Mardi Gra Cash Card

[John Young <jya@pipeline.com>]

   WSJ 4-12-06 reports that England's "Mardi Gra" bomber is
   demanding of Barclays "access to the bank's cash reserves
   through the use of a special cash card, although details
   could not be confirmed."

   Police are communicating with the bomber through cryptic
   notices in personal columns of newspapers, the latest
   stating: "MARDI GRA We are ready to help and give value.
   Contact us on the verification number."

   Barclays says 25 bombs have been sent to its branches. The
   bomber -- who has been compared to America's Unabomber --
   may be a former employee among those 18,500 laid off during
   the past 5 years, or a small businessman with a grudge. [Or 
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