Former Spy Poisoned By Radiation In UK

An anonymous reader writes "BBC new is reporting the death of the ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko with a major dose of radioactive polonium-210. But nobody knows how it got there. Suspicions have fallen upon the Russian security services (who deny involvement). The task of the pathologists now is to unpick what really killed him and how it was administered. Quite what techniques they will use to solve this puzzle is unclear." From the article: "A post-mortem examination on Mr Litvinenko has not been held yet. The delay is believed to be over concerns about the health implications for those present at the examination. But Roger Cox from the HPA said a large quantity of alpha radiation emitted from polonium-210 had been detected in Mr Litvinenko's urine."

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Re:The non-reversal should read:

[Master of Transhuman]

Unfortunately for your theory, Putin is not involved in the "Russian Mafia" - which should read as "the Russian-Israeli Mafia" since some seventy of the Russian oligarchs that Putin chased out of Russia now have Israeli passports (whether they were ever "Jewish" or not, apparently.)

Read Justin Raimondo's analysis of the case at Antiwar.com. He makes a good case for Putin being framed for this by US and other neocons and oligarchs trying to restart the "Cold War".

It works the same as Syria being framed for the Harriri (and now Gemayel) murders in Lebanon - since the real beneficiary of all this is Israel, who is known to have assassination squads operating in Lebanon for several years.

Personally, I think in 2008 we should run Putin for US President - with either George Galloway or Segolene Royal as Vice-President. At least we'd get a smart President and either a smart and/or good-looking (Segolene makes Hillary look like Ernest Borgnine - and he's been dead for years) Vice President - instead of getting another neocon or the Democratic equivalent in both slots.

SPY?

[Mondor]

I'm sorry, but Litvinenko was not a spy. He was not an AGENT of FSB, but a colonel. Although many newspapers dupe each other, the truth is - he had nothing to do with agents and espionage. He was "fighting" the organized crime inside Russia.

After all, why he is so much against Russian president? There are 2 reasons:

1. There is only one chance to stay in UK if you are FSB officer - say, that your life is in danger and Russian elite forces are hunting you.
2. Money of Mr. Berezovski, who is saying a lot shit about Putin because he can't return to Russia. Obviously, because all his millions were stolen.

Now, if you ask me, I think that death of Litvinenko and journalist Politkovskaja was the part of Berezovski master plan. Although I don't really care. I think that if this was done by Russian military that's even better, as traitors don't deserve to live. Any traitors - whether they are working for FSB, CIA or MI5, if they become renegades, they deserve to die.

And after all, I think that putting such "news" on Slashdot is a mistake, because a lot of Slashdot readers love Russia, and a lot of them hate Russia, for different reasons. Seeding hate between /. users is the last thing /. administrator should do. If he is not paid by someone, of course.