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Stuart · 06-09-2018, 15:22

I believe the Russians did it. It does fit in with Putin's style, even if he didn't directly order it.

That said, it troubles me. It troubles me that it was so public. The two people caught were apparently experienced spies, yet they got caught on CCTV? Maybe the Skripals, being experienced spies were unusually wary of quiet out of the way places (which would be the most logical place to kill someone - no one to notice, probably no CCTV), so would only go into busy public places.

That said, the Russians did kill that guy on London Bridge a few years ago. Can't get much more public than that. Maybe they were trying to send a message to other operatives. A warning that they can still be killed?

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: UPDATED: British Prosecutors: 2 Russian Nationals Identified as Novichok Suspects I believe the Russians did it. It does fit in with Putin's style, even if he didn't directly order it. That said, it troubles me. It troubles me that it was so public. The two people caught were apparently experienced spies, yet they got caught on CCTV? Maybe the Skripals, being experienced spies were unusually wary of quiet out of the way places (which would be the most logical place to kill someone - no one to notice, probably no CCTV), so would only go into busy public places. That said, the Russians did kill that guy on London Bridge a few years ago. Can't get much more public than that. Maybe they were trying to send a message to other operatives. A warning that they can still be killed?