Did you hear the one about Al Qaida¹s plot to smear ricin on door handles?
The conviction last week of Kamel Bourgass for conspiracy to cause a public
nuisance using poisons sparked a media frenzy over ³ricin conspiracies² and
³Al Qaida cells².
By the weekend, senior policemen were boasting about foiling ³our September
11². Yet the truth was there was no ricin, no Al Qaida cell and no ring of
conspirators. Bourgass was acquitted of the most serious charge of terrorism
and his co-accused were all cleared of involvement in a terror plot.
David Miller from SpinWatch spoke to Socialist Worker about the case
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=6266
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