"Opposition was to be smeared with terror attack, says official" (Ind/UK)

[DemBones DemBones]

By Askold Krushelnycky in Kiev

06 December 2004

"Ukraine's embattled government is ready to stage faked terrorist attacks to destabilise the country and discredit the opposition ahead of a rerun of the presidential vote, a senior government source has told The Independent."

"The official, who works for the government of the Moscow-backed candidate and current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, said: "One of the plans is to blow up a pipeline and blame it on opposition supporters. Ukraine is the key transit country for Russian gas supplies to the West."

"Mr Yanukovych's backers fear the prospect of their candidate losing to Viktor Yushchenko and are ready to plunge the country into economic chaos, the source revealed. "They are planning to use criminals - plain bandits - that they have a hold over." The source said that a senior member of the government had been tasked with overseeing terrorist acts."

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http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=590117

[Brundle_Fly]

1. hmm using terror

for political gain, or perhaps we'll call it "capitial"

stolen elections, fake news, sounds all too familiar.

[Merlot]

2. But....but...

that's the Urkraine, this is America!

[BattyDem]

3. Hmmm ... why does that sound so familiar?

:eyes:

[99Pancakes]

4. They're taking notes from Rove.

Hey! Worked well here. Why not?

Red Rover, Red Rover, we dare the Ukraine to come over.

[MisterP]

5. the picture continues getting more and more muddled:

corrupt Pootie-backed incumbent vs. NED-Kissinger-Brzezinski-Powell-supported privatizer
Seinfeld for PM!

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1048998

[UCLA Dem]

7. is KKKarl advising someone over there too???