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RICIN CONFIRMED!!!

#1 Postby bfez1 » Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:21 am

FRIST CONFIRMS RICIN FOUND IN SENATE OFFICE

All Senate buildings closed after toxin found in majority leader's mailroom; House still open.
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#2 Postby tomboudreau » Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:39 am

The also found white powder in a mailing facility in Wallingford, CT. Here is the story from one of the CT news stations.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1627600&nav=0RdeKZsV

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#3 Postby Stephanie » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:11 pm

I wonder if it's the same person or people responsible for the anthrax. Noone was caught for that right?
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#4 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:12 pm

Good Grief!!! Here we go again!!!
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#5 Postby bfez1 » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:21 pm

Stephanie wrote:I wonder if it's the same person or people responsible for the anthrax. Noone was caught for that right?


No Steph, no one held responsible as of yet. :cry:
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#6 Postby Guest » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:22 pm

I had a feeling we did not see the end of mail attacks. :(
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#7 Postby GulfBreezer » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:26 pm

It is really a very scary scenario when you think about it...........the masses that could be reached in a mass mail campaign..............very scary indeed!
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#8 Postby JQ Public » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:26 pm

Ricin is a scary scary substance! This should be thoroughly investigated. I remember when they found huge caches of ricin in the UK.
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#9 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:29 pm

Lindaloo wrote:Good Grief!!! Here we go again!!!

That's what I'm saying.
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#10 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:12 pm

It's not the first case of ricin in the US either. There was a vial found in October '03 (I believe they said at a postal facility). It was accompanied by a note demanding better conditions for OTR truckers.
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#11 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:20 pm

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/article ... 4606.shtml

Previous Ricin story from October.
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#12 Postby Anonymous » Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:18 pm

1-16-03

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01 ... n.alqaeda/
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#13 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:30 pm

The October story was from a previous US discovery.
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#14 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:39 pm

Ricin can be deadly but it's very hard to use effectively for anything much more than assassination. It not very effective except for direct injection. It doesn't penetrate through the skin or ingestion. I would guess this was done by a domestic source as opposed to a foreign terrorist. Hang them all when we catch them .....
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#15 Postby Anonymous » Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:51 pm

There have already been a total of four potential ricin cases within the United States since October...

10-15-03 Investigation of a Ricin-Containing Envelope at a Postal Facility --- South Carolina

Before the Senate Offices, Ricin-Laced Letter Was Also Sent to White House

Test Confirms Ricin at Senate

[url=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040203/D80FQ3TG0.html]Powder Investigated at Conn. Mail Center
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