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> In 2018 Russia carried out a nerve agent chemical warfare terrorist attack against the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_ https:
by m000 2y ago
> In 2018 Russia carried out a nerve agent chemical warfare terrorist attack against the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_... ; this was extremely under-emphasized at the time.
And now it is extremely over-emphasized. /s
A targeted assasination attempt, as despicable as it may be on its own right, is miles away from a "chemical warfare terrorist attack" against a country, don't you think?
- ben_w 2y ago> A targeted assasination attempt, as despicable as it may be on its own right, is miles away from a "chemical warfare terrorist attack" against a country, don't you think? Given how weak most terrorist attacks are, I'd say it's absolutely the same ball park as most such attacks. Of course, as various media noted at the time, the media reporting of terrorism during the war on terror was wildly out of kilter with the actual risk.
- pjc50 2y ago> A targeted assasination attempt, as despicable as it may be on its own right, is miles away from a "chemical warfare terrorist attack" against a country, don't you think? Potato, potato. If it had been done by a Muslim the reaction would have been very different. One guy's failed shoe bomb plot (Richard Reid) caused every airline security worldwide to make everyone take off their shoes for years.