Russian Colleague Doubts Kelly Committed Suicide

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/08/13/013.html

A Russian colleague of David Kelly, the British microbiologist who died amid a dispute about whether British authorities falsified intelligence reports on Iraq's weapons programs, said Tuesday that he doubted Kelly committed suicide.

Kelly, a former UN weapons inspector, was found with his wrist slashed last month, just days after being harshly questioned by a parliamentary committee about his disclosure to the BBC that the British government had "sexed up" intelligence reports on Saddam Hussein's arsenal.

British police have said they are not looking for any suspects -- indicating they believe the death was a suicide. But Professor Sergei Rybakov, who served as a UN weapons expert and Kelly's immediate subordinate in Iraq in 1996 and 1998, said the microbiologist was an unlikely person to have killed himself. "Judging by his character ... I was very surprised to hear it was suicide," Rybakov said from the city of Vladimir, where he heads a rare disease laboratory at the Research Institute for Animal Protection. "And what really happened there, the investigation will show."

Rybakov recalled that Kelly was optimistic and even-tempered, never losing his cool even in the pressure of working on a team that could not always communicate well in the same language.

"Whatever happened, David always remained an equanimous and friendly person. In my view, such as person is not capable of committing suicide," Rybakov told Izvestia. "I can't imagine what could have happened to him during the past five years, during which time I haven't seen him. But it's unlikely that a person can change so much that he would solve his problems by suicide."

[NYC]

1. Not looking for any suspects? What is this?

Until it is officially deemed a suicide, murder must be considered a possibility. What kind of an investigation is that?

"British police have said they are not looking for any suspects -- indicating they believe the death was a suicide."

That is not the way to conduct an investigation.

[Fleshdancer]

2. Question

Does anyone here know if Kelly's family has made any public statement concerning the suicide?

[Dover]

3. Of course he was murdered. I can't believe ANYONE bought the official

story. It is clear that the police are in on it the same as they were in on the "suicide" of the Enron exec in Tx., and Wellstone's death, etc ETC. People just can't seem to wrap their minds around it, even with all they know about the criminals in the WH and in Britain.

[Aries]

4. Was there a suicide note?

It would seem that he would have written one, if he did commit suicide.

Aren't there some other unusual aspects to the evidence also, including that he is supposed to have tried to cut his left wrist through his watchband?

Of course, if U.S. TV news broadcasts say it's suicide, who are we to question it? :shrug:

[pruner]

6. weren't there also EKG (ECG?) pads strapped to his chest…

when he was found dead in the woods?

[Cha]

5. I don't know Dr. Kelly but it sure sounds fishy!

Some People just wouldn't off themselves!

[Sterling]

7. Why would he?

He was not the one in trouble. I can't see why he would decide to kill himself.

[MrPrax]

8. No suspects...which 'suicide'

For all it's worth...
Microbiologists With Link to Race-Based Weapon Turning Up Dead

<snip>

Dr. David Kelly—the biological warfare weapons specialist at the heart of the continuing political crisis for the British government—had links to three other top microbiologists whose deaths have left unanswered questions.

The 59-year-old British scientist was involved with ultra secret work at Israel’s Institute for Biological Re search. Israeli sources claim Kelly met institute scientists several times in London in the past two years.
....
"One of the men he was in touch with was a former Russian defector, Kamovtjan Alibekov. When he arrived in America, he changed his name to Ken Alibek. He is now president of Hadron Advanced Biosystems—a company specializing in medicines against biological terrorist attacks. Kelly was himself considering resigning from his senior post at the Ministry of Defense to work in America. Before his death, he had been discreetly headhunted by two companies. One was Hadron Advanced Biosystems, which has close ties to the Pentagon."

....
"The two American scientists he had worked with were Benito Que, 52, and Don Wiley, 57. Both microbiologists had been engaged in DNA sequencing that could provide “a genetic marker based on genetic profiling.” The research could play an important role in developing weaponized pathogens to hit selected groups of humans—identifying them by race. Two years ago, both men were found dead, in circumstances never fully explained.

http://www.americanfreepress.net/08_09_03/Microbiologists_With/microbiologists_with.html

[pinniped]

9. This guy better watch out or he will disappear too.

n/t