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What was a container of ricin, one of the most deadly known natural poisons, doing in a motel room. February 290 comments. (Yahoo News -- Astronomy and Space)
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Highly Toxic Substance May Be At HotelAn employee of Extended-Stay America finds what may be ricin, a toxin more powerful than cyanide, in a room at the hotel. British PM: Prince Harry Owed Debt Of GratitudeBritain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown says, "The whole country owes Prince Harry a debt of gratitude for his service, his courage, his bravery.". (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Gates Cautions on NATO's Survival Feb 10, 2008
And he ticked off a list of plots that were disrupted before they could be carried out, including a plan to use ricin and release cyanide in the London Underground and a planned chemical attack in Paris. "It raises the question: What would happen if the false success they proclaim became real success? If they triumphed in Iraq or Afghanistan, or managed to topple the government of Pakistan? Or a major Middle Eastern government?"Aside from the chaos that would instantly be sown in the region,... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Profile: Abu Hamza Feb 8, 2008
On 20 January 2003 police raided the building as part of a major investigation into an alleged plot to produce ricin poison. They sealed the mosque and handed it back to the trustees. (BBC News)
Agawam man charged with toxin threat on courthouse Jan 30, 2008
Federal authorities investigated the threats that Michael A. Crooker made while in custody in July 2004 and found a quantity of the toxin ricin, which had been processed for use as a biological weapon, the indictment said. They also found castor beans and rosary peas, the plants from which ricin and the toxin abrin are extracted, respectively. (Boston Globe)
Lab On A Chip Developed For Cheap, Portable Medical Tests Jan 30, 2008
8, 2005) A portable device similar to today's home pregnancy tests that can quickly detect the presence of infectious diseases, including HIV-AIDS and measles,as well as biological agents such as ricin. . (Science Daily (press release))
Orange Revolution - Documentary Jan 28, 2008
Medical diagnosis later revealed the illness to be caused by dioxin poisoning (though the film references ricin). Evidence revealed high-ranking government officials were involved in the poisoning, possibly even Kuchma himself. (Suite101.com)
Click for Full Story Jan 7, 2008
Police in London announced they had found traces of the deadly poison ricin in a north London apartment and arrested six men in connection with the virulent toxin that had been linked to al-Qaeda terrorists and Iraq. One year ago: Newly elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, interviewed on CBS' "Face the Nation," said Democrats running Congress would not give President Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq. (KWTX.com, TX)
Tetracore sends its biodefense technology to China Dec 17, 2007
Within months, Tetracore Inc. will be shipping 25 boxes of its biodefense strips, which detect contagions such as anthrax and ricin, to the Chinese government for use during the 2008 Olympics. The $160,000 contract is one of the biggest commercial biodefense deals in recent times for the Rockville company, which has seen commercial demand for those products wane along with public interest in such diseases. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Explainer: A global jihad? Dec 12, 2007
In 2005 Algerians figured in a number of UK criminal cases, including the so-called Ricin trial to spread poison across London, though only one man was convicted and seven were acquitted. Special reports. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Comment is free Dec 10, 2007
The terror suspects who have experienced the most freakish curtailments of their liberty are people such as Mustapha Taleb, one of the cleared suspects in the ricin trial, whom I met last year when he was living under the most intensely onerous bail conditions. These meant that he could only move around a small designated area and could not use mobile phones or the internet. (Guardian Unlimited)
What's in your latte: U.S.-Russia Davis Cup has a taste of intrigue Dec 1, 2007
In 1978, a Bulgarian defector died after a pellet of ricin was injected into his thigh with a rigged umbrella. (Forecasts call for rain in Portland all weekend. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lucky England Nov 18, 2007
Five free DVDs in The Times, starting tomorrow. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Times Online)
Brown powder spurs evacuation at Countrywide Nov 3, 2007
Firefighters isolated the envelope and performed preliminary tests on the brown powder, which tested positive for protein, but that could mean anything from bullion to ricin, Couch said. Authorities are trying to contact the envelope's senders, Couch said. (AZCentral -- News)
Biofuel: The little shrub that could - maybe Oct 11, 2007
Its pollen is allergenic, it contains a protein curcin (similar to ricin- and as with castor beans, eating not too many seeds is lethal), and its oil has some pretty awful components ... The oil was initially claimed to contain a fatty acid curcanoleic acid, structurally and functionally related to ricinoleic and crotonoleic acids, and like them, is a of skin tumors 1. (Nature News Service)
