Was London The Site Of A Dirty Bomb Trial Run?
The ado around the polonium incident in London
has a certain quirk to it which I find annoying. Why is everyone talking about
the victims (real and potential) and piquant details of secondary importance,
when there is something far more important to worry about?
I don’t know anything about
Tatayna Sinitsyna or her commentary for RIA Novosti. I tend not to prejudge
writers because of where they’re publishing; however, this opinion piece
raises a couple of questions which have already occurred to
me.
Nuclear physicist Alexander Borovoi, a professor at the Kurchatov Institute research center, pinpointed my cause of concern: “The worst part of the story is that it was like a rehearsal for a dirty bomb. The incident shows that something dangerous is cooking in the terrorist kitchen, with menacing ideas and plans that can generally be described as a crime.”
Experience and history tell me not to have a whole boatload of confidence in the ethics of any nation’s security services. But, the requisites for wacking an individual — Litvinenko or whoever — are as simple as Borovoi said. Why use something so expensive and dangerous?
Certainly, the Russian government benefits from pointing blame in another direction. But, what if they’re correct?
Nuclear physicist Alexander Borovoi, a professor at the Kurchatov Institute research center, pinpointed my cause of concern: “The worst part of the story is that it was like a rehearsal for a dirty bomb. The incident shows that something dangerous is cooking in the terrorist kitchen, with menacing ideas and plans that can generally be described as a crime.”
Experience and history tell me not to have a whole boatload of confidence in the ethics of any nation’s security services. But, the requisites for wacking an individual — Litvinenko or whoever — are as simple as Borovoi said. Why use something so expensive and dangerous?
Certainly, the Russian government benefits from pointing blame in another direction. But, what if they’re correct?
Posted: Sat - December 16, 2006 at 05:48 AM