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| Britain |
| After 'brazen and reckless' nerve agent attack on ex-spy, 21 people sought treatment |
| 2018-03-09 |
| Excerpt: [Stars and Stripes] Russia is "obviously a clear candidate," but it is too soon to say who was behind the attack, Guthrie added. "It's also possible there could be some troublemaker out there who wants to make it look like it was Russia," he said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Not saying it wasn't the Russians, but 20-some people as collateral damage sounds sloppy and unfocused. Plus, they had him for 5 years in their jail - if they wanted him dead... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-09 12:50 |
| #9 Or a water balloon aerosol attack. Just the sort of thing you get when you hire out your hits to sketchy, low-rent subcontractors. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-03-09 12:46 |
| #8 Sorry, duplicate. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-09 12:41 |
| #7 Porton Down: Britain's secret research facility |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-09 12:39 |
| #6 Here it is: 11 people sickened after hazmat incident at Fort Myer in Arlington |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-09 12:33 |
| #5 20-some people as collateral damage sounds sloppy and unfocused. Or a water balloon aerosol attack. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-09 12:30 |
| #4 Yesterday, the Beeb was pushing the idea that only state actors had the necessary skillz and stuff to make such nasty chemicals. Never done it myself, but was under the impression it was college-level organic chem with the added caveat of not killing yourself during the synthesis. Back around 1995, the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo religious cult managed to brew up enough sarin to kill or injure some 5,000 people, despite not being state-level actors. Not saying it wasn't the Russians, but 20-some people as collateral damage sounds sloppy and unfocused. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-03-09 12:20 |
| #3 I found a few articles, all roughly like this one: They only reference PD as having identified the chemical agent. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-03-09 11:06 |
| #2 Thought there was an incident at Ft. Myer? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-09 11:05 |
| #1 The only nerve agent attack reported this week anywhere on the globe takes place 6 kilometers from Porton Down (PD)? Yes, a "false flag" is a very real possibility. Heard anyone in the media refer to PD yet? No, me neither. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-09 09:11 |