Take a look at these two photographs of Ukraine opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko. What on earth happened to him? Poisoning? Chemical agents? Russians point to the secret police. Money quote:
Yushchenko’s doctors in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, said they had determined that “chemicals not of a food origin” had triggered the illness.
Zimpfer and the clinic’s chief physician, Dr. Lothar Wicke — who requested police protection after receiving an anonymous threat while treating Yushchenko — later asked for outside help from “a specialist in military operations and biological weapons,” the Austria Press Agency reported.
Far more mysterious than whatever killed Arafat, no?
DAN ON THE UKRAINE: Dan Drezner knows what he’s talking about. Check his link-rich blog for developments.
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