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2003-01-08 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-01-08 08:17 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 BBC UPDATE: "French intelligence services provided the tip that led British authorities to arrest six men and find traces of the deadly poison ricin in a London apartment, sources told CNN. The men being questioned by authorities are Algerian and have been in Britain no more than three months, the intelligence sources said on Wednesday. They added that the suspects may have been connected to others involved in earlier reconnaisance missions."
Friends of the group the French caught last month making bombs, perhaps?

Posted by Steve 2003-01-08 09:41:47|| 2003-01-08 09:41:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Bulgarians were contracted to do all of the KGB's "wet work", or so people say (Tom Clancy, for one).

Maybe we should be on the lookout for sudden umbrella purchases?

Posted by Nick 2003-01-08 10:34:47|| [www.dvdverdict.com] 2003-01-08 10:34:47|| Front Page Top

#3 History break:According to the former KGB chief archivist Vasili Mitrokhin and the historian Christopher Andrew,the Bulgarians requested the Centre's (KGB) help in killing Markov,who was a big embarrassment to the Bulgarian regime.

KGB chief Juri Andropov agreed to help,on the condition that Moscow's part in the assassination kept to technical advice and training.The actual murder was done by the Bulgarians themselves.There was also an attempt on the life of another dissident Ã©migrÃ©,Vladimir Kostov,but that one failed due to poison pellet remaining intact.

Source:"The Mitrokhin Archive" (Andrew/Mitrokhin) (aka "The Sword and the Shield" in the U.S.)

Posted by El Id 2003-01-08 13:49:39|| 2003-01-08 13:49:39|| Front Page Top

#4 KGB: The Inside Story of Its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev
http://www.anybook4less.com/detail/0060166053.html

Posted by mojo 2003-01-08 15:39:32|| 2003-01-08 15:39:32|| Front Page Top

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