<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><STRONG>Wednesday November 28 2:42 PM ET</STRONG>
<H2>Group Says U.S. Expert Believed Behind Anthrax Attacks</H2><!-- TextStart -->
<P>BERLIN (Reuters) - The anthrax attacks in the United States were probably the
work of a member of a U.S. biological warfare program, the magazine of
environment pressure group Greenpeace Germany reported Wednesday.
<P>The magazine said its article was based on information from a U.S. delegation
source at the U.N. biological weapons conference in Geneva that began last week.
The attacks have killed five people.
<P>``The U.S. delegation believe it is an inside job... Their members also have
more information than has been made public,'' Kirsten Brodde, a reporter for the
magazine, told Reuters.
<P>The magazine said: ``It seems the attacker ... wanted to force through an
increase in the budget for U.S. research on biological weapons.''
<P>It speculated that the attacker, who used anthrax-laced mail, had probably
wanted to cause panic rather than kill anyone.
<P>U.S. investigators have still not determined who was behind the attacks, but
Attorney General John Ashcroft has signaled the authorities were inclined to
believe they had a domestic source.
<P>The attacks occurred in the aftermath of the September 11 suicide plane
attacks on New York and Washington and prompted initial accusations by President
Bush that Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden may been responsible.
<P>Asked about the magazine article, an FBI spokesman reiterated that
investigators were pursuing a number of leads but no arrests appeared imminent.
<P>A spokesman for the U.S. delegation in Geneva said he did not have any
information about the article.
<P>The magazine is linked to the environmental lobby group and shares its
offices, but it said it was financially and editorially independent.
</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>