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Yassir, was he poisoned?
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Every main UK newspaper except, surprisingly, the Daily Star (oh and the FT, if you want to categorise it as such) features a photo of Yulia Skripal on the front page today.
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The implications of what I've read is that this is more of a message to others that MI5 / CIA can't protect you.
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There was an interesting comment by Misha Glenny on the Today programme this morning. He said it's absolutely unprecedented for the Secret Services on either side to target a person who has been involved in a spy exchange (since that would mean there's no reason for anyone to take part in another one).Last edited by Nefertiti2; 07-03-2018, 10:01.
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Originally posted by Ginger Yellow View Post?
I'm sure Russia is quaking after our robust response to the Litvinenko murder.
Forget who that was now...
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Nef, did Glenny say anything as to whether that gentlemen's agreement still applies if an exchanged spy once again becomes active? As AE notes above, the implication is that that is what happened here.
Though it is equally possible that neither side is as bound by convention as they once were, especially given the number of "private" agencies now in operation.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostNef, did Glenny say anything as to whether that gentlemen's agreement still applies if an exchanged spy once again becomes active? As AE notes above, the implication is that that is what happened here.
Though it is equally possible that neither side is as bound by convention as they once were, especially given the number of "private" agencies now in operation.
It's reported here essentially he thinks it's still very unlikely that the Intelligence agencies directly got involved, and that it's more likely to be someone else who was being targetted by Skripal who may have been working for a Private Intelligence Agency and/or against the interests of one of the oligarchs or gangsters capable of such an thing
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostNef, did Glenny say anything as to whether that gentlemen's agreement still applies if an exchanged spy once again becomes active? As AE notes above, the implication is that that is what happened here.
Though it is equally possible that neither side is as bound by convention as they once were, especially given the number of "private" agencies now in operation.
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Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov found dead at his London home
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...y_to_clipboard
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I have walked past the bench where they found him many a time, it's weird to think that Salisbury is suddenly the centre of an international spy story.
My mother is put out because she couldn't go to St Thomas church on Sunday because of the police cordon.
And if you were aiming to poison someone with a chemical weapon, why do it a few miles away from the one place in the country that is chock full of people who know all about the use, chemistry and treatment of them?
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