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Assassination attempt on Bashar al-Assad in Moscow
2025-01-03
[X] Was it the KGB (or whatever they call themselves now) or Sunni terrorists of one or another flavour attempting the kill in solidarity?

Posted by:Fred

#13  Vast nations, no, oceans of space
Over which, with a slow-moti9n grace,
["O infinite riddle...
though frighteningly little!"]
Float tardigrades. Great Russian race.

Goes without saying that I love (most) Russians and wish them well. And that it takes at least two to have a race, let alone a demolition derby.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-01-03 22:33  

#12  #2 this great - you read like Tolstoy…
Posted by: Alpha2c   2025-01-03 21:55  

#11  Just for fun, how about himself, angling for a free security/housekeeping upgrade?
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2025-01-03 18:57  

#10  That's ACA JOE

#2 was ACA JOE? Unpossible! The post is reasonably literate, kind of makes sense, and contains absolutely no mention the Juice whatsoever. I'd bet a donut on ChatGPT.

As for Assad, more likely the Ukrainians or the wife. What would the Russians get out of it?
Posted by: SteveS   2025-01-03 18:03  

#9  Maybe one of his ex-patients. No one likes doctors these days.
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-01-03 14:19  

#8  Really? Not ChatGPT?
Posted by: European Conservative   2025-01-03 10:32  

#7  ^ Figures you'd like him. That's ACA JOE
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-03 07:46  

#6  #2 Wow, we have a writer. Well written.
Posted by: Dale   2025-01-03 07:31  

#5  Maybe he tried to poison himself; the last 20 years have been rough and the last 20 weeks even rougher.
Posted by: Airandee   2025-01-03 07:03  

#4  Probably a gentle reminder from the FSB who's boss. Or the windows were stuck shut.
Posted by: European Conservative   2025-01-03 06:25  

#3  Was it the KGB (or whatever they call themselves now) or Sunni terrorists of one or another flavour attempting the kill in solidarity?

Or the wife?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2025-01-03 04:04  

#2  Russia looms vast, an expanse that dwarfs understanding. To dismiss this truth is to dwell in ignorance. A man grapples with his fate—his beloved wife battles the cruel shadows of cancer, while he himself is ensnared in the sinister grip of poison.
This is not merely a tale; it is a narrative crafted in the twilight before the al-Assad dynasty metamorphoses, shedding its skin to emerge anew in another guise. Indeed, Russia is an immense land, a canvas upon which the grand and tragic stories of human existence unfold.
Posted by: Cecilio    2025-01-03 03:31  

#1  Vlad: "Try the sushi"
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-03 01:04  

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