Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:36:17 -0800
Subject: UC Davis researchers threatened, police on high alert (2 items)
ABC News 10 (Sacramento, CA)
UC Davis Receives Mail Bomb Threat
Posted By: Julia Fox 57 mins ago
http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=53165&catid=2DAVIS, CA - Police at UC Davis are on high alert while they are
investigating a threat made on a controversial Web site targeting two
of the university's researchers.
According to UC Davis spokesman Andy Fell, the "Revolutionary Cells
Animal Liberation Brigade" posted on a Web site that they had sent
mail bombs to the UC Davis researchers late Saturday.
The researchers work at the California National Primate Research
Center, which conducts tests on primates to try and benefit human and
animal health. The center does studies on HIV/AIDS and other
infectious diseases, asthma, autism and Alzheimer's disease.
According to officials, the center has been the target of threats and
protests before.
"Such threats against our researchers are unacceptable, and we condemn
them in the strongest possible terms," said Stan Nosek, Vice
Chancellor for Administration at UC Davis.
The original threat was posted on
www.indybay.org but has since been
taken down. So far, no suspicious packages have been found, but all
researchers, faculty and staff have been warned.
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Woodland Daily Democrat (CA)
Group: We sent 2 bombs to UC Davis researchers
By JAKE DORSEY/jdorsey@dailydemocrat.com
Created: 01/12/2009 02:34:21 AM PST
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/ci_11434004An animal rights group claimed in an Internet posting Saturday that it
had sent letter bombs to two UC Davis researchers. The researchers
work in the Primate Research Center.
The group, called Revolutionary Cells - Animal Liberation Brigade, was
reported to the Davis Police Department the same day, said Andy Fell,
a UCD spokesman.
UC Davis police are working with municipal police on the case. The two
researchers were notified Sunday morning.
No suspicious packages have been found, Fell said.
"We don't have any indication anything was actually sent," he said.
Staff have been advised to be careful when opening mail, and UC Davis
police have guidelines on their Web site on what to look for when
handling parcels or packages.
Anyone with information about the posting, any suspicious packages, or
any other threats is asked to call the UC Davis Police Department at
752-1727.
The RCALB styled after the leaderless Animal Liberation Front, gained
most of its notoriety in August 2003 when it used pipe bombs to attack
the office building of an Emeryville business doing work for an animal
testing company, according to information published by the San Jose
Mercury News. The group's last documented attack was a failed car bomb
attached to a van used by a UCLA researcher, according to the
Anti-Defamation League.
The RCALB is considered a terrorist organization by the FBI.
The Primate Research Center is one of eight facilities in the U.S.
funded by the National Institutes of Health, Fell stated in a press
release. Research at the center includes studies on HIV/AIDS and other
infectious diseases, asthma, autism and Alzheimer's Disease.
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