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Porton Down experts unable to identify 'precise source' of novichok that poisoned spy.

'Scientists from Porton Down have not been able to establish where the novichok nerve agent
used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal was made...'


Fund-strapped Experts.

Well we already know it's from Russia, Theresa May said -so ask them. Obviously their experts
are better than British scientists, so ring 'em up... ask them what it's called and why it has 'ski'
attached to the end of it.

By the way, you could also ask all the other news outlets what they think, as they all reported this at the
same time. At the very least, ask Trump... they painted him as a Kremlin ally.

'...Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at
Porton Down, told Sky News they had not been able to prove it was made in Russia.
He said: "We were able to identify it as novichok, to identify that it was military-grade nerve agent.

"We have not identified the precise source, but we have provided the scientific info to government
who have then used a number of other sources to piece together the conclusions you have come to."...'

Considering Porton Down has just received a £48 million boost to their coffers, I'm disappointed the
boffins couldn't find out where it's from. Gee, it's like a movie script.

'...He said establishing its origin required "other inputs", some of them intelligence-based, that the
Government has access to. Mr Aitkenhead added: "It is our job to provide the scientific evidence of
what this particular nerve agent is, we identified that it is from this particular family and that it is a
military grade, but it is not our job to say where it was manufactured."

However, he confirmed the substance required "extremely sophisticated methods to create, something
only in the capabilities of a state actor"...'

Then at least we know it wasn't knocked-up in a kitchen in London.

'...He said there was no known antidote to novichok, and that none was administered to either of the Skripals.
Porton Down's boss would not comment on whether the lab had developed or keeps stocks of novichok,
but dismissed suggestions the agent used to poison the Skripals had come from Porton Down.
"There is no way anything like that could have come from us or left the four walls of our facility,"
said Mr Aitkenhead...'

Which doesn't answer the original question of whether Porton Down had any of this Russian-only stuff.

'...It comes as the chemical weapons watchdog said it would hold a special meeting on Wednesday into the
UK government's claim that Russia was behind the attack. The OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons) said its executive council would meet in the morning in The Hague.

In a letter, Russia's ambassador to the OPCW, Alexander Shulgin, asked for the meeting to discuss
Britain's allegations "in a confidential sitting". OPCW experts have taken samples from Salisbury to
try to verify the nerve agent used and its origin...'

The findings of comparison will be lost in the media's stampede because accusations are better than
hard facts.

'...Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned four weeks ago in Salisbury.
Russia has been pushing hard for access to the pair, saying it "insists" on seeing them...'

(A Spot of Sarcasm Below)
Why on earth would they want to see them? There's no known antidote for 'novichok' and even though
the Skripals were lucky enough to-date to live through the lethal poison, why would Russian Diplomats
wish to talk to them?
Unless it's to prove it wasn't a Soviet nerve agent that... whoops, fell off the narrative there.

'...Yulia's condition improved significantly last week and she is now said to be conscious and talking.
Her father, however, remains unresponsive and critical.

The UK government has said it is looking into the legality of the request and also considering "the
rights and wishes" of the 33-year-old. The diplomatic row has led to more than 100 diplomats being
expelled from the UK, Russia, the US and Europe, and the war of words shows no signs of dying down.

Moscow's deputy foreign minister, Alexander Grushko, said on Tuesday that the poisonings may have
been set up by the UK to justify an increase in military spending...'

£48 million...? Nah, who would think on that level?

'...In comments reported by Russian news agencies, Mr Grushko said the attempted murders could have been
"arranged by Britain" because "they need a major enemy".

A retired Russian lieutenant general has also warned of a doomsday scenario and suggested the situation
could escalate into the "last war in the history of mankind". Evgeny Buzhinsky, who leads security think tank
the PIR Center, told the BBC's Today programme he was "afraid that it will end up in a very, very bad outcome".

Asked to clarify, he said: "A real war, worse than a cold war is a real war, it will be the last war in the history
of mankind."...'

SKY News (Unless Disney Buys It):

Honestly, I think that the retired Russian lieutenant general makes a good point and whether Russia poisoned
what they though was a decade-ago traitor or not, this asinine accusation-battle is dangerous.
In my opinion, the British Government should have kept this out of the public eye until the facts were in.