THE bioterrorists have struck. After years of speculation and argument about
the threat, it is now clear that someone is sending anthrax through the post in
the US.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ went to press, four letters containing spores had
been opened in offices in Florida, New York City, Nevada and Washington DC, at
least a dozen people had been exposed to the bacteria, one man had died of
respiratory anthrax, another was being treated for it and a woman and a child
had skin infections.
The attacks have sent waves of panic across the US and beyond. Governments
worldwide are…
