How many more critics will be murdered on Putin's orders? We need to stop playing games with this Kremlin killer. This is like Stalin all over again in more respects then this latest assassination.
Posted on 11/18/2006 5:20:28 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Deja Vu-the KGB used the Bulgarians to kill a critic in England a few years back. The poison was in the tip of an umbrella, that was used to inject the poison into the defector whose name escapes me...
Jeez, that'll teach me not to read the whole article! The articles mentions the whole Bulgarian story..
The dissident that was assassinated (Georgi Markov) was a Bulgarian and most likely KGB's role was limited to granting a permission to the Bulgarian Communists to kill him. Markov (formerly an aparatchik himself) had been annoying the Bulgarian dictator for a while.
WOW. Prayers for him.
Why was I immediately reminded of 'slick' and Arkanside?
Is this the same poison they used on the Ukrainian leader?
Murdering political opponents is a very old if not too accepted use of ruthless powers. Going back into the past it accounts for the deaths of various Roman Emperors and Renaissance princes, among many others.
It looks like Putin is not the democrat that many had hoped for, but he is a true alumnus of the KGB.
Didn't they try to poison someone a few years back? I remember him saying, "Take a look at my face!"
ping
I think Vlady seen the end of Casino the movie sometime it better without witnesses
This guy is very lucky to be alive.
Why was I immediately reminded of 'slick' and Arkanside?
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Yes, the ole KGB mob hunts down its opposition. Not Arkancide, but Rodina-cide.... :-)
Red Storm Rising --- won't be too long before we are staring at the U.S.S.R. all over again.
"If I remember correctly, it was Ricin on a bb sized pellet. "
Actually, it was much more of an engineering feat than that. It was a hollow sphere, about the size of a pinhead, with about five or six holes in it. The ricin was deposited inside the sphere, then coated with melted sugar to seal the holes. The little projectile was gas propelled, when coming into contact with the guy's leg. After, the sugar would dissolve, and the poison would be released. Quite clever, actually.
I wish I could get a job designing and building these clever gadgets for use against badguys.
You can take the Pooty-Poot out of the KGB, but you can't take the KGB out of the Pooty-Poot.
How many more critics will be murdered on Putin's orders? We need to stop playing games with this Kremlin killer. This is like Stalin all over again in more respects then this latest assassination.
We need to stop playing games with this Kremlin killer.
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True BUT....we need a President and a Congress that is will to do it. I don't see either anywhere....
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