How Safe Are Our Bio-Labs? Oct 9, 2007
Though FBI background checks are required for people who handle so-called select agents a government-drawn list of 73 highly lethal pathogens, such as Ebola, ricin and monkeypox the vetting focuses on security, not bio-safety competence. Yet most lab accidents are due to simple human error, says Dr. Gigi Gronvall, Senior Associate at the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh. (Time.com)
Interest rates on T-bills fall Sep 11, 2007
The technology is intended to detect the presence of viral, bacterial and toxic biological agents such as anthrax, ricin or smallpox. Additionally, $56,600 in Pentagon funding went to E-Band Communications of San Diego for its multigigabit-capacity wireless communication systems for use in commercial and military telecommunications networks. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Chemical Agents Found Near U.N. HQ Aug 31, 2007
Get more info on everything from ricin to smallpox to VX gas. RELATED STORIES & LINKS. (CBS News)
Universal Detection Technology Receives Guarantee for Purchase of 40 Bioterrorism Detection Kits to Various Defense and Security Agencies Aug 16, 2007
Source: Universal Detection Technology. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Universal Detection Technology () (OTC BB: - ), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services announced that it has received a guarantee from Security Solutions International (SSI) for purchase of 40 bioterrorism detection kits during the upcoming counter terrorism... (Primezone Releases)
First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq... Aug 4, 2007 Secret evidence keeps terror suspects in UK Jul 31, 2007 Appeal court halts deportation of three Algerian terror suspects Jul 31, 2007 Common Plants Poisonous to Pets Jul 17, 2007 Biothreat detector developed Jul 14, 2007 Universal Detection Technology Selected to Train Law Enforcement Personnel in Bioterrorism Defense At 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Terrorism Prevention Conference Hosted by the Sarasota Sheriff's Office Jul 11, 2007 Universal Detection Technology Receives Contract From Foot Locker, Inc. for Bioterrorism Defense Training At Foot Locker Warehouse Facility Jul 10, 2007 Attacks lacked skill, but raised specter of Iraq-style terror Jul 3, 2007 Suspects in UK terror plots aren't homegrown Jul 3, 2007 Even foiled attacks cause havoc Jul 3, 2007 Britain's Brown takes low profile in 2 early crises Jul 1, 2007 London jittery after botched bombing Jun 30, 2007 Thwarted terror bombings place London on alert Jun 30, 2007 Terror suspect can't be deported May 16, 2007 AVI BioPharma Inc. May 9, 2007 The Fear Industry May 3, 2007 Those 27 Words May 2, 2007 Man gets 7 years on ricin, bomb charges Apr 29, 2007 Libyan terror suspects win appeal Apr 27, 2007 Emergency drill in L.A. raises concerns Apr 17, 2007 What happened to bird flu? Apr 3, 2007 Military unit responds to bomb scares, other threats Apr 3, 2007 United Nations Mar 28, 2007 Anadis to create counter bio-terror gel Mar 22, 2007 Innocent in Death Chapter Three Feb 15, 2007 Elite Marine unit has an audience Feb 10, 2007 Compounds Show Significant Promise Against Potential Bioweapon Toxins Feb 8, 2007 Man Pleads Guilty To Poison Possession Feb 6, 2007 Tenn. man pleads guilty to having ricin Feb 6, 2007 Despite new entrants, marketing experts say Super Bowl ads disappointed Feb 6, 2007 Magnetic, Luminescent Nanoparticles Set New Standard Jan 27, 2007 Four terror suspects to be deported Jan 20, 2007 21/7: The trial Jan 16, 2007 The llamas are right. Britain should shut for winter Jan 4, 2007
Al ansar Islam got busted up planning a massive ricin attack on great britain ... Al ansar Islam got busted up planning a massive ricin attack on great britain. (The Drudge Report)
Preliminary tests show powder found in county office to be harmless Aug 2, 2007
A preliminary test reported Wednesday by the state government Wadsworth laboratories in Albany for anthrax, ricin, plague and other deadly diseases came out negative after the powder s uncovering in an envelope in the Greene County government s Clerk s Department July 24. To get the rest of the story every day, subscribe to The Daily Mail. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
He stood trial with four others at the Old Bailey from 2004 to 2005 in the so-called ricin trial. Y was acquitted of conspiracy to murder but one of the accused, Kamel Bourgass, was convicted of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. (Telegraph.co.uk)
The third man, named as MT, and one of those acquitted in the ricin terrorist trial, won his appeal because the Siac judge had wrongly concluded that he would be able to take advantage of an amnesty in Algeria for people involved in terrorist acts. Gareth Peirce, solicitor for MT and U, said it was "the ultimate Kafkaesque nightmare" for U to be told it was unsafe to go back to his country, but not to be told why. (Guardian Unlimited)
Contains ricin, a toxic protein that causes severe stomach pain, excessive saliva and thirst and drooling, gastrointestinal illnesses, and weakness. Acute cases cause dehydration, tremors, seizures, and coma. (Suite101.com)
