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Hekate

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11. For a KGB officer, poison or the knife kind of is "natural causes"....

Reply to LisaL (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 28, 2017, 04:50 PM

Jan 2017

As Sir Terry Pratchett observed of the king who fell down a flight of stairs with his own knife between his shoulder blades.

I myself would posit that working for Putin is rather suicidal on the face of it.

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Kremlin COVERED-UP Murder of KGB Chief Who Did Trump Dossier [View all] kpete Jan 2017 OP

Okay GOP, seriously do something about this situation and tRump. manicraven Jan 2017 #1

Important to keep front and center. shraby Jan 2017 #2

Oh I am sure cause of death will be natural causes. LisaL Jan 2017 #3

My money is on suicide. nt Foo Fighter Jan 2017 #5

Actually BadgerMom Jan 2017 #9

When it comes to Russia, Putin and the KGB.... Raster Jan 2017 #12

what the hell??? bdamomma Jan 2017 #16

the challenge is trying to make deaths as innocuous as possible... Raster Jan 2017 #17

For a KGB officer, poison or the knife kind of is "natural causes".... Hekate Jan 2017 #11

I guess that this sentencs says all ......... Stuart G Jan 2017 #4

Nothing to see here; move along Kittycow Jan 2017 #6

He choke on a knife rope around his neck? Jus sayin, "accidents" happen uponit7771 Jan 2017 #7

Wow. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #8

He died of natural causes: his heart stopped beating. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #10

But what made his heart to stop beating? LisaL Jan 2017 #13

Yep. He couldn't take all the lead. Duppers Jan 2017 #21

Great - yet another US/western spy removed...KGB on a roll. jmg257 Jan 2017 #14

Will this start happening to U.S. journalists and critics of Trump? ecstatic Jan 2017 #15

Watch your mouth, ecstatic erronis Jan 2017 #19

I keep thinking that the answer to this is a solid "yes indeed" Leghorn21 Jan 2017 #20

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #18