Moscow: Ricin recipe found on Chechen fighter

CNN ^ | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 Posted: 7:54 AM HKT (2354 GMT) | Jill Dougherty

[Destro]

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian special forces fighting in Chechnya found instructions for making poisons, including ricin, in the possession of a fighter they killed, Russian presidential aide Sergei Yaztrzhembsky said Monday.

Interfax news agency, quoting an unnamed military source, said the fighter was part of a group killed by special forces last week.

[weikel]

Scary(if they put that in the water supply...).

[Mo1]

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[Dog Gone]

I found the recipe for ricin after searching the internet for about two minutes.

[kidd]

Instructions on how to make the deadly poison ricin are freely available on the internet. Any terrorist with access to a computer can discover the formula and the production process in a matter of minutes.

They could make the killer agent on their kitchen table using everyday items such as glass jars with airtight lids and coffee filters. A would-be assassin would only have to leave the house to get the ingredients, which are easily available and inexpensive. The process is simple enough for someone with no experience of chemistry to follow, and the chemicals themselves are widely sold.

One website warns at the outset: "This stuff is extraordinarily poisonous." It then goes on to list the ingredients needed. It suggests obtaining the vital component, castor oil beans, from a garden supply centre.

The process for making the toxin takes only a matter of days. The bean pulp and chemicals are reduced to a meal and can then easily be reduced further to a lethal white powder.

One thousandth of a gram of it is enough to kill. The only problem facing a potential terorrist is not to touch or inhale any of the deadly substance.

Last Updated: 13:12 UK, Wednesday January 08, 2003

source (recipe not given): http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0%2C%2C30000-12220146%2C00.html

[upchuck]

Clearly, we need immediate legislation to outlaw castor oil beans. Presto, problem solved.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

No wonder castor oil was used as a "cure all" many years ago. It'll kill just about anything it comes in contact with, including germs. ;-)

[Destro]

Russia has frequently insisted that some Chechen militants have connections to international terrorist groups.

Who is doubting this? I know Jean Kirkpatrick is one of them and Z. Brisinski is another but who else?

[valkyrieanne]

Notice CNN won't even call ricin a "chemical weapon," but just calls it a "poison?" These guys will stoop to *any* propaganda to discredit the Russians.

[TexKat]

British authorities found traces of the toxin ricin, for which there is no antidote, in a raid on a London apartment last week

Coming to a neighborhood near you soon!!!

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Can we call Chechen militants terrists now?

Can we admit they are Muslims extreemists now?

What does it take to disclose the connection?

[TheBattman]

What's the "legitimate" reson for castor beans?

[isom35]

maybe its a recipe for chicken salad.

[upchuck]

What's the "legitimate" reson for castor beans?

To make castor oil, which these guyz say is good as a laxitive and an emollient.

FWIW, it's the left-over paste, after the oil is removed, that is used to make ricin.