] PARIS, March 20 (UPI) -- French police have seized two
] vials of the deadly plant-derived toxin ricin, stashed in
] the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, the Interior
] Ministry announced Thursday.
]
] The small liquid-filled vials were stashed in the
] left-luggage department of the train station, in a case
] that also had a bottle containing liquid and two other
] vials with powder, the ministry said in a statement.

Hmm. In some ways, this makes it look like one of the reasons that France was protecting Iraq, was that they were being blackmailed with the threat of a ricin attack. Not that there's any clear tie between Ricin and an Iraqi operative, but still . . .

United Press International: Police find deadly ricin at Paris station