The use of poison to assassinate is a very subtle tactic. A deadly unknown substance administered covertly to kill the individual from the inside. Some affect quickly, some drag out a death while some mimic a natural death. Its method of delivery is also discreet: a mist in the face, a liquid poured into a drink or injected into the skin, a gel rubbed into an article of clothing or on a door handle. Regardless of form of delivery or path of death, all allow the assassin to strike their target, even if at the height of day in the presence of numerous witnesses or even protective details. Many will be ignorant, as is often times the victim, that they have been attacked. -Glenn McGovern, The Counter Terrorist magazine
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Case Study > FSB Poisons High-Value Target?
[Fairly long but excellent article on various methods of assassination. Specifically, the killing of Colonel Alexander Litvinenko, using Polonium-210 in 2006, 10 min read]
The use of poison to assassinate is a very subtle tactic. A deadly unknown substance administered covertly to kill the individual from the inside. Some affect quickly, some drag out a death while some mimic a natural death. Its method of delivery is also discreet: a mist in the face, a liquid poured into a drink or injected into the skin, a gel rubbed into an article of clothing or on a door handle. Regardless of form of delivery or path of death, all allow the assassin to strike their target, even if at the height of day in the presence of numerous witnesses or even protective details. Many will be ignorant, as is often times the victim, that they have been attacked. -Glenn McGovern, The Counter Terrorist magazine
The use of poison to assassinate is a very subtle tactic. A deadly unknown substance administered covertly to kill the individual from the inside. Some affect quickly, some drag out a death while some mimic a natural death. Its method of delivery is also discreet: a mist in the face, a liquid poured into a drink or injected into the skin, a gel rubbed into an article of clothing or on a door handle. Regardless of form of delivery or path of death, all allow the assassin to strike their target, even if at the height of day in the presence of numerous witnesses or even protective details. Many will be ignorant, as is often times the victim, that they have been attacked. -Glenn McGovern, The Counter Terrorist magazine
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