The Shining
Just when you thought it was safe to set up that meet at an H Street Chinese restaurant.
- Radiation at British Embassy in Russia: Traces of radiation were found at the British Embassy in Moscow as a Litvinenko case witness delayed a meeting with British investigators. (Toronto Daily News)
- Dmitry Kovtun, a businessman and former Russian agent who met with former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London, has developed an illness connected with a radioactive substance, the prosecutor’s office said. Interfax, citing unidentified sources, said Kovtun fell into a coma immediately after being questioned by Russian investigators and Scotland Yard detectives. (Breitbart/AP)
posted by wretchardthecat at 12/07/2006 05:52:00 PM
12 Comments:
New Russian word for dissent:
comatoast
2164th said, "New Russian word for dissent: comatoast"
(Pravda) MOSCOW 12/14/06 - Bloggers Critical of Putin Found Dead After Pajamas Caught In Aeroflot Turbofan Intake
I've since received word that news of a certain death reported on this comments thread has NOT YET been conveyed to the next of kin. So I've going to delete all references to it.
You know I never delete comments unless it is absolutely necessary and feel you will understand in this case.
Wretchard,
Thank you for the courtesy. I was unaware.
Metaphysician said, "Okay, no offense, but if this was supposed to be some cunning assassination...why the hell did they contaminate what sounds like half of London?"
The enemies of the west continue to append items to their "List Of Offenses That Merit Only A Shrug" and strewing radiation all over a western capital is merely the latest. Previous items include test-detonating a nuclear weapon in North Korea, firing a (faulty) multi-stage rocket at Hawaii, and building nuclear reactors in Iran.
metaphysician, that's the Russian way of deterrence: seek the poison trail (that leads all the way to Moscow, but you'll never get there in time) and court your own painful, agonising demise.
"H Street"? Wretch, I didn't know you were local to D.C.!
A recent article posted elsewhere reminded of the interesting case in 2004 of Viktor Yushchenko (the western-leaning Ukranian presidential candidate) who suffered from dioxin poisoning during a controvercial election.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Yuschenko_before_after.JPG/250px-Yuschenko_before_after.JPG
Is there anything to the hypothesis that Litvinenko's death was not a "hit", but a nuclear materials smuggling operation gone awry -- namely, of Polonium-Beryllium "triggers" for suitcase nukes?
I heard that rumor also...and that the "assassinated victim" was actually carrying the leaky package.
His deathbed conversion to Islam is interesting. As is the necessity to bury him very, very deep in a thoroughly encased coffin.
As is usual with Russian intrigue, we won't know for another 25 years, when the information is irrelevant.
Wretchard!
That's the first time I've ever seen you with your fur on...must start opening the comment section instead of just reading them on the post continuation.
dymphna is optimistic. The Russians often destroy their secret records. Lots of IMPORTANT history gets destroyed that way, but the Russians believe it's better to destroy secrets when they are no longer useful than to publish them.
So if you want the truth about Russia, you've got to read their novels. Someday I'll acquire Life and Fate, a novel so compelling that the KGB arrested the manuscript, not the author!
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