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Zimbabwean Govt Suspects MDC of Linking to Anthrax ====================================== Xinhuanet 2002-01-10 06:01:02 HARARE, January 9 (Xinhuanet) -- The Zimbabwean government has reasonable grounds to suspect the link of the country's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to anthrax mail as those who were responsible for the making of the virus during the Ian Smith regime are still working with the opposition party. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa told parliament on Wednesday that biological weapons were created at the peak of the war of independence to eliminate freedom fighters in the 1970s. He pointed out that "the people in the Ian Smith regime responsible for creating the virus are still working with the MDC". He said his government had retained biological weapons soon after the independence, alleging that it was using them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo war. Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo also said on Tuesday that the suspected anthrax attacks were part of terrorist activities perpetrated by the MDC and its white founders who were bitter about the land reform program. A letter suspected to be laced with anthrax was detected at the Causeway Post Office last weekend and a team of experts was dispatched to investigate the issue in which one worker was hospitalized and several others treated for symptoms like itchy skin and watery eyes. It was reported that the letter, which was posted from Kwekwe in the Midlands, was addressed to a senior government official. Enditem ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
