An Al Qaeda 'Chemist' and the Quest for Ricin

Washington Post Foreign Service ^ | Wed May 5 | Joby Warrick

[ValerieUSA]

LYON, France -- Menad Benchellali, thin and bearded, was known among his Arab friends as "the chemist" because of the special skills he learned at al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. When he returned to his native France in 2001, according to investigators, he set up a laboratory in his parents' spare bedroom and began to manufacture ricin, one of the deadliest known substances.

......... Today, exactly how many jars of ricin the 29-year-old Benchellali may have produced -- and their whereabouts -- is an urgent question for European governments facing a wave of terrorist attacks and threats. Last year, investigators say, similar containers turned up in Britain, in the possession of North Africans who were allegedly planning an attack. At least one other jar is known to be missing, and French investigators suspect that still others exist.

[ValerieUSA]

It's a Wash Post source, so you'll have to follow the link to read it.

[ValerieUSA]

France

[beaversmom]

Oh this isn't important. Harassing Condi Rice and Donald Rumsfeld--now that's important.

[ValerieUSA]

I have picked my side - I am against the terrorists.
I wish the Senate and US media would announce their choices, too, one by one.