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Terrorist letter attacks

Terrorist letter attacks

Letter-bomb blast at road-toll office

A LETTER bomb exploded in the hands of a woman working for the firm which runs London's congestion charge yesterday.

OAP in court over post threat

A PENSIONER was due to appear in court today charged with sending packages containing sugar and weedkiller to Tony Blair and his family.

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US senator's office hit by ricin scare

TRACES of the deadly poison ricin have been found at the Washington office of a senior US politician, according to police.

Tartan terror leader faces extradition

THE leading figure in the tartan terror movement, Adam Busby, is set to be extradited from Ireland to face charges over the recent anthrax hoaxes and the delivery of parcels containing caustic soda to Cherie Blair and other political targets.

SNLA THREATS AND ATTACKS

THE Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA) has carried out a series of threats since first coming to public attention in March 1982 .

Small but deadly: a forgotten terror cell flexes its muscles

THE agitated voice on the other end of the line sounded like yet another of the cranks who contact the tabloid newspaper each day.

Speaker in security alert after phone call threat

MICHAEL Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, was at the centre of a security alert after a man with a history of assaults made a threatening telephone call to his London home. Worried police stepped up security around the controversial Glaswegian Speaker, following the incident.

Panic spreads as toxic terror hits Scotland

POLICE investigating terrorist threats against Cherie Blair and a Scottish MSP put public figures on a state of high alert last night after receiving reports of two further threatening packages.

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