Shalom All:

I was stunned when I first saw the pictures of Yushchenko!  His skin was
horribly disfigured.  Now it comes out that he was poisioned.  Funny, have we
heard much about this in the media?

Who poisoned Yushchenko?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1393172,00.html
Doctors at the Austrian clinic that treated Ukraine's opposition leader
confirm there was a plot to kill him
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Specialists in Britain, the United States and France had helped to establish
that it was a biological agent, a chemical agent or, most likely, a rare
poison that struck him down in the run-up to the presidential election, he
said. Doctors needed to examine Mr Yushchenko again at the clinic in Vienna
to confirm their diagnosis but were in no doubt that the substance was
administered deliberately, he said.

"This is no longer a question for discussion," Dr Korpan said. "We are now
sure that we can confirm which substance caused this illness. He received
this substance from other people who had a specific aim."

Asked if the aim had been to kill him, Dr Korpan said: "Yes, of course."

Mr Yushchenko fell ill on September 6 and was rushed to Rudolfinerhaus four
days later with severe abdominal pain and lesions on his face and trunk. His
liver, pancreas and intestines were swollen and his digestive tract covered
in ulcers, but doctors could not explain the symptoms. Against their advice
he went back on the campaign trail after a week, but returned to the clinic
two weeks later with back pain.
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Dianne
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