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To: MJY1288
"...ricin has been one of Saddam Hussein's favorites. In the 1990s, United Nations inspectors uncovered a decade-long drive to grow and process castor beans for what Iraqi scientists belatedly acknowledged was for Iraq's weapons arsenal. The country's ricin stashes remain unaccounted for."

"Minute quantities of ricin are lethal, and they vanish from the victim's body in hours with barely a trace, making it a notorious stealth murder weapon. "

Iraq & ricin

36 posted on 07/30/2003 6:14:25 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion
Wasnt there a story a few months ago about terrorists in Kuwait that were working as caterors for food for the military and were planning on poisoning them. Are any of our soldiers in Iraq eating food that was brought in from local civilian sources.
45 posted on 07/30/2003 6:45:22 PM PDT by Husker24
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