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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 02:21 PM
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SHOT OUTSIDE DC HOME: Russian expert --claims Russian gov't complicit in Litvinenko case
"Russian Expert Shot Near D.C.-Area Home

By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) - An expert on Russian intelligence was critically injured in a shooting in front of his suburban Washington home, authorities said.The shooting of Paul Joyal, 53, came days after he accused the Russian government of involvement in the poisoning of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. The FBI was assisting in the investigation.

The shooting appeared to be a random robbery and street shooting, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press..." (Yeah, right!)

SNIP

"...In an interview broadcast last Sunday on 'Dateline NBC,' Joyal also accused the Russian government of trying to silence its critics.

'A message has been communicated to anyone who wants to speak out against the Kremlin: If you do, no matter who you are, where you are, we will find you, and we will silence you _ in the most horrible way possible,' Joyal said..."
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 02:42 PM
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1. Do you think the russian government might be intimately involved......
Edited on Sun Mar-04-07 02:51 PM by Double T
in the Litvinenko murder? The kremlin is MORE THAN guilty as hell. Just like our 'anthrax' attack, nothing will ever come of it as the whole affair will be swept under the carpet and ultimately 'forgotten'.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 03:01 PM
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2. I think Putin is reverting to his KGB roots
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:56 AM
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4. Putin never left his KGB roots, just as 'poppy' never left his CIA roots.........
once you're evil, you're ALWAYS evil.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 03:51 PM
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3. k & r
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