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Originally posted by stumason
Ok, here is my wild and wacky theory for the day....
It doesn't seem to make sense when you look at in from an assasination point of view. Takes too long, guy has a chance to talk, make up stories etc etc... There could have been 1001 ways to bump off someone that would be much more efficient than this.
Now, what if the guy was practicing what he preached. Maybe he was maing some sort of dirty bomb to antagonise someone into attacking someone else.
Polonium is found in Uranium. You can make it out of Bismuth, but you need some funky gadgetry for that.
Maybe, he was working on a dirty bomb of some kind, but ended up being poisoned himself.
Just a thought... But you heard it here first......
Conspiracy Theory Copyright Stumason 24th November 2006.
Originally posted by maloy
First people blamed Russia and Putin outright for killing Litvenenko- the hero. The absence of any facts didn't stop anyone.
Now people are blaming Russia and Putin for helping Litvenenko- the trecherous terrorist- in plottoting against UK and US. Again the absence of facts linking Litvenenko to Putin doesn't seem to be of concern.
The common factor in these theories: Blame Putin and his evil regime.
Originally posted by maloy
Now people are blaming ....
When Russian officials resorted to nuclear poisoning in the past-- including the assassination of two Swiss intelligence officials who were engaged with Russia and South Africa in the nuclear black market--they relied on such readily available radiological substances as cesium-137 in salt form.
Originally posted by seattlelaw
But it's definitely a murder IMO.
Polonium
When it is mixed or alloyed with beryllium, polonium can be a neutron source: beryllium releases a neutron upon absorption of an alpha particle that is supplied by 210Po. It has been used in this capacity as a neutron trigger for nuclear weapons. Other uses include:
1)Devices that eliminate static charges in textile mills and other places.[1] However, beta particle sources are more commonly used and are less dangerous. A non-radioactive alternative is to just use a high voltage DC power supply to ionise air positively or negatively as required.[2]
2)210Po can be used as an atomic heat source to power Radioisotope thermoelectric generators via thermoelectric materials.
Originally posted by seattlelaw
Sure, he offed himself in a horrible manner just to discredit Putin. C'mon man, that's hogwash. By all accounts he was an activist, not a martyr.
Litvinenko, who was born an orthodox Christian, was a convert to Islam with close ties to the Chechen rebels. His last words consisted of his desire to be buried “according to Muslim tradition.”
Litvinenko's father, Walter, said in an interview published today that his son - who was born an Orthodox Christian but had close links to Islamist rebels in Chechnya - had requested to be buried according to Muslim tradition after converting to Islam on his deathbed.
Link to Source
The radiation spy scandal took a sensational twist last night with the revelation that KGB defector Alexander Litvinenko had converted to Islam before he died.
Scotland Yard detectives are now trying to discover if he had any secret links with Islamic extremist terror groups.
Their biggest fear is that the former Soviet spy, who died of polonium-210 poisoning in a London hospital, may have been helping Al Qaeda terrorists or other extremist groups get hold of radioactive material to be used in a devastating “dirty” atom bomb.
The news comes on top of a claim by Litvinenko’s friend Mario Scaramella that the former spy helped smuggle radioactive material from Russia to Switzerland in 2000.
Litvinenko’s sympathies with Chechen rebels, seeking to break away from Moscow and create an independent Muslim state, are well known.
And when Chechen rebels were blamed for a massive bomb attack in 1999 that destroyed a Moscow block of flats with the loss of 400 lives, Litvinenko enraged Russian President Vladimir Putin with his claim that the Russian leader himself ordered the attack in a bid to damage the Chechen cause.
Source - The Express
Originally posted by seattlelaw
Granted that the unusual (hopefully!) spread of isotope from airliners to stadium to friends and restuarants is suspicious. On the other hand, if he was the victim of an earlier attempted poisoning and was not aware of that he could easily have walked around spreading it here and there unwittingly.
Originally posted by seattlelaw
If it was tossed on top of his meal and he used a napkin to wipe his mouth, e.g., he could then have wiped his hands, shook hands with someone, etc. Once it's on his body it could easily leave traces wherever he traveled - and also where his contaminated contacts traveled. Let's not assume that all trace radiation found was there as a result of his presence. No way to know how it got there.
Originally posted by seattlelaw
As far as the death-bed wishes, there are many millions of muslims who abhor al Queda's tactics and goals. I'm not sure his wishes indicate he advocated using dirty bombs, etc. If he was a supporter of the Chechen rebels why would he bring the isotope to London? What do the British have to do with the uprising in Chechnya? I just don't see it.
Originally posted by seattlelaw
Also, if he wanted to make a statement in support of militant tactics by terrorist groups the time to do it would have been on his deathbed. He could have put down Putin as his nefarious and godless assassin and incited others to rise up against the dictator, etc. Perfect opportunity to advance his politics if that was what he'd been doing.