Reachy
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A few days ago an ex-Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko died in London after being poisoned with the radioactive substance Polonium 210. This substance was believed to have been introduced into his food when he met a contact at a restaurant, possibly in aerosol form. The contact had information about to the recent assassination of a female Russian journalist which Litvinenko was investigating.
Alexander Litvinenko was a vocal critic of Putin and has accused him of many wrong-doings including the theatre siege in Moscow a few years back. It is widely believed that the murder was carried out by the FSB (what the KGB became) either with or without Kremlin sanction. Although it would seem incredible that Putin himself ordered the killing recent legislation in Russia has meant that it is much easier for the FSB to order assassinations overseas without sanction from above. Another probably more likely scenario is that a rogue FSB unit were involved who wanted to discredit Putin by leaving such an obvious trail back to him. It's likely we will never know who did this because as Alexander Litvinenko said himself, the FSB are very, very good at what they do.
The Polonium itself is commonly used as part of the trigger for nuclear weapons and emits very powerful and destructive alpha particles. Once ingested death is certain, slow and very, very painful. It's as if a nuclear weapon had gone off inside him!
Just wondered whether this was being reported in the US and if so what sort of coverage it's getting. To me it brings back memories of The Cold War when you knew exactly who your enemies were
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Here are some links
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6180432.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1957879,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/25/npoison25.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_25112006
Cheers
Reachy
Alexander Litvinenko was a vocal critic of Putin and has accused him of many wrong-doings including the theatre siege in Moscow a few years back. It is widely believed that the murder was carried out by the FSB (what the KGB became) either with or without Kremlin sanction. Although it would seem incredible that Putin himself ordered the killing recent legislation in Russia has meant that it is much easier for the FSB to order assassinations overseas without sanction from above. Another probably more likely scenario is that a rogue FSB unit were involved who wanted to discredit Putin by leaving such an obvious trail back to him. It's likely we will never know who did this because as Alexander Litvinenko said himself, the FSB are very, very good at what they do.
The Polonium itself is commonly used as part of the trigger for nuclear weapons and emits very powerful and destructive alpha particles. Once ingested death is certain, slow and very, very painful. It's as if a nuclear weapon had gone off inside him!
Just wondered whether this was being reported in the US and if so what sort of coverage it's getting. To me it brings back memories of The Cold War when you knew exactly who your enemies were
!Here are some links
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6180432.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1957879,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/25/npoison25.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_25112006
Cheers
Reachy
