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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 11:06 AM Sep 2018

Russia: Alleged Skripal-assassins too incompetent to possibly be assassins.

https://www.rt.com/news/438238-skripal-suspects-putin-civilians/

According to the investigators, the suspects who arrived in Britain from Moscow left traces of the poison used in the attack in the hotel room they stayed in. They were also caught on CCTV cameras in Salisbury twice, including on the day of the attack, and traveled back directly to the Russian capital.

This trail of evidence from the supposedly highly-trained perpetrators casts doubt over Moscow’s involvement, according to a number of security experts. “It seems very strange that these people have absolutely left what seems to be a very reckless and clear trail of evidence, which almost seems to be designed, or at least would almost inevitably lead to, the conclusions that the police and the authorities have come to today, in other words that Russia were to blame,” Charles Shoebridge, a security expert and former British military officer, told RT.




The argument that it cannot possibly have been russian assassins because russian assassins would never be that incompetent...

You know what's funny?

We heard exactly the same argument back when Litvinenko had his polonium-tea and traces of Polonium were later found in a hotel-room used by suspects. Back then, we were also told that it cannot possibly have been russian assassins because russian assassins would never be this incompetent.
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Russia: Alleged Skripal-assassins too incompetent to possibly be assassins. (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2018 OP
Damn! They're using the same defense Putin gave to Trump -- Too incompetent to collude. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #1
Same argument as the russian backed Trump campaign Renew Deal Sep 2018 #2
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