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This is a normal post Am I the only one who thinks this is all a bit bonkers?
Whoever it was didn't even kill them. Why the James Bond overtones when a double tap from a .22 with a well planned getaway would have done the job?
I don't see that a fate like that is less scary than nerve gas or radioactive tea.
If the message is "If you betray us, you will pay" then surely death is more scary than making you puke a bit and have to put up with hospital radio.
 (TSL, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 21:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post This way puts the wind up the papers and the public more though
It's all about spreading a bit of fear, making us fret. A unremarkable gun murder would have been out of the news in 1 or 2 days, and we wouldn't have known it was them
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 21:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post I see your point
But I'm not fretting much. You see, I've never been a spy. There, I said it. So they wouldn't come after me anyway with a knife, gun or exploding cat fitted with radioactive laser beams. They aren't trying to scare me, just nawty people.
 (TSL, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 22:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post This isn't about killing a defector
This is boasting about possessing the ability to do so brazenly, publicly, and without serious consequences. That the victims appear to have lived is a trivial inconvenience.

This wasn't an assassination, it was a statement. A demonstration of capability.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 22:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I get that
But why not a full magazine of an AK47 through the chest? Job done. Message sent. It wouldn't be hard to do that by surprise and get away for a professional. Micheal Ryan wandered about Hungerford for about two hours before anyone even knew where he was. And he was an aimless arsehole.
 (TSL, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 22:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think they tried to pull a Litvinenko
As in pull off a hit that's so outrageous it not only disposed of the target, but also sends a message to anyone else thinking of doing something similar. See also the poison umbrella. Except in this case it seems they didn't finish the job.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 22:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not buying it
It is just TOO obvious. A drive by shooting by a local gang with mistaken identity would suffice with the right amount of winks and sarcasm.I'm probably wrong, usually am.
 (TSL, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 22:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post They love a bit of sanctions

(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 12 Mar 2018, 23:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think it's exactly because they want the James Bond overtones.
A highly elaborate assassination that leaves no doubt on who the perpetrator was, designed to strike fear in to their enemies.. no matter where you hide our organisation and allies will find you etc.

It is also the kind of thing that demands a reaction from the UK government in the face of such an outrageous action. That way when we respond Putin, who has an election looking, can use it as a spot of sabre rattling like the Argies do with the Falklands every time they have an election.

It's international panto played out by little boys with small willies again.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 13 Mar 2018, 0:34, , Reply)