Talk:List of incidents involving ricin
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Single-source issue[edit]
There's been a lot of single-sourcing in this article, which exposes Wikipedia to errors and poor verification of claims. One not-so-great source is the report "Chronology of Incidents Involving Ricin" (2004) by http://cns.miis.edu, which cites no sources. I've tagged this (and only this) report {{dubious}} solely for missing sources. I'll support removal of the {{dubious}} tag as soon as claims based solely on it are each supported by some pre-2002 (pre-Wikipedia) book or news source independent of MIIS. There are four such books so far, accessible via Google Books preview (or Google Search, with text snippet results from the books).
To their credit, MIIS published "Ricin Found in London: An al-Qa`ida Connection?" (2008), which is very well supported by diverse independent academic, military, and media sources.
Every claim made about ricin should be considered extraordinary, and should be supported by high-quality sources. Please discuss here before taking any drastic action on the article. --Lexein (talk) 11:17, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
Material from the main article[edit]
Ian Davison, a British white supremacist and neo-Nazi, was arrested in 2009 for planning terrorist attacks involving ricin.
In 2011 the US government discovered information that terrorist groups were attempting to obtain large amounts of castor beans for weaponized ricin use.[1]
On November 1, 2011 the FBI arrested four North Georgia men and charged them in plots to purchase explosives, a silencer, and to manufacture the biological toxin ricin from castor beans.[2]
On April 16, 2013, an envelope addressed to the office of Mississippi U.S. Senator Roger Wicker was intercepted and tested positive for Ricin at the U.S. Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington. The letter originated from Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities have determined a suspect, who remains unnamed.[3]
On April 16, 2013, a letter containing traces of ricin was mailed to Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi. The first routine test conducted on the envelope returned positive results for ricin, and after two followup tests yielded positive results, the letter was sent to Quantico, Virginia for additional processing. The letter was originally discovered at Washington's off-site mail facility, and it did not reach the senator as it was intercepted by the mail screening facility and workflow put into place after the 2001 Anthrax Letters sent to legislative and news media officials. Larkusix (talk) 08:06, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
References
- ^ Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker (2011-08-13). "Al Qaeda trying to harness toxin for bombs, U.S. officials fear". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ "North Georgia Men Arrested, Charged in Plots to Purchase Explosives, Silencer and to Manufacture a Biological Toxin". fbi.gov.
- ^ "Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility". cnn.com.
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Incident involving ricin in Oslo, Norway[edit]
Here is another incident that someone might want to add to this page (not going to add it myself as I have no clue how this works and don't want to mess anything up) 84.212.203.54 (talk) 21:26, 9 June 2023 (UTC)