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Radiation poisoning conspiracy theories

LizLiz
edited November 2006 in General chat
I've been having some trouble taking the whole poisoned spy thing seriously - I think it's because we went to see Casino Royale the day before the story broke so I was having a bit of a fiction/reality overlap. Anyway, I'm getting more into it now that theories about what went on are starting to develop. Any thoughts on this? None of them seem very likely to me. KGB: Why on earth would they? And if they would, why with such a weird poison? Surely easier just to get someone to shove him under a tube in the rush hour. Self-inflicted: Really??? Again, why with such a weird poison? Bumped off by his own team to frame the KGB: Same point about method applies...
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  • DavidDavid
    edited 9:16PM
    Didn't you find it wierd how the press kept trotting out that random footage of him doing pull ups and bench presses in his flat?
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  • PetePete
    edited 9:16PM
    I'm betting on him being killed as a new form of marketing for the new James Bond. Make it elaborate and rediculous and kill someone who would be paranoid enough to suspect the president of a country.

    You get people with Spies on the brain, you watch that box office never slow down
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  • andyandy
    edited 9:16PM
    I think there's a consensus that polonium is likely to come from russian nuclear reactors.

    That leads you to two sources: KGB-successor groups like the FSB or the Chechen mafia.

    Putin has links to the former and Berezovsky (Litvinenko's sponsor/friend & Putin's enemy) has links to the Chechen mafia. The most extreme allegation is that BB runs the Chechen mafia, the least is that they tried to extort money from him and he cut a deal.

    Chechnya is at the heart of this, because Litvinenko (and the other recently murdered journalist) were both working on an expose around two big terrorist bombs in Moscow. At the time, these were blamed on the Chechens and led to a series of authoritarian laws and the subsequent Russian invasion of Chechnya. The allegation was that these bombs were actually planted by the KGB/FSB in order to give Putin a mandate for invasion. He wanted that mandate because the Chechen mafia were running rampant and using Chechnya as a home base.

    Also, a law was recently passed giving Putin executive authority to kill people abroad.

    So it's very murky. It's easier not to think in terms of good guys and bad guys.
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  • LizLiz
    edited 9:16PM
    But I still don't get why they would have used polonium 210 when there are so many other ways to kill people...makes no sense to me.
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  • andyandy
    edited 9:16PM
    Because it send a very obvious signal.
    From who to whom, I can't say.
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  • LizLiz
    edited 9:16PM
    Aarrgghh! That's what's driving me mad!
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  • andyandy
    edited 9:16PM
    I could tell you, but I'd have to 'invite you out for sushi'

    On another tack, I bet you're glad you're not the manager at Itsu.
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  • PetePete
    edited 9:16PM
    I will now spend my days trying to get "invite you to sushi" into the British lexicon

    <img src="http://www.b3tards.com/u/739915991edcd1736685/sushi.gif">
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  • LizLiz
    edited 9:16PM
    A noble aim, Pete. Am also v glad I'm not BA at the moment - it's pouring rather than raining for them at the moment.
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  • andyandy
    edited 9:16PM
    great cartoon
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