WITH the uncovering of the ricin poison “factory” in a North London flat, Britons came face to face with the stark reality of terrorism associated with al-Qaeda.
And the killing of a Special Branch officer in a Manchester raid, followed by earlier arrests in Edinburgh and Bournemouth, brought home to them the threat posed by Algerian extremists, seen by MI5 as danger number one.
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