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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Czech, Russian envoys fly home amid depot explosion dispute
By KAREL JANICEK PRAGUE©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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GdTokyo
I know. Pretty stupid, right? They have pictures of the same 2 guys in the same 2 places. It's pretty cut and dry.
lostrune2
Here's more details of the story
Same photos, different names and countries on the passports, same poisoning technique
GdTokyo
No, you can’t. The Russians seem to be just that arrogant/stupid.
lostrune2
2 innocent Czech workers were killed in that explosion - that's foreign KGB/GRU agents committing a fatal hit attack in non-hostile sovereign nation
The Czechs are the victims here from an unprovoked attack
Lol, they actually used the same photos on their 2 different fake passports (customs take a photo copy of your passports at airports, so they know what you presented to them)
(This should put to bed any notion that they're mere tourists)
ClippetyClop
The Czech attacks were in 2014. The two men were uncovered after the Skripal poisonings in 2018. They were unknown until then.
All of this information is in the article that you didn't read.
cleo
The US is not the world.
GdTokyo
“The explosion was not supposed to occur on Czech Republic’s territory,” Zeman said.
So not only could they not properly poison the right person and accidentally killed the wrong person, they couldn’t get the arms to blow up at the right time.
Some real James Bonds you got there, Vlad.
lostrune2
Yeah, seems they were that stupid - they didn't think investigators would comb through copies of passports (with one set of passports they themselves emailed from the "National Guard of Tajikistan," lol)
Plus, their covert unit is a very small group - only a handful of active agents, with the rest of the staff are just supports, so it's not like they can reuse so many active agents before repeating
Alex
Is this supported by any facts or just speculating, like the news sources on this article? Just curious.
GdTokyo
As it is on CNN, the BBC, ABC and reputable sources of journalism, yes. It is very likely true.
bass4funk
Well, well...now we know the Chinese had a little bit of involvement here and why am I not surprised? I sure hope Biden is up to this because I can see turning into something very nasty in the long run.
lostrune2
GRU Unit 29155 - after the Salisbury UK incident opened the world to this covert unit, a lot more info about them has been exposed, particularly due to their sloppy exits (their getaways being able to be tracked after doing their deeds)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_29155
"‘Special assassination squad’: Secret Russian military unit with ‘terrifying’ mission exposed. A series of seemingly unrelated incidents across Europe have been linked to an elite secret group of killers, dubbed Unit 29155 — and their mission is chilling."
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/special-assassination-squad-secret-russian-military-unit-with-terrifying-mission-exposed/news-story/1a1b73766ec8abf7d5da8dee128936fc
Alex
Yep, this looks exactly as what one would see these days in those "objective, high-standard, award-winning" news media.
Alex
Some pretty deep analysis there. They showed it on tv, so it must be true
bass4funk
For the US overall, that is correct.
Again, I was talking about the US and again, FNC is the most-watched news channel and has been so for 20 years pretty much straight, even after the former Presidential election and many stopped watching they still beat the competition.
Goodlucktoyou
As if the same two spy’s would do two high profile attacks.
bass4funk
25 years ago, one could definitely say that, not anymore though..
The Russians do love their poisons don't they?
bass4funk
Yeah, you just can't make this stuff up. Lol