Surly's Soap Box

Political dissidents aren't being gunned down in the U.S. the way they are in Russia, but you won't hear the left complaining about this because deep down, this is the power that they wish they had.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on Saturday at her apartment block in central Moscow, police said.

"According to initial information she was killed by two shots when leaving the lift. Neighbors found her body," a police source told Reuters. Police found a pistol and four rounds in the lift.

Politkovskaya, a 48-year-old mother of two, won international fame and numerous prizes for her dogged pursuit of rights abuses by Putin's government, particularly in the violent southern province of Chechnya.

"The first thing that comes to mind is that Anna was killed for her professional activities. We don't see any other motive for this terrible crime," said Vitaly Yaroshevsky, a deputy editor of the newspaper where Politkovskaya worked.

I believe that the commie intellectuals would love to order hits on the people who disagree with them. Even their 'peace makers' like Sheehan and some other gal (whose a peace prize nominee) talk about taking out George Bush. They even make movies about his assassination.

They are showing their hands: They want a Hugo Chavez or a Fidel Castro that has nothing stopping them from killing, imprisoning, and torturing those who would speak against them or their ideas.


Commies