Poison terror alert in London

Draken · 01-10-2003, 06:57 AM

Anyone any thoughts about the finding of "traces" of ricin in a flat occupied by "North Africans" in London?

Ricin is a highly toxic (LD50=0.001 mg/kg) protein that can be extracted from castor bean plants. I think it's what was used in the Markov "poison umbrella" assassination.

The media seem to think it was a terrorist operation. If so it looks like MI5 and the French secret service did their job well. But you have to worry that eventually something will slip the net.

Miranda · 01-10-2003, 07:06 AM

Oh thank you, comforting thought! Londoner here Precious!!!!!!!! Ahhh naff the terrorists, nothing we can do to stop them really! Live for today- tomorrow is too far away! Mx

Dwarven Sen · 01-10-2003, 08:10 AM

Lodon is far too paranoid about these things generally, it comes from having tony blair so close. here in manchester we're concerned, but not panicking. it sounds more like an assassination attempt rather than a mass killing plot. Its good its been foiled, but it must be pretty easy to find a way in which it can be spread airborne. massive aerosols are not an impossibility and that unfortuanetly will probably be a possible next step.

Beleg Strongbow · 01-10-2003, 02:02 PM

Well, terrorism's an issue... but London isn't in as much danger as we are in the US, I don't think.

BeardofPants · 01-10-2003, 02:45 PM

I'm waiting for the Al-Quaida link. Seems like those guys get around a lot these days.

Miranda is right: Live for today- tomorrow is too far away! You can't let them win by living in fear.

Coney · 01-10-2003, 03:00 PM

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But you have to worry that eventually something will slip the net.

You'r probably right

I'm with Miranda on this one........nothing I can personaly do to stop 'em but I've not intention of hiding under the stairs in terror waiting for an attack to happen

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Lodon is far too paranoid about these things generally, it comes from having tony blair so close.

Ya can keep the bugger their in London, we're glad to be rid of him in the north

(I live three miles away from his "home" in his constituency........met him 3 times, the mans a right clampet).

Hanza · 01-10-2003, 03:22 PM

Jeez I pity you Coney. Three times thats harsh.

It doesnt really scare me. I am going to London on sunday and wont change my plans just becuase of this. the only thing that could bugger my trip is if they close the tube. The tube dont close on sundays does it?

Draken · 01-10-2003, 06:36 PM

Not saying we should be scared, just saying it makes you think.

Funny how we used to be so worried about Soviet nukes. Now it's six blokes in a bedsit with a reasonable knowledge of biochemistry!

Anyway lethality is one thing, delivery is another.

Draken · 01-10-2003, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by Beleg Strongbow
Well, terrorism's an issue... but London isn't in as much danger as we are in the US, I don't think.

Why, perish the thought...

Dwarven Sen · 01-13-2003, 05:46 AM

Coney, I seriously pity you. If i lived that close i'd move, or plant a cockroach family in his kitchen. I think that should be the new conservative motto: Blair's A Clampet!

Dwarven Sen · 01-15-2003, 05:17 AM

Well the poison terror has spread right here to manchester. a policeman was stabbed to death when he went to arrest a someone in an anti terrorist raid. 5 of his colleagues were also seriously hurt.

Coney · 01-15-2003, 05:29 AM

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Originally posted by Dwarven Sen
Coney, I seriously pity you. If i lived that close i'd move, or plant a cockroach family in his kitchen. I think that should be the new conservative motto: Blair's A Clampet!

Luckyily he doesn't shadow his home county very often now

Don't know much about planting cockroaches..........but while Clampet was just an MP a few of us did (half-seriously) consider sneaking into his garden and planting a few marajauna shrubs, and then phoning the local press

........might have saved the country a few probs if he'd been nabbed in a drug raid

Dwarven Sen · 01-15-2003, 05:54 AM

That would have been incredibly good and cunning plan. Please find some way of going back in time and doing that. oh but in hindsight he could have just said they were his son's. but still i wish you'd done it.

Sween · 01-15-2003, 12:30 PM

Its days like these im glad i live no where near any threat to the world (well apart from sellafeild nuclear power plant)

Hanza · 01-15-2003, 01:43 PM

Me too. some times I just have to think how lucky I am. To live without fear each day. to have fresh water, electricity, T.V. all these luxeries that so many people dont have.