9 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, uses a single sample to detect toxins such as ricin, staphylococcal enterotoxin and botulinum toxin, as well as bacteria that cause anthrax, plague and other diseases. The portable detector is intended for laboratory, first-responder and field-based operations, the company said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Training Will be for Detection of Anthrax, Ricin Toxin, Botulinum Toxin, Plague, and SEBs In an atmosphere of heightened concern over the threat of terror incidents following thwarted plots in New Jersey, New York, and most recently in London the nation's leading Homeland Security company Security Solutions International (SSI) will provide 5 different speakers, including Universal Detection Technology, in a full week's program hosted by the Sarasota Sheriffs Office ... We shall provide training... (Primezone Releases)
The Bioterrorism Defense Training will take place at Foot Locker's Main Distribution Warehouse and will focus on five bioterrorism agents: anthrax, ricin, botulinum toxin, plague, and SEBs. The Training will be conducted using test kits sold by Universal Detection Technology to Foot Locker which are capable of detecting all five agents. (Primezone Releases)
In 2003, police raided a London apartment and claimed to have foiled a plot to spread the deadly toxin ricin, though no ricin was found. Eight Algerians who had been living in London were either acquitted or never stood trial while a ninth was convicted of murdering a police officer. (Boston Globe)
Jan. 5, 2003: Police raid a London apartment and arrest nine people accused of plotting to spread the deadly toxin ricin. LONDON The widening probe into failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow netted three more suspects Monday as two other alleged plotters were identified as doctors in British hospitals who had received medical training in Jordan and Iraq. (Houston Chronicle)
In 2003, for example, the police raided a London apartment and claimed to have foiled a plot to spread the deadly toxin ricin in London, though no ricin was ever found. Five Qaeda-linked British men were sentenced to life in prison in April over a planned 2004 bombing spree against targets including a nightclub and power plants. (International Herald Tribune)
Jan. 5, 2003: Police raid a London apartment and arrest nine people accused of plotting to spread the deadly toxin ricin. LONDON Faced with a terror threat and continued losses of British troops in Iraq in his first four days in office, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may be asking himself why he spent 10 years lobbying for the top job. (Houston Chronicle)
Ricin arrests: On Jan. 5, 2003, police raided a London apartment and arrested nine men accused of plotting to spread the deadly toxin ricin in the city. No traces of ricin were found, although evidence shows attempts to make the poison ... None of the men was charged in connection with the ricin. (Seattle Times)
Jan. 5, 2003: Police raid a London apartment and arrest nine people accused of plotting to spread the deadly toxin ricin ... In those investigations, suspected terrorists have been accused by the police of planning to use a variety of weapons, including the poison ricin, fertilizer bombs and liquid explosives to attack an array of targets like a shopping mall, a nightclub and airplanes on trans-Atlantic routes. (Houston Chronicle)
Mouloud Sihali was acquitted of any involvement in a ricin plot ... Mr Sihali, 30, was cleared in 2005 by a jury at the Old Bailey of taking part in an alleged terrorist conspiracy to spread the poison ricin in London. (BBC News -- Africa)
78 million to develop countermeasures for exposure to Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and ricin toxin. The contracts are for work that AVI will undertake on three of the four programs included in a budget allocation as part of the 2006 Defense Appropriations Act. (The Business Journal of Portland, OR)
Wolfowitz once claimed that Iraq had enough ricin to kill a million people, enough botulism to kill tens of millions and enough anthrax "to kill hundreds of millions.". Terrorists throughout the world have managed to kill only five people with anthrax, one with ricin and zero with botulism or aflatoxin (added to the list by former Secretary of State Colin Powell) ... Wolfowitz once claimed that Iraq had enough ricin to kill a million people, enough botulism to kill tens of millions and enough... (Townhall.com)
As David Kay told The New York Times following his post-invasion survey of suspected arms caches, Iraq was still researching and developing ricin production and weaponization up to the end. Otherwise, according to Kay, Saddam's scientists lied to the Iraqi leader about weapons programs in order to get government funds. (Townhall.com)
They found the poison ricin in a sealed baby food jar, two functional pipe bombs, five gun silencers, three blasting caps and bomb-making materials. Authorities have never explained why Matthews had the ricin, which is illegal to possess except for research, as well as pipe bombs and other bomb-making materials ... Roughly the amount of ricin that fits on the head of a pin is enough to kill an adult, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (MSNBC -- Crime)
