Expert Warns Coded Pictures Indicate Al Qaeda Planning Major Biological Attack

[Jon Beets]

I disagree on a few of his interpretations.. I actually see 3 smoking towers
when he claims only two and that they represent the WTC towers.. He then
also claims one of the images represents the pentagon but I don't see
anything there that does.. However I do see bldgs that represent other
government facilties. The man on the horse does not really resemble a pilot
at all to me nor do I believe that the painter meant it to be.. I do believe
the painting depicts america and the smoke stacks representing either
industry or just maybe even our image as the great polluter.

These items, among others in his article, gives me great doubt that the
entire piece has any real merit at all..

Jon Beets

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Subject: Expert Warns Coded Pictures Indicate Al Qaeda Planning Major
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> DefenseWatch (SFTT.org)
> October 17, 2001
>
> Expert Warns Al Qaeda Planning Major Biological Attack
>
> By Ed Offley
>
> It is becoming clearer by the day that a month after the Sept. 11 aircraft
> hijackings, a biological warfare attack is being launched against the
United
> States by as-yet unknown terrorists. The discovery of anthrax in letters
mailed
> to the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, NBC and ABC,
following an
> initial exposure at American Media International in Florida, betrays a
cunning
> and carefully organized intent-- particularly with the discovery that the
> anthrax mailed to Daschles office has been found to be "weapons grade"
> material that could indeed kill hundreds if not thousands of people if
released
> in a significant airborne plume.
>
> Is this new phase terrorism merely a crude and ineffective ploy, or the
> harbinger of even more serious danger to the nation? Nuclear physicist
Robert
> Koontz, who has researched and tracked the al Qaeda terrorist network for
> several years, is warning that he has discovered evidence on the Internet
that
> Osama bin Laden may be planning a much larger biological warfare
campaign--
> using more than one form of germ agent-- and is using "coded"
illustrations to
> signal and direct additional sleeper agents purportedly already armed with
> biological weapons.
>
> Dr. Koontz has posted the coded paintings and other evidence at the
following
> website:
>
> http://www.bringmenews.com/Messages/National_Security/Alerts/Alert_003.htm
>
> Dr. Koontz revealed this disturbing information in an interview with
> DefenseWatch, on Tuesday after what he described as a frustrating
inability to
> persuade federal officials to take the information seriously. The
interview
> transcript is reproduced in full below.
>
> Interview with Dr. Robert Koontz
>
> DefenseWatch: How did you first become aware of the art?
>
> Let me begin by saying that I was following cyber-tracks of Ahmed
Alghamdi, one
> of the lesser known terrorists aboard flight No. 175 that crashed into the
> South Tower of the World Trade Center.
>
> In doing this detective work, I came across Alghamdis name posted on a
fan
> club that was started by a Bahraini pilot. So, I found the name Ahmed
Alghamdi,
> I found an e-mail address for Alghamdi, and I found the names and web
sites of
> numerous other people, many of whom had names of Middle Eastern origin.
But
> that in itself was not surprising given that the web site is a fan club
for a
> Middle Eastern singer.
>
> Nevertheless, my initial (intuitive) reaction was that I might have come
across
> an al Qaeda communications node, and I now know that to be at least partly
true.
> Having decided that I might have come across an al Qaeda communications
node, I
> began looking at the web sites of all those who had posted their URLs on
the
> fan club web site. After carefully looking at a few of the posted web
sites, I
> noted that a man by the name of Muzaffar Wandawi identified himself as an
Iraqi
> living in Amsterdam. The fact that he stated that he is an Iraqi drew my
> immediate attention, for it is well known that there is possible Iraqi
> involvement in the terrorist attack of Sept. 11. But that was not taken to
be
> anything more than circumstantial.
>
> DefenseWatch: Please describe how you became suspicious that the images
> themselves might be the messages/instructions.
>
> When examining this mans art, I found it to be disturbing, but I did not
at
> first think that it was suspicious--until I came upon the picture
> labeled "Downfall." In that picture, Wandawi clearly showed two towers
burning,
> and there appeared to be a picture of the smoking Pentagon just to the
right of
> that image. Then there was a man riding on what appeared to be an Arabian
> horse, and the man appeared to be dressed like a pilot, without his jacket
on.
> The haircut of the rider of the horse was also in the manner of a pilot.
The
> painting was dated 1988, which seemed to be rather early. But I have since
> concluded that the painting might have been done in 1998.
>
> In all events, I grew very suspicious of what I saw, for it is essentially
> impossible for someone to create such a constellation of images of a
terrorist
> event in the future-- without having intimate knowledge of the attack
plans. Then I set about filtering the data and came across an image of the
White House
