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Crop-Dusters Are Grounded on Fears of Toxic Attacks ist attacks had asked about agrlcul- that one of the suspected hijackers, nlficant amount of information By DANA CANEDY tural planes at a rural airport here. Mohamed Atta, had been compiling downloaded from the Internet about BELLE GLADE, Fla., Sept. 24 — In testimony before Congress to­ information about crop-dusting be­ aerial application of pesticides, or The Federal Aviation Administra­ day, Attorney General John Ashcroft fore the Sept. 11 attacks. crop-dusting.” tion grounded crop-dusting planes said the government feared that In addition, Mr. Ashcroft said, “a for a second day today after Investi­ crop-dusters could'be used to “dis­ search of computers, computer disks gators were told that at least one of the suspected hijackers in the terror- tribute chemical or biological weap­ ons of mass destruction” and added and personal baggage of another in­ dividual in custody revealed the sig- Nvnmca 'l as oi