The Kremlin Murders

NRO ^ | November 27, 2006 | Michael Ledeen

[outofstyle]

“Well you’re the obvious guy, uh, spirit, to ask about this stuff, because you spent most of your career watching the KGB didn’t you?” It was rhetorical, needless to say. I had finally connected with the shade of the late James Jesus Angleton after several dropped communications via the ouija board, and now that I had him I wanted to find out what he thought about the melodramatic death of former KGB agent (or FSB…whatever) Alexander Litvinenko in London. Ian Fleming couldn’t have invented a wilder story.....

[outofstyle]

This is an unussual take on events. It's worth reading the article.

[sarasota]

I heard someone this weekend say that in fact this type of poisoning is a plot in someone's novel. (Sorry, no further details from my memory bank.)

[Thunder90]

Russia/Soviet/Coldwar2 PING!!!

To be added or removed from this list, please FReepmail me...

[Digger]

Along with Islam is a peaceful religion & illegals are only here for the jobs, let's include I looked into his eyes & felt we could do business. This president is the most naive we ever had.He was too young & naive in his 1st election & now too old & wornout & still naive in his 2nd.

[rightazrain]

This article gave me cold chills. Must read, and God protect all those in Putin's sights!

[Bon mots]

[Rushmore Rocks]

"The Fourth Protocol" by Frederick Forsythe.........I think.

I read it years ago and was reminded of it with this poisoning.

[Bon mots]

[spanalot]

An identical assassination!

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Here’s an article from Le Monde on November 25, bylined Moscow, written by Marie Jego, entitled “The Poisons of the Kremlin.” She says that a Russian parliamentarian who had been snooping into the peculiar bombings in Russia in 1999, the ones that justified Putin’s massive attack on Chechnya, came down with terrible headaches in June 2003. A week later he was in the hospital, and his symptoms sound just like Litvinenko’s: “Hair loss...drop in the number of white blood cells, cardiac problems...

[spanalot]

check this

http://aussiethule.blogspot.com/2006/11/was-former-kgb-agent-murdered-over.html#comments

[M. Espinola]

Let us hope the Lé Monde article provokes more investigative reporting and more and more & more ....

[Lurker]

I love this bit:

Some of these damn policymakers should listen more carefully to Natan Sharansky, you know.

ML: I thought they did. Bush had him as a guest of honor in the Oval Office.

JJA: Yeah, he let him in the room, but he didn’t pay attention.

ML: You mean Sharansky’s insistence that you cannot possibly have a meaningful peace with leaders who oppress, kill, and torture their own people.

Ledeen is great.

L

[spanalot]

It was Putin!

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British Airways said they had been advised the risk to public health is low.

Passengers from the following flights are being asked to come forward:
• BA875 Moscow-Heathrow on October 25 - aircraft number GBNWX
• BA872 Heathrow-Moscow on October 28 - aircraft number GBNWX
• BA873 Moscow-Heathrow on October 31 - aircraft number GBNWB
• BA874 Heathrow-Moscow on November 3 - aircraft number GBZHA

The flights would have each been carrying up to 200 passengers.

[M. Espinola]

[M. Espinola]

It very possible other airlines should be checked as well.