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Submitted by Gerald L Ellingsworth, Dec 10, 2006 17:02

Since Litivenko had little name recognition in the press why would Sovet agents have choosen since a sensentional way to silence a critic that has given his cause more public press' in death than he ever recieved during his life . If the Sovets wanted to silence him wouldn t it make more sense to shoot him or use a conventional poison. His death would have splashed in the paper for a day and than by the end of the week it would have been forgotten. the agents that killed him where stone stupid or his death was actually caused by someone who wished to politicalize his cause

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