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| UK: Terror Suspects Arrested In Connection With Ricin Poison |
| 2003-01-07 |
| Six terror suspects are being questioned by police after traces of one of the world's deadliest poisons, ricin, were discovered at a London address. Scotland Yard said the six men of north African origin were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. A spokesman said "equipment and materials" were found at an address in Wood Green in the British capital where one of the men was also arrested. A woman who was also arrested has been released. Ricin is twice as deadly as cobra venom and experts have seriously assessed its use as a weapon of mass destruction. There is no known antidote, treatment or vaccine. It was the poison used to murder a Bulgarian exile, Georgi Markov, in a political assassination in London in 1978. The poison is being analysed at Britain's top defence laboratories at Porton Down. Scotland Yard said in a statement: "We have previously said that London and indeed the rest of the UK, continues to face a range of terrorist threats from a number of different groups... we would re-iterate our earlier appeals for the public to remain vigilant and aware and report anything suspicious to police." These boys seem determined to use the dirtiest weapons and tactics they can think of in their war against us infidels. Eventually, they'll go too far, and we'll be very sorry after they're all dead. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Ricin is a strange choice for terrorist-types: it's a very low-dose poison, but it only works if you eat it or have it injected (Bulgarian murder-umbrellas, anyone?). Not a good candidate for mass murder, more an asassination weapon. The press does get hysterical over the name, though... |
| Posted by: Gary Williams 2003-01-08 00:52:49 |
| #3 North African, huh? Our Algerian friends maybe? Maybe they whipped it up in their sink, or prehaps they got it from those al-Queda boys in Northern Iraq. They were supposed to be playing with ricin and other asorted poison gasses. The U.N. inspectors thought Saddam had ricin before they got kicked out the first time as well. Hope they are passing around the giggle juice at Scotland Yard. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-01-07 22:25:22 |
| #2 They should've made them drink it. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-01-07 21:06:12 |
| #1 The gombaas seem to have learned one lesson.. Use something which gets media attention, regardless of effectiveness. With the press on their side it defines terrorism...... dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-07 16:47:17 |