Bioterrorism anthrax, weaponizing

Step in this direction was the first nse of anthrax. Thongh initially limited by the need of large doses, it became the weapon of choice becanse it is easily transferred, has a high mortality rate, and can be easily obtained. Moreover, variants of the anthrax bacterinm can be found all around the world making it the biological weapon of choice in the early nineteenth century. Another property of anthrax that favored its use is its poor ability to spread much past the initial target population (see also Section Modem Bioterrorism Events below). 

This terror organization has been, and still is, the most significant one worldwide, in terms of bioterrorism, especially that it was involved, most probably, in the Sept. 2001 anthrax letter attack. In the mid-1990s, while being sheltered in Sudan, its head, Osama bin Laden, financed, in part, the construction of BW (and CW) facilities in Sudan. Later on, members of al-Qaeda were apparently trained in Iraq (by its intelligence apparatus) for BW (and other nonconventional weapons) employment. In 1998, relationship with Iraqi intelligence was established, so as to obtain... 

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