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/ 27 November 2006

Danger: Assassins cast their nets wider

Imagine you were a foreign power that wanted to get rid of a dissident who had set up home in London. Would you a) push the troublemaker under a bus, b) have him mown down by a hit-and-run driver or c) arrange for him to be poisoned while eating in a crowded restaurant? If you wanted to make the death look natural, or just to keep things simple, you would presumably avoid the restaurant scenario.