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11-28-2006, 03:18 PM
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11-29-2006, 01:32 PM
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#17 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | what made me laugh/annoyed me about this was, yet again the media playing it up, one headline i saw read "Russian Spy Nuked to Death" what the 
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11-29-2006, 01:35 PM
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Country: | You gotta be kidding. See what happens when your post primary education is based upon some worthless major with no science in it.
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11-29-2006, 01:44 PM
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#19 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | no these guys would've known exactily what they were doing, a substance with a nuclear breakdown is more than enough for these guys to mention the word nuclear, and nukes have such a bad image as soon as nukes are mentioned like this some people will believe that we're on the brink of nuclear war, some people really will believe this i can promise you.......
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11-29-2006, 01:48 PM
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#20 | | aka Dickcheese
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11-29-2006, 01:59 PM
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#21 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | no no don't worry you guys have a far greater proportion we'll never catch up with that 
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11-29-2006, 02:15 PM
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#22 | | aka Dickcheese
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11-29-2006, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ***  what made me laugh/annoyed me about this was, yet again the media playing it up, one headline i saw read "Russian Spy Nuked to Death" what the |
It depends on what your definition of the word nuked is.
Many people seem to use it as slang for a fission, fusion or neutron bomb, but all the word actually means is the rather broad 'nucleared'  , and it seems that nuclear radiation is what killed him.
Since it has no formal scientific definition, there is no 'correct' meaning to it, only your interpretation of the slang word
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11-29-2006, 03:08 PM
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11-29-2006, 03:44 PM
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| That's slang for you. Granted, all words statred out as slang, but without formal definitions, thee is no standard. This a particular problem in technical areas
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11-29-2006, 03:47 PM
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11-30-2006, 08:53 AM
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#27 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | You know I have a theory and it probably is not true but what if he was not poisoned by someone else but rather he was selling some radioactive material to someone....
If some one was trying to poison him, then why was the substance found in 7 different locations in London and 2 planes that flew to Germany and other locations in Europe.
I wonder if maybe he sold some stuff to someone maybe a terror group, and poisoned himself in the process?
Really sounds intriguing to me. I dont know, I guess I like an occastional conspiracy.
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11-30-2006, 11:02 AM
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Country: | Adler, at this point, your guess is as good as anyone (and it a good "storywise" guess). Thinking on it, the odds of actually getting to the bottom of this are very small. Did he throw himself on his sword? Was he poisoned by the Kremlin? Was he a rogue killed off by security services? Or was he selling it and was bumped off for security reasons?
Unless somebody defects (if the Russians still do that) then there will only be stories, guesses and possible motives.
Still, it is juicy to sit and speculate. | 
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11-30-2006, 12:00 PM
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#29 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | I like Adler's supposition. But then the question remains, can pollonium be used for weapons purposes? Dirty bomb? And what would be his motive? Judging by his activities prior to his death he didn't appear to be lacking money.
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11-30-2006, 12:53 PM
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Country: | Or perhaps they just feel like killing a few of the old guard off... BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian ex-PM has mystery illness
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