A recently released islamist who had been a close associate of Zawahiri said that Zawahiri spent a decade and had made 15 separate attempts to recruit the necessary expertise to weaponize anthrax in Russia and the Middle East.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
2	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	3:advmod	_
3	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	amod	4:amod	_
4	islamist	Islamist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	10:nsubj|13:nsubj	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	4:ref	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	10:aux	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	10:cop	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	10:det	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	10:amod	_
10	associate	associate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	4:acl:relcl	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	12:case	_
12	Zawahiri	Zawahiri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	10:nmod:of	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	16:mark	_
15	Zawahiri	Zawahiri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	16:nsubj|21:nsubj	_
16	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	13:ccomp	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	18:det	_
18	decade	decade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	16:obj	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	21:cc	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	21:aux	_
21	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	13:ccomp|16:conj:and	_
22	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	nummod	24:nummod	_
23	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	_
24	attempts	attempt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	21:obj	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	26:mark	_
26	recruit	recruit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	acl	24:acl:to	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	29:det	_
28	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	29:amod	_
29	expertise	expertise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	26:obj	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	31:mark	_
31	weaponize	weaponize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	acl	29:acl:to	_
32	anthrax	anthrax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	31:obj	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	34:case	_
34	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obl	31:obl:in	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	38:cc	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	38:det	_
37	Middle	Middle	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	38	amod	38:amod	_
38	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	31:obl:in|34:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	13:punct	_
