5.11.2003
Dear Editor,
The more that I learn about the Saudi BinLadin Group the more concerned I become. The company, which is a conglomerate formed from the leftovers of the original Bin Ladin fortune, has offices and companies all around the world. Notably a freight forwarding company in Toronto and business offices in Hong Kong. They also have an office in the Amgen Building in California. Amgen is reportedly the world&s largest indpendent pharmaceutical company. The company uses recombinant DNA technology using an E. coli bacterial expression system to manufacture some of its products. That procedure could produce a creature like the mutating virus that is causing SARS.It looks to me like we don&t have to look for the means for terrorists to make biological weapons in the deserts of Iraq 8211; it seems like if they want to they can make them right under our noses and ship them wherever they please.The US is spending a great deal of money on protecting our ports and inspecting ships. Canada is not. Each day the municipal waste of Toronto is trucked into Michigan. The trucks are given a cursory look 8211; sometimes. I read that the Saudi BinLadin Group has hired a British public relations agency to help them clean up their public image. I read that they sent out a press release about having no connection with Osama Bin Ladin. In my opinion believing that would be like believing Enron, MCI or Tyco on matters of finance.Saudi BinLadin Group also has the largest collection of mining and tunnelling equipment in the world. I think it would be of interest to find out what is at the bottom of the 9 granite quarries they operate in Saudi Arabia.They claim to have no direction connection to Islam 8211; being a private corporation 8211; however, they built what is supposed to be the largest mosque in the world 8211; it can hold up to 1 million worshippers.So there you have it 8211; Saudi BinLadin Group doing business as usual, the United States invading Iraq to make a point to customers of western weapons never to turn them on the salesman and Osama nowhere to be seen.I think it&s time for some answers 8211; just as soon as those responsible can get up enough nerve to ask the questions.If you want a thrill visit their website at: http://saudbinl01.uuhost.uk.uu.net/And don&t forget to stop off at Amgen: Sincerely,
Alfred Brock40047 Cambridge 102Canton MI 48187734 844 [email protected]