The Road to the Iraq War | 2. Terror
How the anthrax attacks of 2001 fueled a coming war with Iraq.
Slow Burn · Slate Audio
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Show Notes
Just hours after 9/11, American decision makers had already started thinking about attacking Iraq. When the anthrax attacks began a month later, those ideas went into overdrive. Did Iraq have anything to do with mailing anthrax letters? Did it matter?
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Season 5 of Slow Burn is produced by Noreen Malone, Jayson De Leon, and Sophie Summergrad. Mixing by Merritt Jacob.
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