> that was buried under some mild clouding. Next, with the filtering, I
could see that the burning tower actually represented a large building that
was
> burning in almost exactly the way that the buildings burned at the World
Trade
> Center. At this time I was convinced that the artist was an Iraqi
intelligence
> agent or an agent of al Qaeda.
>
> Later, I discovered more images that were clearly targeting information of
a
> specific nature. I have not published those yet; an expert in this type of
> cryptography is working on the problem at this very time.
>
> DefenseWatch: One of the illustrations shows Osama bin Laden next to a
cartoon
> character from Sesame Street. What significance does that image have?
>
> The Sesame Street character that has appeared in a huge poster with Osama
bin
> Laden is significant in that it is yellow and has a mask-like quality. And
one
> can be certain that it was not placed on that huge poster by accident, as
some people have stupidly suggested. It is a signal.
>
> Since it is my assertion that the al Qaeda group is using yellow as a
symbol in
> association with biological weapons, which it has done elsewhere, I
conclude
> that the yellow Sesame Street character in the poster represents a signal
that
> relates to biological weapons. And, as one can clearly see, we are under a
> biological attack at this very moment. But it is my opinion that the
biological
> attack that is happening now is "baby stuff."
>
> DefenseWatch: What federal authorities or agencies have you attempted to
> contact to warn of the potential threat from the art? Please describe the
> reaction or lack of reaction to date. Do other private experts share your
> assessment or is there disagreement?
>
> I have attempted to communicate to the FBI on two occasions, sending
e-mail to
> four of their offices. There has been no reply, even though I am warning
that
> al Qaeda is planning an apocalyptic germ warfare attack.
>
> I am waiting to hear from other experts.
>
> DefenseWatch: How widespread is public awareness of this?
>
> I have principally limited this information to Col. David Hackworth and
certain
> other trusted individuals. But I am beginning to release information to
members
> of the news media, by virtue of the fact that I feel that the FBI is not
going
> to take this seriously. It took them seven days to understand that we are
under
> an anthrax attack. And about 8,000 FBI computers are more than eight years
old. Not every FBI office can even surf the Web. They are in the Dark Ages.
>
>
> Regarding the certainty of the information, I can say with 100 percent
> certainty that Muzaffar Wandawi had prior knowledge of the terrorist
attack on
> Sept. 11, and I can say with 100 percent certainty that he is intimately
> involved with other planned acts of terrorism against the United States.
These
> include a planned attack on one of the most vital communications centers
that
> America has; an attack on the Main Building of the National Security
Agency [at
> Fort Meade, Md.]--inside of which is situated a communications center that
> handles everything from presidential orders relating to use of nuclear
weapons to some CIA and State Department traffic. It appears that perhaps 12
private
> planes would attack the NSA main building when a certain signal is given.
I
> know what that signal is, and I know what conditions of defense alert we
will
> be in when the signal is given.
>
> Let me conclude by saying that the evidence I have posted at my web site
indicates that al Qaeda  in association with Iraqi intelligence  plans a
biological attack that they hope will kill millions. I assume that this will
occur with the use of exotic diseases, such as Ebola, but also smallpox and
everything one could possibly find in a Russian bacteriological warfare
laboratory. The information that I have indicates that the Russian mafia has
sold these kind of bacteriological materials to bin Laden.
>
> So, just as there was a group of 19 hijackers on Sept. 11, I assert that
there is a group of maybe 20 germ warfare agents who will release the
aforementioned types of diseases in the very near future, hoping to create
epidemics that will kill millions. That is what the encrypted images at
Wandawis web site suggest to me.
>
> I urge that people go to the web page where I have placed this evidence
and
> examine the materials for themselves. The URL is:
>
> http://www.bringmenews.com/Messages/National_Security/Alerts/Alert_003.htm
>
> People would also be well advised to visit my national security message
board
> that now has about 350 important postings. You can get to the message
board through the following URL: http://www.BringMeNews.com/
>
> Robert Koontz is an experimental nuclear physicist who earned his Ph.D. in
1980
> at the University of Maryland. His specialties are experimental nuclear
> physics and high-energy physics, but he is also an expert in certain areas
of
> electronics, computer systems, software development and matters relating
to
> electronic intelligence gathering. Koontz has been a Staff Scientist at
the
> Department of Energys Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, a Professor of
Physics at
> the University of South Dakota, and formerly was an instructor at the
National
> Security Agency.He lives in Pennsylvania.
>
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