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Russia sends hit squad to kill renegade colonel who gave up Anna Chapman spy ring
telegraph.co.uk ^ | Nov. 11, 2010 | Andrew Osborn

Posted on 11/11/2010 6:02:09 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

The man, named as Colonel Scherbakov, worked for Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, a successor agency to the KGB, where he oversaw a top- secret programme to dispatch long-term sleeper agents or "illegals" to the United States.

Russian intelligence sources told the Kommersant newspaper that he was the traitor who had given the FBI the names of the ten sleeper agents who made up the ring, including glamorous spy Anna Chapman. In at least one case, he is even said to have taken part in an interrogation.

In an echo of the Cold War, a Kremlin source was quoted as saying that Colonel Scherbakov would not have long to savour his betrayal.

"We know who he is and where he is," the source said. "Have no doubt that a Mercader has been sent after him already."

Ramon Mercader was the KGB assassin who murdered exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky with an ice pick in 1940. A "Mercader" is a synonym for a hit squad.

"The fate of such an individual is unenviable," the Kremlin source continued. "He will fear revenge every day (of his life)."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1940; annachapman; assassinationplots; icepick; leontrotsky; mercader; mexicocity; ramonmercader; russia; russianspyring; scherbakov; trotsky

1 posted on 11/11/2010 6:02:15 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wait a minute. She ain’t all that glamorous.


2 posted on 11/11/2010 6:05:43 PM PST by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: righttackle44
Wait a minute. She ain’t all that glamorous.

Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snowe, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Helen Thomas. She's glamorous enough.

In the meantime, it's good to know there's still a government somewhere that understands serious.

3 posted on 11/11/2010 6:12:36 PM PST by Grut
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Russia sends hit squad"

Sounds like an opportunity to gather up even more Russian operators.
4 posted on 11/11/2010 6:17:24 PM PST by indthkr
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To: indthkr

While they are at it, maybe send someone for Soros and the Tides Foundation.


5 posted on 11/11/2010 6:38:15 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Remember March 23, 1775. Remember March 23, 2010)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Note to Mr. Scherbakov: Lay off the tea for a while.


6 posted on 11/11/2010 6:47:40 PM PST by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: Grut

“In the meantime, it’s good to know there’s still a government somewhere that understands serious.”

If they kill one of our people, we need to kill one of their people. Otherwise they will never think twice about murdering people in the USA.


7 posted on 11/11/2010 7:16:33 PM PST by devere
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To: righttackle44

8 posted on 11/11/2010 7:27:19 PM PST by AndrewB (FUBO)
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To: indthkr

They would be considered terrorist. Homeland Security will keep everyone safe. /s


9 posted on 11/11/2010 7:32:00 PM PST by Orange1998
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To: AndrewB; righttackle44; All

Looks pretty glamorous to me....


10 posted on 11/11/2010 7:37:06 PM PST by AnalogReigns
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To: Free ThinkerNY
It's good to see some Nations take traitors seriously! Now, why can't the U.S.
(Surely there are traitors here that need a similar response!)
11 posted on 11/11/2010 8:09:52 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: AndrewB

as a friend of mine was famous for saying “If it came right down to it, I’d ffff her”


12 posted on 11/11/2010 8:24:38 PM PST by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
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