Several stories today note the charges against two Russian military intelligence officers (GRU) for the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal with a Russian nerve agent. The operation to kill him was “...almost certainly also approved outside the GRU at a senior level of the Russian state.”
These two shown in several pictures don't look like the usual intelligence operatives we might see in the movies or on TV. They look like a couple of thugs, recruited from the backstreets of Moscow's gangs. They look more like the Mafia wannabes arrested in Boston, New York or Cleveland. There are plenty of examples.
The British did a good job of putting this story together, tracing the two from the time they got into the country, through their reconnaissance of the target sight, to the actual smearing of the door of his house with the nerve agent. It will make a great movie, which is the last time we will ever see these two again. Putin has already said he will not give up his operatives. Of course not. They are doing what he is asking them to do. Why would he?
This afternoon, the US, France, Germany and Canada agreed to support the British story on this. You can bet that means there is more coming. They can't agree on much these days so this says a lot.
No comments:
Post a Comment