The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax, occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and to Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Capitol Police Officers and staffers working for Senator Russ Feingold were exposed as well. According to the FBI, the ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement".
The 2001anthraxattacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), occurred in the United States over
globally. Hoaxes have increased following the 2001anthraxattacks, after which no genuine anthraxattacks have occurred. The FBI and U.S. postal inspectors
of weaponized anthrax include aerial dispersal or dispersal through livestock, notable bioterrorism uses include the 2001anthraxattacks and an incident
Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the person suspected by the FBI of the 2001anthraxattacks. Ivins died on July 29, 2008, of an overdose of acetaminophen (Tylenol/paracetamol)
of weaponized anthrax include aerial dispersal or dispersal through livestock; notable bioterrorism uses include the 2001anthraxattacks and an incident
acting like a highly efficient bioterrorist agent. Response to a 2001anthraxattack, reported in Denise Grady, "Not his first epidemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci
exercises, says that along with the fresh memory of terrorist and anthraxattacks in 2001, these events encouraged the US Congress to act. Not long after
generator to dispense a 100 kg anthrax payload (99 percent of this weight being the suspension material that allows the anthrax to be dispensed in this manner)
