From: "George Sherwood" 

On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:38:59 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:

> http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1819666.ece
>
> A discarded Makarov, pistol of choice for Russian hitmen, and four shells
> were found next to her body. Evidence that points to the assassination of
> the journalist who hounded Putin and was about to expose the Chechen PM
>
> A body found slumped in a Moscow lift. A discarded pistol and four spent
> shells. A mysterious thin man in a black baseball cap. The murder yesterday
> of Anna Politkovskaya, the most famous reporter in Russia, is a story as
> sinister as anything she investigated in her fearless, award-winning career.
>
> The 48-year-old, lauded by journalists and writers around the world for her
> exposŽCs in Chechnya, appears to have been assassinated. Her most powerful
> enemy was President Vladimir Putin. The murder came two days before she was
> due to publish an exposŽC of the Chechnyan Prime Minister.

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.

George

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