Australia: Who Gifted Chocolate Bars?

#1 (**permalink**) 07-08-2005, 04:00 AM

http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/s/afp/...late_050701105

Early this month, MasterFoods - the producer of Snickers and Mars chocolate bars in Australia - was urgent to withdraw its products (dozens of thousands of bars) from sale across New South Wales state because og=f the "threat of unknown offender who claimed to have poisoned them" with some unidentified "foreign contaminant".

I'm not very pessimistic but prefer to face reality. So, I wonder whether it can be sort of revenge of immigrants from North Caucasus (specifically, Chechenia) in retaliation for the "smooth-forcing-out-of-state policy" of Australian government? I wish it were not. But God only knows.

Of late, there have been large-scale blackouts in Europe - UK and Switzerland. Now we have contaminated chocolate here in Australia. I only fear that further more drastic measures taken toward natives of the Caucasus will result into more severe acts of terrorism like that in Madrid some a year ago.

L-and-D · #2 (**permalink**) 07-18-2005, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by AmandA";p=&quot

http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050701/h1_afp/healthaustraliacrimechololate_050701105

Early this month, MasterFoods - the producer of Snickers and Mars chocolate bars in Australia - was urgent to withdraw its products (dozens of thousands of bars) from sale across New South Wales state because og=f the "threat of unknown offender who claimed to have poisoned them" with some unidentified "foreign contaminant".

I'm not very pessimistic but prefer to face reality. So, I wonder whether it can be sort of revenge of immigrants from North Caucasus (specifically, Chechenia) in retaliation for the "smooth-forcing-out-of-state policy" of Australian government? I wish it were not. But God only knows.

Of late, there have been large-scale blackouts in Europe - UK and Switzerland. Now we have contaminated chocolate here in Australia. I only fear that further more drastic measures taken toward natives of the Caucasus will result into more severe acts of terrorism like that in Madrid some a year ago.

To be fair, Australia is a relatively safe region. Compared to that of Europe or Middle East or USA. It's proximity to other continent renders it an almost pointess target for any terrorist force *touch wood*. Of course apart from the Bali bombings, Australians have not suffered great losses. They are not a massive 'world power' like the G8, and have a fairly small amred force although a robust and growing economy.

Chances of an open attack, like that on America or recent one in London, is hopefully non-existent. Although nowdays no place is safe, or so to say.

L. and D.

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