one more reason to drink gin

St. Mary MartiniAll the Polonium 210 in tea.

”This is all lies, provocation and government propaganda by the United Kingdom,” he said. ”They are trying to make up for their weak hand…”

Investigators have identified the teapot believed to have contained the radioactive tea, which eventually killed Litvinenko in November, Sky News said, citing unnamed Scotland Yard officials. ABC News had a similar report, citing an unidentified official…

ABC News said the teapot, found at the Millennium Hotel, remained in use for several weeks after the poisoning, adding that its radiation readings were extremely high.

Of the 13 people who tested positive for contamination with Polonium-210 since Litvinenko was poisoned, eight worked at the hotel. Two others who tested positive for the rare radioactive material also visited the hotel’s bar.

Litvinenko, 43, died on Nov. 23. The former KGB agent fled to Britain after leaving Russia and was granted asylum. In exile, he became a vocal opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him in a deathbed statement of masterminding his death…

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8 thoughts on “one more reason to drink gin

  1. As if you needed a reason!

    Actually, the BBC carried a report last Friday that investigators have openly stated that the hit was carried out by agents of the Russian state security apparatus. That is, that they have now said publicly what everyone has believed all this time.

    Hurrah for Vladimir the Impaler. Former head of a former Soviet security service, now current head of a former democracy that behaves like a Soviet security service.

  2. Bit of a coincidence there, eh? And we’ve got a Bush in the White House (son of the director of the CIA). Fortunately Harper’s too wooden to have made a good spy…come to think of it, it’s a good idea we DIDN’T elect Ignatieff…that man has “spy” written all over him.

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