In last year, Siac "gave some weight" to assurances from Algerian authorities about returning to his home country a man cleared of involvement in the supposed "ricin plot". "We have concluded they are acting in good faith; the political changes demonstrate their will and the level and consistency of the assurances support that," Mr Justice Ouseley ruled at the time. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
According to the script, the explosion will release ricin, a deadly toxin, and several "casualties" in need of decontamination will be rushed to UCLA Medical Center. The drill will end for the day about 1 p.m.. (Los Angeles Times)
" The UK is ranked third in the world in terms of preparedness for a human pandemic, he says, and the big difference to 12 months ago is that the vaccines being stockpiled look like they work. But significant numbers of people believe the threat was exaggerated last year. We risk a dangerous accumulation of national panics Matthew Parris Matthew Parris, writing in the Times, says if the pandemic is not coming then an "end bird flu" notice should be posted by the media, as it should on other... (BBC News -- UK)
A south Jackson couple was arrested for allegedly trying to make ricin, a poison and potential agent of chemical warfare. The CST does not have the authority to do criminal investigations or make arrests, so the FBI typically would step in if arrests are made, Jenkins said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
The Israeli government issued a report claiming that Palestinians and not Israeli forces actually shot and killed 12-year-old Mohammed al-Durah as he cowered with his father; the report, which relied heavily on civilians with no in ballistics, was widely ridiculed. Israel's daily paper Ha'aretz wrote: It is hard to describe in mild terms the stupidity of this bizarre investigation. (Harper's Magazine)
The system is being developed to tackle bacteria such as anthrax and the plague, viruses and toxins such as botulinum and ricin, Dr Rawlin said. If all goes well, Dr Rawlin said he hoped it would become "the gold standard" for a one step containment and detection system in dealing with deliberate or non-deliberate biological contamination. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Ricin, very concentrated ... Ricin s made from the mash after processing ... Injection of ricin was a favored. (Suite101.com)
In 2001 and 2004, it participated in the anthrax and ricin decontamination operations of the U.S. Senate office buildings on Capitol Hill. The assemblage drew some perplexed looks from Ikea shoppers who arrived to an impressive scene. (New Haven Register, CT)
-- The protein ricin is a toxin from the castor bean ... Ricin is poisonous if inhaled, injected, or ingested, acting as a toxin by the inhibition of. (Science Daily)
Man Pleads Guilty to Ricin Possession ... Man Pleads Guilty to Ricin Possession ... A Nashville man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of possessing the deadly poison ricin along with firearms silencers and explosives under a plea deal with prosecutors to spare himself from life in prison. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
man pleads guilty to having ricin - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com ... man pleads guilty to possessing ricin ... - A Nashville man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of possessing the deadly poison ricin along with firearms silencers and explosives under a plea deal with prosecutors to spare himself from life in prison. (MSNBC -- Crime)
man pleads guilty to possessing deadly poison ricin; wife told police to search his home ... (AP) -- A Nashville man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of possessing the deadly poison ricin along with firearms silencers and explosives under a plea deal with prosecutors to spare himself from life in prison ... They found the ricin in a sealed baby jar, two functional pipe bombs, five gun silencers, three blasting caps and bomb-making materials. (North County Times)
The team is exploring uses including testing for bioterrorism agents such as ricin or botulinum toxin in food and for genetic tests in cancer medicine ... Now with over one millon books in circulation, this newest 26th edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values once again sets the industry standard for both firearms information and up-to-date pricing. (Science Daily)
Last updated: 2:03 PM. From Press Association. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
He led the prosecution of Kamel Bourgass, who is serving life for the murder of a police constable and was also convicted of a conspiracy to make the poison ricin. Mr Sweeney, 52, is also a defence advocate and represented one of the youths convicted of the murder of Damilola Taylor. (TimesOnline)
Ditto anthrax, sarin, ricin, in-flight exploding face-cream, all-night nationwide binge drinking (now we can) and the arrival of giant cane-toads from Australia. Otherwise, with warnings posted only as we enter new alarums, but no panic over signs to end them, we risk a dangerous accumulation of national panics, leading to the ultimate panic: fear of panic fatigue, and lethal complacency. (TimesOnline)
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