More than 150 suspected spooks were booked on board flights back to Mother Russia. Conspiracy theories pointed to the Porton Down chemical weapons research establishment near Salisbury in Wiltshire, where the nerve agent was subsequently identified. The research facility was able to identify the nature of the nerve agent, its potency and its origin; all the evidence pointed towards Russian culpability. Unleashing a nerve agent on to the streets of rural England is far from a divisive issue, and it dangerously oversteps the mark. For many world leaders, ignoring this issue would set a terrifying precedence and further embolden an already confident Putin, who has become accustomed to success.

Source: Egypt Today April 03, 2018 16:41 UTC