U.S.)
(Noted in the Wall Street Journal, "Saddam and the Next 9/11", 2/14/03)

"I didn't think it possible that Osama sitting up there
in the mountains could do it....those who executed it were much more modern.
They knew the U.S., they knew aviation. I don't think he
has the intelligence or the minute planning. The planner was someone else."

- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf

"If Saddam's operatives manipulated simple-minded Islamic zealots to bomb the World Trade Center,
it is only prudent to assume his agents are capable of striking again."

- The Boston Globe, 1/18/95

Ramzi Yousef masterminded the World Trade Center bombing that occurred on February 26th, 1993 - the second anniversary of Kuwait's liberation from Iraqi occupation. His plan in '93 was to topple New York City's tallest tower onto its twin, but his plot that year did not succeed. In 1995, Phillipine authorities foiled a plot by Ramzi Yousef to blow up 11 U.S. jetliners over the Pacific Ocean and crash a plane laden with explosives into the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia (see related article). This so-called "Project Bojinka" ("bojinka" is a serb/croat term for "explosion") may have been an initial conception of the plot eventually hatched on 9/11 that actually did bring down the Twin Towers.

The discovery of the Project Bojinka plot led to Ramzi Yousef's apprehension and arrest in Pakistan in 1995. He was eventually sentenced to life plus 240 years for his terrorist activities. On September 11th, 1996 a New York judge convicted Ramzi Yousef and his cohorts Wali Khan Shah and Abdul Hakim Murad for their involvement in Project Bojinka airliner bombing plot. On November 12th, 1997, Ramzi Yousef was further convicted on murder and conspiracy charges for his role in the 1993 attempt to topple the trade center's two 110-story towers.

After Ramzi Yousef's convictions in federal district court in Manhattan in 1996, the State Department issued advisory warnings that "the potential exists for retaliation by Youssef's sympathizers against American interests" (see related article). Is it possible that this occurred five years later to the day: September 11th, 2001? (Notably, a similar State Department advisory was issued after Yousef's conviction on November 12th, 1997. It was on that same date last year when American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into New York City.)

As uncovered in Laurie Mylroie's book, "THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA - Saddam Hussein and the World Trade Center Attacks", Ramzi Yousef is most likely an Iraqi intelligence agent. The '93 World Trade Center bombing may very well have been an attempt by Saddam Hussein to exact revenge against America for Iraq's humiliating Gulf War defeat. There is reason to believe that Project Bojinka, which evolved into the September 11th attacks, was an extension of Ramzi Yousef's and Saddam Hussein's terrorist plotting against America.

That September 11th traces back to Ramzi Yousef can be surmised by a shadowy figure that is believed to have masterminded 9/11: Ramzi Yousef's uncle, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed). Khalid Mohammed was a key coconspirator with Ramzi Yousef in both the '93 World Trade Center bombing and the 1995 Project Bojinka terror plot. The FBI believes Mohammed was the operational mastermind behind 9/11 more so than Osama bin Laden and is currently offering a $25 million reward for information leading to his arrest, the same amount being offered for bin Laden (see related article). Did Khalid Mohammed avenge the arrest and imprisonment of his nephew by planning and executing the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11th of 2001, the five-year anniversary of Ramzi's conviction? What's more, are the three terrorist plots in 1993, 1995 and 2001 centered around Ramzi Yousef and his desire to destroy the Twin Towers the handiwork of Ramzi Yousef's puppetmaster, Saddam Hussein?

Given the importance of Ramzi Yousef and Iraq recent terrorist plots against America, clearly anyone connected to him and Iraq in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing should be carefully examined.

It appears that 'Waly Samar' worked integrally with Ramzi Yousef and associated Iraqi terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. As revealed in Laurie Mylroie's book, in the days immediately after the bombing almost all of the reporting calls to overseas operational planners (potentially Ramzi Yousef, who fled the country immediately after the bombing, and Khalid Mohammed who was overseas at that time), were apparently made by Samar from his dormitory room at Hunter College in New York City where he was then studying microbiology (see my article, "Is Waly Samar & Iraq Behind the Anthrax Mailings?").

When Waly Samar made his reporting calls from his dorm room in New York City, he charged them to the apartment of Abdul Rahman Yasin, an Iraqi who was eventually convicted in absentia for his involvement in the '93 bombing plot....in absentia because shortly after the World Trade attack Yasin fled the country for Baghdad, Iraq where he remains a fugitive to this day.

'Waly Samar' eventually got his Ph.D. in biology from Hunter College and has been teaching in New York City since then while residing in New Jersey, the state where the Anthrax mailings were sent from.

Interestingly, Kathy Nugyen, the Anthrax victim who had no traceable exposure to the Anthrax mailings, worked less than a 1000 feet from Hunter College and school laboratories Samar has had access to where it would be possible for a trained microbiologist to produce Anthrax (see related article).

Dr. Samar's focus of graduate research when at Hunter College and current research is Bacillus subtilis. This is noteworthy because Bacillus subtilis is used as a simulant for anthrax in biological weapons testing. Over a 5-day period in 1966, the U.S. army carried out a secret Anthrax attack simulation in New York City's subway system using Bacillus subtilis. In 1989, Iraq tested 150-litre fermenters it had acquired to produce Anthrax by initially producing batches of Bacillus subtilis for later use in bioweapon field trials.

Notably, in the year 2000, 'Waly Samar' applied for a position in the biology department at the University of Minnesota Crookston Campus. While he was offered a position there, apparently he did not take it as he continues to teach in New York City to this day. Samar's interest in this particular school is somewhat disturbing given that the University of Minnesota Crookston Campus is one of the nation's top schools for training in 'agricultural aviation', i.e., crop dusting. In fact, Zacarias Moussaoui, the alleged "20th hijacker" and only terrorist charged to-date for 9/11, inquired in depth at the Crookston Campus about getting courses and literature on crop dusting (see related article).

Given that Mohammed Atta, the lead 9/11 hijacker, sought a government loan to buy a commercial crop duster, there are clear warning signs of plans for future bioterrorism using crop dusters (see related article). This is most alarming given estimates that half a million or more casualties would result from an Anthrax attack using a crop duster (see related article). Since we already know terrorists in the U.S. have weaponized Anthrax, the potential for a crop duster bioterror attack should be at the top of concerns for those dealing with Homeland Security.

In 1998, Laurie Mylroie called upon the FBI to arrest 'Waly Samar' and his associates in order to prevent future acts of bioterrorism against the United States by Iraq (see related article). This failed to happen then and has not occurred to-date.

In light of the disturbing information concerning 'Waly Samar', and given that his whereabouts are known by U.S. law enforcement agencies, one can only hope that the FBI has examined him closely for potential involvement in the Anthrax mailings. What's more, given that Samar is such an obvious prospect for engaging in bioterrorism against America on behalf of Saddam Hussein, he should be closely monitored, if not apprehended, in order to prevent future terrorist acts in response to a new war against Iraq. If Samar and his cohorts are not kept in check or otherwise stopped, then the nation is likely being left vulnerable to bioterror that could cause millions of American casualties and bring our nation to its knees.

A Washington Post Expert's Pick on Terrorism and the Middle East

THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA

Saddam Hussein and the World Trade Center Attacks:
A Study of Revenge

(Previously Published as Study of Revenge)