From: Adam 

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:11:31 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:
>
>>> And not a peep out of Phil.  If he wants to see all the things that he
>>> claims are happening in the US really happening, just look to Russia.
>> Phil only reassembled and powered on his email system a few minutes ago
>> after a 36-hour trip to Cumbria.
>>
>> What I find amazing (and deeply worrying) is an ongoing trend in
>> American thought that reduces the whole process of justice to a hunch.
>>
>> Not only are you all prepared to pronounce people guilty without trial -
>> you now don't even appear to require an interrogation.  This is sick.
>
> GMAFB, you are the king of jumping to conclusions.  If this was a reporter
> critical of President Bush you would have already finished him off.
> Putin's Russia is a dangerous place to be a journalist.
>

Shrug. Chechnya is a dangerous place to be a human. Not as angerous as Iraq
but still dangerous.


> http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2541386&page=3
>
> "Politkovskaya's murder is the highest-profile killing of a journalist in
> Russia since the July 2004 slaying of Paul Klebnikov, editor of the
> Russian edition of Forbes magazine.
>
> Russia has become one of the deadliest countries for journalists.
> Twenty-three journalists were killed in Russia between 1996 and 2005, many
> in Chechnya, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. At least
> 12 have been murdered in contract-style killings since Putin came to
> power, Simon said."
>
>

& where is Iraq on that list?


>> You go from "Putin don't like the woman" to "strap
him on a table" in a
>> heartbeat.  Assassinations of journalists are not that uncommon - both
>> Eire and Northern Ireland had famous cases - but one thing that's
>> universal is that journalists don't like their colleagues getting bumped
>> off and they're (taken as a whole) a damned tenacious bunch - it tends
>> to be counterproductive.
>>
>> So just let's wait until at least have a suspect, shall we?
>
> I can think of so many cases when you should take your own advice.
>

But aren't you the one who tends to make the suggestion?

What is your fascination with Russia anyway? 

BTW it has all the hallmarks of the younger President Kadyrov. You know
what these "sons of previous Presidents in the Caucasus" are
like.....


Adam

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