Machine gun used to attack the U.S. Embassy with goal of reducing cost of water and other necessary resources

Machine gun used to attack the U.S. Embassy with goal of reducing cost of water and other necessary resources

The Popular Liberation Forces (PLF) uses a machine gun to attack the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador. This attack was stated by PLF to be part of their war against U.S. imperialism. Demands included the reduction in the cost of water, as well the cost of housing, fertilizer, rents, agricultural land, and electric power, as well as for the release of a number of prisoners assumed to be held for political reasons.

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North Carolina reservoir poisoned

Contamination of a North Carolina reservoir with unknown materials. According to Clark: “Safety caps and valves were removed, and poison chemicals were sent into the reservoir….Water had to be brought in.”

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Militia Chief shot in China’s Zhang River conflict

A local militia chief is shot to death in a clash over the damming of Zhang River. Conflicts over excessive water withdrawals and subsequent water shortages from China’s Zhang River have been worsening for over three decades. (See also entries for 1970, 1991, 1992, 1999.)

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Iraq threatens Syria dam

Iraq threatens to bomb the Euphrates dam (also known as al-Thawra or Tabqa dam) in Syria and massed troops along the border, alleging that the dam had reduced the flow of Euphrates River water to Iraq.

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Cult plans to poison US waters

Law enforcement authorities discover that a small survivalist group in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas known as The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) has acquired a drum containing 30 gallons of potassium cyanide, with the apparent intent to poison water supplies in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. CSA members believe that such attacks would make the Messiah return more quickly by punishing unrepentant sinners. The objective appears to be mass murder in the name…

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Anonomous note threatens to contaminate NYC’s reservoirs

An anonymous letter writer threatens to contaminate New York City’s water reservoirs with plutonium unless charges against a man accused of vigilantism for shooting four African American men in the New York subway are dropped. Testing detects minute levels of plutonium in the water on but scientists could not conclude whether the threat to contaminate the New York City water supply would be actually carried out or whether the sample is contaminated prior to receipt.

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