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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

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Agents wearing protective suits examine substances on the premises of the fire brigade in Castrop-Rauxel, western Germany, following arrests on suspicion of preparing an 'Islamist attack' using cyanide and ricin, on January 8, 2023. (Christoph Reichwein / DPA / AFP)
January 8, 2023, 8:18 am
Iranian arrested in Germany on suspicion of Islamist chemical attack plot
Police find cyanide and ricin during search of residence in town of Castrop-Rauxel; second person, said to be main suspect’s brother, also placed in custody
By AFP
This undated photo provided by the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department in Waukesha, Wisconsin, shows Waheba Issa Dais, of Cudahy, Wisconsin. (Waukesha County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
April 23, 2019, 6:06 pm
Israeli Arab woman helped IS plan terror attacks on US water sources, festivals
Waheba Issa Dais, a Jerusalem-born mother-of-six who moved to Wisconsin, coached terrorists and suggested targets for bomb attacks; she faces up to 20 years in prison
By AFP and ToI Staff
Law enforcement officers search a house on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Logan, Utah. A man suspected of mailing ricin to the Pentagon and President Donald Trump was taken into custody at the scene. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal via AP)
October 4, 2018, 4:45 am
US Navy veteran arrested in Utah for mailing suspicious envelope to Trump
Top military chiefs also targeted with packages that were found to contain castor seeds, the substance used to make the poison ricin
By AP
In this file photo taken on April 23, 2015 the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia outside Washington, DC is seen in this aerial photograph. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
October 2, 2018, 9:49 pm
Packages with suspected ricin mailed to Pentagon officials
Authorities intercept at least two suspicious envelopes believed to contain deadly poison
By AFP
Danielle Layman (right) (courtesy)
June 29, 2018, 2:20 am
Israeli expat accused of ex-husband murder plot sentenced for making ricin
Judge says Danielle Dana Layman, who allegedly took out Craigslist ad to hire assassin amid child custody battle, did not go far enough in her plan for attempted murder charge
By ToI Staff and AP
Policemen enter an apartment building in Cologne, western Germany, on June 14, 2018 where a Tunisian suspected of trying to build a biological weapon was arrested two days before. (AFP Photo/dpa/Oliver Berg)
June 14, 2018, 8:18 pm
Tunisian held in Germany ‘sought to build biological weapon’
Suspect had processed castor beans to extract ricin, at 6,000 times more poisonous than cyanide, one of the most lethal toxins in the world
By AFP
Illustrative: A US police car in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
June 14, 2018, 7:41 am
Israeli woman charged in Islamic State US terror plot
Waheba Issa Dais allegedly encouraged an individual to poison a water reservoir and suggested targets for bomb attacks
By AFP
French policemen stand in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris on April 22, 2017. (AFP/Geoffroy van der Hasselt)
May 18, 2018, 10:48 am
France says it foiled suspected chemical terror attack
Two Egyptian-born brothers arrested in Paris on suspicion of planning assault with poison agent ricin
By AFP
Shahar Abecassis, an Israeli taxi driver, escaped an assassination plot hatched by his ex-wife, an Israeli expat living in Oklahoma, July 7, 2017. (Screenshot/Channel 10)
July 7, 2017, 10:56 pm
Israeli expat’s former husband who escaped hit plot says he fears for his life
Shahar Abecassis says ex-wife, an Oklahoma woman who allegedly took out Craigslist ad to hire assassin amid custody battle over child, ‘is crazy’
By ToI Staff
Danielle Layman (right) (courtesy)
July 4, 2017, 1:46 pm
Expat allegedly used Craigslist to order hit on her Israeli ex
Oklahoma woman who answered ad for acting gig says suspect called herself a Mossad agent, had detailed plans to kill ‘IS operative’ in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
File: A fire department hazmat team removes a suspicious envelope containing an unknown white powder from a Rishon Lezion home on January 7, 2016. (screen capture)
January 11, 2016, 4:52 pm
White particles in mail from US turn out to be laundry powder
Police investigating whether envelope sent to Rishon Lezion address was prank or attempt to cause panic
By Sue Surkes
International poison symbol (photo credit: CC BY Matt Brubek/Flickr)
July 24, 2013, 11:19 am
Woman in Texas ricin case gives birth in custody
New mother is accused of sending ricin-laced letters to Obama and Bloomberg to implicate her husband
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90/File)
June 21, 2013, 4:16 pm
Woman accused in ricin case to undergo psych exam
In sending letters to Bloomberg and Obama, Richardson was allegedly pinning crime on her estranged husband
June 3, 2013, 3:00 pm
Texas home searched in ricin investigation
Local resident questioned in connection with poisoned notes sent recently to US president, NYC mayor
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90/File)
May 30, 2013, 4:07 am
NYPD: Letters to Bloomberg test positive for ricin
New York City mayor and gun control group receive poison-laced epistles; police don’t specify origins or demands of letters
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