I am just back on this list fresh after a long absence and may not have seen all there is to see on this thread, but I would go much further than Wojtek. This particular conspiracy theory is a load of govno, pure and flushable.
OTOH, the theory that FSB was behind the apartment bombings that put Putin in power remain highly credible. Barkley Rosser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wojtek Sokolowski" <sokol at jhu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:46 AM Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Conspiracy theory on Moscow theatre siege (Chris?)
> >
> > Litvinenko believes these two men - Abdul the Bloody and Abu
> > Bakar - were working for the FSB and persuaded other Chechens
> > to join them without revealing their connection to the FSB.
> > Litvinenko thinks the Russian Secret Service organised the
> > whole theatre siege and that all the others involved in
> > staging it were killed to conceal the FSB's involvement.
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> I cannot comment on the merits of this particular claim, because I do
> not have sufficient information. However, I know that the genre of
> conspiracy theories involving a mole in the ranks of the enemy's top
> echelons is very popular in Eastern Europe, and can be found not just in
> urban legends but official propaganda and even literature. I would thus
> take such stories with a hefty grain of salt.
>
> Wojtek
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