Why was Iraq targeted? 1) It was consistent with the US idea that it is easier to hit the countries that are backing the terrorists rather than taking on the terrorist groups one by one. Saddam wasn’t, but he had and he might again; 2) Iraq was an easy target …
Throughout history, there has always been a fear of poison as a likely method of assassination. The post of royal food taster has never been a popular one. But hard evidence of the use of poison, particularly by the intelligence services and their predecessors, is actually quite hard to find. …
In July 1984, General Vladimir Kryuchkov, head of the KGB’s First Chief Directorate, the division of the KGB responsible for overseas espionage, gave a lecture to a specially convened conference of KGB officers in Moscow. His subject was the failure of the service compared with their Western opponents. By this …