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Russians suspect Welsh arsonist stripper could be British spy
Telegraph ^
| 05/07/2008
| Adrian Blomfield
Posted on 07/05/2008 8:41:23 PM PDT by george76
A Welsh stripper who set a car ablaze in Moscow "to cheer himself up" is reportedly being investigated for suspected links to British intelligence. Alistair Penney, a 38-year-old dancer from Cardiff, was detained on Wednesday as he ran from a burning Mercedes Benz in a suburb that has seen a spate of arson attacks on parked vehicles.
Police have been investigating at least 32 cases of arson against cars in the Yuzhnoye Butovo district of Moscow over the past month.
A video released by Russian police showed Mr Penney apparently confessing to the act. Wearing a broad grin throughout his interrogation, he struggled to explain in broken Russian why he had set fire to the car.
The British embassy said it had been in touch with Mr Penney.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: british; britishspy; spy; welsh
The best headline of the week!
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posted on
07/05/2008 8:41:23 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
How the mighty KGB_Russian intelligence system has fallen...now treating washed-up 38 yr old strippers as spies.
What if someone robbed a liquor store in Moscow? I’m guessing that qualifies as a CIA assassin to these geniuses.
To: max americana
Considering how looney-tune PC Britain has gotten these days, it wouldn’t surprise me if male Welsh strippers are the only group they could get to spy for them anymore.
And please, no jokes about ‘shaken, not stirred’...
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posted on
07/05/2008 8:52:03 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Is there some rule that says that when an evil man gets sick, we must pretend he was saint?)
To: george76
Huh? LOL Do they have a picture? He sounds like fun.
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posted on
07/05/2008 8:53:55 PM PDT
by
TNdandelion
(It's Buh-rack Uh-bama for uh hope and uh change.)
To: george76; aculeus; Billthedrill; AnAmericanMother; martin_fierro; Constitution Day; Petronski; ...
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posted on
07/05/2008 8:55:20 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: george76
Yep, be conspicuous, first thing they teach you in spy school. ;-)
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posted on
07/05/2008 8:56:27 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: Ronin
> And please, no jokes about ‘shaken, not stirred’... <
I was thinking “pusshy galore..”
To: Ronin
And please, no jokes about ‘shaken, not stirred’... "Surely you do not expect me to talk, Goldfinger." "No!! Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!!!!."
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posted on
07/05/2008 8:58:32 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(roughneck, oilfield trash and proud of it, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, iconoclast.)
To: george76
Sounds like the lead in to an overly complex joke with a weak punch line.
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posted on
07/05/2008 9:00:26 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: TNdandelion
I'm guessing he looks like Daffyd, "the only gay man in the village" (Little Britain reference there...)
To: george76; aculeus; Billthedrill; AnAmericanMother; dighton; Constitution Day; Petronski; ...
To: dighton
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posted on
07/05/2008 9:15:40 PM PDT
by
TomServo
To: Ronin
got any moneypenny -preferably singles? :^)
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posted on
07/05/2008 9:21:31 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: george76
A video released by Russian police showed Mr Penney apparently confessing to the act. Wearing a broad grin throughout his interrogation, he struggled to explain in broken Russian why he had set fire to the car.
"Wearing a broad grin throughout his interrogation"? Definitely a spy...
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posted on
07/05/2008 9:30:08 PM PDT
by
alecqss
To: george76
I was going to post This Thread is Worthless Without Pictures, but on further review, no.
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posted on
07/05/2008 9:32:52 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
07/05/2008 9:34:34 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: george76
“The best headline of the week!”
No. It is the best headline of all-time!!!!
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
“Sounds like the lead in to an overly complex joke with a weak punch line.”
Yes but in the original Russian, it kills.
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posted on
07/06/2008 12:15:25 AM PDT
by
james500
To: martin_fierro; george76; Billthedrill; AnAmericanMother; dighton; Constitution Day; Petronski
We have already taken steps to
avenge this dastardly attack.
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posted on
07/06/2008 7:29:33 AM PDT
by
aculeus
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