Coney · 01-15-2003, 01:53 PM

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Its days like these im glad i live no where near any threat to the world (well apart from sellafeild nuclear power plant)

Yup, althought I do live a little too close to the chemical plant at 'burough for comfort (if that place ever gets hit, it'll make watership down look like a fun fair for this Coney).

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to have fresh water, electricity, T.V. all these luxeries that so many people dont have.

Ditto......don't forget welfare, healthcare, housing and of course beer

01-10-2003, 06:57 AM	#1
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Poison terror alert in London Anyone any thoughts about the finding of "traces" of ricin in a flat occupied by "North Africans" in London? Ricin is a highly toxic (LD50=0.001 mg/kg) protein that can be extracted from castor bean plants. I think it's what was used in the Markov "poison umbrella" assassination. The media seem to think it was a terrorist operation. If so it looks like MI5 and the French secret service did their job well. But you have to worry that eventually something will slip the net. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

01-10-2003, 07:06 AM	#2
Miranda 'Bohemian princess of Covent Garden Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Mill Posts: 544	Oh thank you, comforting thought! Londoner here Precious!!!!!!!! Ahhh naff the terrorists, nothing we can do to stop them really! Live for today- tomorrow is too far away! Mx __________________ There's only us, there's only this, forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

01-10-2003, 08:10 AM	#3
Dwarven Sen Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Edinburgh University Library Posts: 410	Lodon is far too paranoid about these things generally, it comes from having tony blair so close. here in manchester we're concerned, but not panicking. it sounds more like an assassination attempt rather than a mass killing plot. Its good its been foiled, but it must be pretty easy to find a way in which it can be spread airborne. massive aerosols are not an impossibility and that unfortuanetly will probably be a possible next step. __________________ Destroy the dementors not the demented. Dont heckle the supervillain Note to Self: Remember that sarcasm is hard to detect from text. What ever you do, don't click this link! my LJ

01-10-2003, 02:02 PM	#4
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	Well, terrorism's an issue... but London isn't in as much danger as we are in the US, I don't think. __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

01-10-2003, 02:45 PM	#5
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm waiting for the Al-Quaida link. Seems like those guys get around a lot these days. Miranda is right: Live for today- tomorrow is too far away! You can't let them win by living in fear. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-10-2003, 03:22 PM	#7
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	Jeez I pity you Coney. Three times thats harsh. It doesnt really scare me. I am going to London on sunday and wont change my plans just becuase of this. the only thing that could bugger my trip is if they close the tube. The tube dont close on sundays does it? __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

01-10-2003, 06:36 PM	#8
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Not saying we should be scared, just saying it makes you think. Funny how we used to be so worried about Soviet nukes. Now it's six blokes in a bedsit with a reasonable knowledge of biochemistry! Anyway lethality is one thing, delivery is another. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

01-13-2003, 05:46 AM	#10
Dwarven Sen Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Edinburgh University Library Posts: 410	Coney, I seriously pity you. If i lived that close i'd move, or plant a cockroach family in his kitchen. I think that should be the new conservative motto: Blair's A Clampet! __________________ Destroy the dementors not the demented. Dont heckle the supervillain Note to Self: Remember that sarcasm is hard to detect from text. What ever you do, don't click this link! my LJ

01-15-2003, 05:17 AM	#11
Dwarven Sen Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Edinburgh University Library Posts: 410	Well the poison terror has spread right here to manchester. a policeman was stabbed to death when he went to arrest a someone in an anti terrorist raid. 5 of his colleagues were also seriously hurt. __________________ Destroy the dementors not the demented. Dont heckle the supervillain Note to Self: Remember that sarcasm is hard to detect from text. What ever you do, don't click this link! my LJ

01-15-2003, 05:54 AM	#13
Dwarven Sen Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Edinburgh University Library Posts: 410	That would have been incredibly good and cunning plan. Please find some way of going back in time and doing that. oh but in hindsight he could have just said they were his son's. but still i wish you'd done it. __________________ Destroy the dementors not the demented. Dont heckle the supervillain Note to Self: Remember that sarcasm is hard to detect from text. What ever you do, don't click this link! my LJ

01-15-2003, 12:30 PM	#14
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	Its days like these im glad i live no where near any threat to the world (well apart from sellafeild nuclear power plant) __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

01-15-2003, 01:43 PM	#15
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	Me too. some times I just have to think how lucky I am. To live without fear each day. to have fresh water, electricity, T.V. all these luxeries that so many people dont have. __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

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