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Alexander Litvinenko
Just heard he's died.
Are they any clearer about what happened to him?
Are they any clearer about what happened to him?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.They reckon it's radiation poisoning, not thalium now, but won't know for certain until the post mortem is finished. As tragic as it is that someone has died, does anyone else think it's very fitting that it's happened when the James Bond franchise has been reinvented? It's just the sort of thing MI6 would send their best agent to investigate...
I heard on the news that x-rays had revealed some foreign objects in his intestine and small bowel which had been ingested - according to their position this can be determined. Now they'll be able to post mortem and find out what they are, and if they contributed to his death.
fairkatrina - what a bizarre mental link to make. 'Fitting' - hardly! The man is dead - how does this connect to a film? What a weird way your mind appears to work!
fairkatrina - what a bizarre mental link to make. 'Fitting' - hardly! The man is dead - how does this connect to a film? What a weird way your mind appears to work!
Awful way to go. The Beeb mentioned that the Russian parliament had passed a law last year that gave the go-ahead to kill people that might be a threat. I'd never heard of this last year, and I'm totally certain it would have made headlines, so I'm not sure if this is just propoganda - anyone?
Love the Bond idea. I thought I was bad. Here's an example....
Is it possible he's murdered himself to discredit the Russian ruling establishment? I know it's a terrible death, but we all now know there are some mad suicidal extremists out there.
Love the Bond idea. I thought I was bad. Here's an example....
Is it possible he's murdered himself to discredit the Russian ruling establishment? I know it's a terrible death, but we all now know there are some mad suicidal extremists out there.
Latest info on Polonium-210 is that it is 1 billion times more radioactive than uranium, 250 billion times more poisonous than cyanide, was discovered by Marie Currie and named after her homeland of Poland, is made in a particle accelerator (each reaction creates only enough to fit onto the head of a pin), it's only known use (apart from as a poison, although this case is - as far as we know - unprecidented) is as an accelerator in nuclear reactors, a speck smaller than the eye could see would be enough to kill him instantly, so imagine how small a dose he has been given, it is carried in bodily fluids, especially saliva and sweat, and something like 100 people are believed to have been affected by the radiation he emmited in hospital, especially his wife and young son. Also, it has been available recently on the British black market. Be afraid...be very afraid.