COMMENT POSTED TO A STORY BY ALEXANDER MERCOURIS IN THE
DURAN
Skripal case becomes
even weirder
British say deadly
Novichok chemical 8 times more powerful than any other smeared on front door;
Yulia Skripal conscious and talking; freeze Russians out of court proceedings
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Response to a comment,
“Isn't it remarkable that after seven hours of the now reported initial contact
with a 'weapons grade nerve agent', that the Skripals should both collapse
precisely in tandem? What are the odds?”:
It cannot happen.
And the Russians have rightly asked who gave the antidote,
which must be administered within minutes after exposure.
They have also rightly asked how the substance was
supposedly identified without lab samples.
And if Britain does have lab samples at Porton Down, they
are just as much suspects since the mere name of the substance, Novichok, is
the only connection with Russia.
But we also have highly suggestive evidence that this
substance was not even involved.
The woman doctor who first treated the daughter handled her
extensively for a full half hour with no effects and said she noticed no
chemicals.
And the same for others on the scene treating the father.
EMR people at the scene suggested that it resembled a Fentanyl
overdose, something with which they have experience.
And still no evidence or documents have been supplied to
Russia, which has every right to receive evidence since the people involved were
Russian citizens.
Britain also has refused access by Russian consular
officials to the daughter, which is a violation of the world-accepted protocols.
The whole matter stinks, just reeks of manipulation and
dishonesty at the highest level.
And, of course, its timing relates to the extreme anger of
America's establishment over events in Syria, and Syria itself - a dark
operation using hired mercenaries posing as jihadis - tells us a great deal
about American and British honesty in such matters. Just years of lies while
they assisted in the mass killing.
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